Implementing Offshore Remote Wind Sensing Technologies Including Protocols for Evaluation, Selection, and Validation (Extended Abstract)

This abstract contains information relevant to the use of wave information for naval operations, education, and alternative energy technologies, and was used, along with the Session Presentation, to facilitate discussion during Session 1 (the use of wave measurements to support operations)

A constitutional perspective on the rights of children with disabilities in an educational context

No abstract available.The National Research Foundation (NRF)am201

Building bridges : African customary family law and children's rights

This paper will focus on the rights of the family, parental responsibilities and rights and children's rights in the context of African customary law. South Africa has gone a long way in safeguarding various rights of children in the Constitution and the principle of the paramountcy of the best interests of the child is firmly established. The main objective of this paper is to consider the impact of customary family law and practices on children's rights, and vice versa. This paper will furthermore embark on developing guidelines to balance fundamental rights while protecting the rights of children in Africa.http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijplai201

Rol van die kurator ad litem en kinders se reg op toegang tot die howe

Normaalweg is dit ’n kind se ouer(s) wat hom of haar in litigasie bystaan of vir en namens die kind litigeer. In uitsonderlike gevalle is dit egter nie moontlik of wenslik om hierdie funksie aan die ouers of voogde oor te laat nie. Dit is deel van ons Romeins-Hollandse regserfenis dat kurators ad litem in hierdie gevalle gebruik word om kinders se ontbrekende of beperkte verskyningsbevoegdheid aan te vul. In hierdie bydrae word aangetoon dat die regspraak die rol van die kurator ad litem duidelik omskryf het deur dit onder andere te onderskei van die rol van die Gesinsadvokaat en ’n regsverteenwoordiger. Daar word voorts ook aangetoon dat die howe egter verder gegaan het en die rol van die kurator ad litem wat vir kinders optree, uitgebrei het om onder andere ook die belange van kinders in die algemeen te dien, dus in gevalle waar hulle nie voor die hof was nie. Die uitbreiding van die rol van hierdie kurators kan op vele maniere verklaar word. Dit kan egter nie betwyfel word dat die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 en litigasie wat in die openbare belang ten behoewe van kinders onderneem word, ’n leeue-aandeel hierin gespeel het nie. Hierdie uitbreiding word verwelkom omdat toegang tot die howe noodsaaklik is ten einde sosiale geregtigheid te bewerkstellig en kinderregte te verwesenlik. Daar word egter ook aangetoon dat die Suid- Afrikaanse kinderreg in hierdie verband by ander regstelsels kan kersopsteek, aangesien kinders in sekere gevalle steeds hul reg op deelname aan belangrike besluitneming ontneem word.http://www.dejure.up.ac.za/am201

Protecting the reproductive rights of children and young adults with disabilities : the roles and responsibilities of the family, the state, and judicial decision-making

Angela was an eleven-year-old girl with Rett’s Syndrome, a progressive neurological disorder that results in severe intellectual and physical impairment and epilepsy. 1 Angela could not talk and had “neither the coordination or the mental faculties to be able to use sign language.” 2 She acted “as a three month-old baby would.” 3 In her ninth year, Angela’s menstrual periods commenced, and while her epilepsy was controlled by medication, seizures could occur when she had a heavy menstrual period. 4 Excessive bleeding during these periods led to an “Implanon” medical procedure being performed, but this, together with oral contraceptive pills, proved to be unsatisfactory. 5 The bleeding caused Angela to become anemic and experience other problems. 6 Personal hygiene was also an issue. 7 Medical advice, supported by at least three medical practitioners, proposed that a hysterectomy be performed on the child, leaving the ovaries and tubes intact to provide her with normal hormones. 8 Therefore, “only the source of bleeding would be removed.” 9 It was submitted that the effects on Angela would be relatively minimal and the menstrual problems would be resolved. 10 As the nature of her disability was “such that she would not have the psychological capabilities to consider a pregnancy into the future,” this possibility would also have been taken care of.The National Research Foundation (SA)http://law.emory.edu/eilram2017Private La

