{"id":2484,"date":"2011-11-06T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanium.org\/en\/?page_id=2484"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:45:51","slug":"south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Children of South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Realizing Children’s Rights in South Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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South Africa ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/a> in June 1995. A year later, the South African government-specified children\u2019s rights in the Constitution\u2019s Bill of Rights in Section 28: \u201cevery child has the right to basic nutrition<\/a>, shelter<\/a>, health care and social services, as well as the right to be protected from maltreatment, neglect, abuse <\/a>or degradation.\u201d Despite these promises, children of different backgrounds in South Africa are born into very unequal opportunities; some affected by poverty<\/a>, poor health<\/a>, and lowered access to education<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n