Compulsory HIV testing of child sex offenders in the South African criminal justice system

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dc.contributor.authorPienaar, L.
dc.contributor.authorKarels, M. G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-24T09:00:05Z
dc.date.available2017-05-24T09:00:05Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007 established unique procedural mechanisms for the processing of sexual offence cases and for the protection of victims. One such procedure relates to compulsory HIV testing of an alleged offender on application by the victim or a police official. This article is a theoretical exploration of Chapter 5 of the Sexual Offences Act, and the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 as they pertain to HIV testing of children, juxtaposed against the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008. The submission concedes that Chapter 5 of the Sexual Offences Act is applicable to child offenders. The authors, however, argue that child offenders are procedurally sui generis in the criminal justice process and resultantly the prescripts of Chapter 5 of the Sexual Offences Act are at odds with the position of a child offender within the protections of the Child Justice Act, insofar as effective protection of the best interest standard is concerned.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPienaar, L., & Karels, M. G. (2017). Compulsory HIV testing of child sex offenders in the South African criminal justice system. Journal for Juridical Science, 42(1), 41-61.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2415-0517 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-252X (print)
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150517/JJS42.v1.3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/6294
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Law, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Law, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectCriminal Lawen_ZA
dc.subjectSexual Offences Acten_ZA
dc.subjectSex offendersen_ZA
dc.subjectCriminal justice systemen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV testingen_ZA
dc.titleCompulsory HIV testing of child sex offenders in the South African criminal justice systemen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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