Listening to the child's objection

The ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereafter referred to as CRC),1 heralded a new dispensation for children in South Africa. This Convention had its footprints imbedded in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and in the framework thus provided; the law pertaining to children was revised, consolidated and rewritten. In South Africa, child participation has been called the soul of the CRC.2 The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (hereafter referred to as the Abduction Convention),3 has also been ratified by South Africa and incorporated into the Children‟s Act 38 of 2005. While the Abduction Convention has been and is still being hotly debated all over the world,4 South African legislation and case law have not acquired its rightful place in the international discourse.5 The first objective of this paper is to establish whether there is tension between the CRC and the Abduction Convention on the matter of hearing the child‟s voice. The second objective is to put forward what has been achieved in South Africa in terms of research and judicial precedent on the child‟s objection exception. Finally, the question remains if and how the scales of justice should be balanced when child participation is at stake.National Research Foundation (NRF).http://www.legalresearch.org.nz/new-zealand-law-review.aspxhb2016Private La

"Wrongful life" - the Constitutional Court paved the way for law reform

The so-called “wrongful life” action is a widely debated topic in South Africa and abroad. In South Africa academic discourse escalated after Stewart v Botha 2007 6 SA 247 (SCA). The recent Western Cape decision of the High Court in C J H v The Kingsbury Foetal Assessment Centre (Pty) Ltd case number 4872/2013 (WCC) 24 April 2014 and the subsequent appeal to the Constitutional Court in that matter call for a review of the development of our common law regarding the child’s remedy in delict to ensure that it is in line with our Constitution. As the Kingsbury matter was decided at exception stage, the record was such that the Constitutional Court granted leave to amend the particulars of claim, referred the matter back and provided guidance to the High Court to reconsider the merits. This contribution recommends a new stance on the child’s remedy in light of the direct and indirect application of our Constitution, applicable international law and last but not the least, the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. It is recommended that this delictual remedy should rid itself of its inappropriate name and take its rightful place within the framework of our generalised law of delict. The facts of each case will then determine whether only patrimonial loss or patrimonial and non-patrimonial loss should be claimed.The National Research Foundationhttp://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/ju_slram2017Private La

Artikel 13 van die Verenigde Nasies se Konvensie oor die Regte van Persone met Gestremdhede : ondersteun die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 kinders met gestremdhede se reg op toegang tot die reg?

Statisties word kinders met gestremdhede meer gereeld mishandel as kinders sonder gestremdhede. Hierdie tendens dui daarop dat sodanige kinders kwesbaar is en meer dikwels as kinders sonder gestremdhede die hulp van toeganklike regstelsel kan benodig. Artikel 13 van die Verenigde Nasies se Konvensie oor die Regte van Persone met Gestremdhede bepaal dat die reg ook vir persone met gestremdhede toeganklik moet wees. Met die inwerkingtreding van die Kinderwet 38 van 2005 is erkenning gegee aan hierdie spesifieke reg van kinders met gestremdhede. Ten spyte van die riglyne wat artikel 13 verskaf, blyk dit dat die Kinderwet, asook die Suid Afrikaanse regering, sukkel met die implementering van hierdie bepaling. Meer word dus van al die betrokke partye geverg om te verseker dat wanneer kinders met gestremdhede die hulp van die reg benodig dit sowel toeganklik as ontvanklik vir hulle behoeftes is.http://www.lexisnexis.co.za2016-12-31am2016Private La

The legislative framework regarding bullying in South African schools

Bullying in schools is a global phenomenon that has the potential to impact on children not only physically but also psychologically. In South Africa countless children fall victim to bullying, harassment and abuse at schools. A myriad of constitutional rights are infringed upon when bullying occurs, and the problem is escalating. The Protection from Harassment Act 71 of 2011 was signed and accepted into law on the 27th of April 2013. This new Act may grant relief to victims of bullying inter alia by providing for  protection orders, and therefore adds to the legislative framework available to victims. However, in terms of bullying in schools, the parties to these incidents are minors and therefore a critical analysis is necessary with regard to the rights of the victim and the offender. In this context the relationship and interaction between the Protection from Harassment Act 71 of 2011, the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008, the Children's Act 38 of 2005 and the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 call for critical analysis