The Konrad Adenauer Foundation has posted online the full-text of the following book:

Children’s Rights in Namibia

edited by Oliver C. Ruppel

Windhoek: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2009

http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_18139-544-2-30.pdf

http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/dokument_id-18139/index.html

Table of Contents:

Contents i Foreword Anton Bösl iii Acknowledgements v List of Contributors vii List of Abbreviations xvi Introduction Oliver C Ruppel 1 The protection of children’s rights in Namibia: Law and policy Lotta N Ambunda and Willard T Mugadza 5 The protection of children’s rights under international law from a Namibian perspective Oliver C Ruppel 53 A major decision: Considering the age of majority in Namibia Rachel Coomer and Dianne Hubbard 101 Work in progress: The Child Care and Protection Act in Namibia Lena N Kangandjela and Clever Mapaure 121 The best interest of the child Yvonne Dausab 145 Children’s right to citizenship Faith Chipepera and Katharina G Ruppel-Schlichting 159 Custody and guardianship of children Felicity !Owoses-/Goagoses 177 Adoption: Statutory and customary law aspects from a Namibian perspective Oliver C Ruppel and Pombili L Shipila 189 Child labour: A universal problem from a Namibian perspective Clever Mapaure 201 Realising the right to education for all: School policy on learner pregnancy in Namibia Dianne Hubbard 223 Customary practices and children with albinism in Namibia: A constitutional challenge? Ruusa N Ntinda 243 Children in polygynous marriages from a customary perspective Prisca N Anyolo 255 “A man is not a man unless …”: Male circumcision – A legal problem? Manfred O Hinz and Moudi Hangula 267 Restorative justice: The case for a Child Justice Act Stefan Schulz 283 High Court of Namibia Vulnerable Witnesses’ Project Annel M Silungwe 327 Child suggestibility in the Namibian justice system Joab T Mudzanapabwe 331 Understanding the perpetrators of violent crimes against children Veronica C de Klerk 347 Access to information by orphans and other vulnerable children in the Ohangwena Region Chiku Mchombu 363 Child trafficking, child prostitution and the potential dangers of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa Michael Conteh 375 The Ombudsman for Children in Poland: A model for Namibia? Agata Rogalska-Piechota 391 Accessibility of social assistance benefits in indigenous African communities from a South African perspective Gugulethu Nkosi 409 In search of a focus: Methodological provocations in the quest for the recognition and implementation of children’s rights and legal entitlements Julie Stewart 425