Jurisprudencia

Sudáfrica

Experto en jurisdicción: Rachel Sloth-Nielsen

Esta sección presenta un esquema de búsqueda simple, dividido por:

  • País
  • Materia de estudio en el ámbito de la constitucionalización/convencionalización del Derecho de Familia.
  • Ficha resumen del caso
  • Link a la sentencia en formato íntegro

Constitucional Court

Materia
Adoption, rights of unmarried fathers
ROL/RIT de identificación
Fraser v Children's Court Pretoria North and Others (CCT31/96) [1997] ZACC 1; 1997 (2) SA 261 (CC); 1997 (2) BCLR 153 (CC) (5 February 1997)
Referencia de las normas

Section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to equality and protection from unfair discrimination), article 8 of the  European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
 

Materia
Best interests of the child, adoption
ROL/RIT de identificación
Minister for Welfare and Population Development v Fitzpatrick and Others (CCT08/00) [2000] ZACC 6; 2000 (7) BCLR 713; 2000 (3) SA 422 (CC) (31 May 2000).
Referencia de las normas

Section 28 of the Constitution of South Africa (rights of the child).

Materia
Recognition of de facto unions, intestate succession
ROL/RIT de identificación
Bwanya v Master of the High Court, Cape Town and Others (20357/18) [2020] ZAWCHC 111; 2020 (12) BCLR 1446 (WCC); 2021 (1) SA 138 (WCC) (28 September 2020)f
Referencia de las normas

Section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to equality), section 10 of the Constitution of

South Africa (right to dignity)
 

Materia
Maintenance of opposite sex life partners upon the death of one of the partners
ROL/RIT de identificación
Volks NO v Robinson and Others (CCT12/04) [2005] ZACC 2; 2005 (5) BCLR 446 (CC) (21 February 2005)
Referencia de las normas

Section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to equality), section 10 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to dignity).


Article 23(2) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 18 of the African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
 

Materia
Rights of the girl child, status of the child
ROL/RIT de identificación
Bhe and Others v Khayelitsha Magistrate and Others (CCT 49/03) [2004] ZACC 17; 2005 (1) SA 580 (CC); 2005 (1) BCLR 1 (CC) (15 October 2004)
Referencia de las normas

Section 9 of the Constitution (right to equality), section 10 of the Constitution (right to dignity) / section 2(c) and (f) of The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; article 18(3) of the African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; articles 2(1)(a), 21 and 25 of the Protocol to the African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa; Article 4 of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Article 24(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 3 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Materia
Hague Convention proceedings, best interests of the child.
ROL/RIT de identificación
Sonderup v Tondelli and Another 2001 (1) SA 1171 (CC); 2001 (2) BCLR 152 (CC)
Referencia de las normas

Section 28(2) of the Constitution of South Africa (best interest of the Child); Hague Convention on Civil Aspect of Child Abduction

Materia
Recognition of different types of partnerships; Muslim marriage; protection of the vulnerable spouse
ROL/RIT de identificación
Daniels v Campbell and Others (CCT 40/ 03) [2004] ZACC 14; 2004 (5) SA 331 (CC); 2004 (7) BCLR 735 (CC) (11 March 2004)
Referencia de las normas

Section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to equality)
 

Materia
Maintenance obligations, Duty of the state to ensure maintenance orders are adhered to.
ROL/RIT de identificación
Bannatyne v Bannatyne and Another (CCT18/02) [2002] ZACC 31; 2003 (2) BCLR 111; 2003 (2) SA 363 (CC) (20 December 2002)
Referencia de las normas

Section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to equality, specifically gender equality), section 28(2) of the Constitution of South Africa (best interests of the child)

Materia
Best interests of the child; violence against children; corporeal punishment in school settings
ROL/RIT de identificación
Christian Education South Africa v Minister of Education (CCT4/00) [2000] ZACC 11; 2000 (4) SA 757; 2000 (10) BCLR 1051 (18 August 2000)
Referencia de las normas

Section 9 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to equality), section 10 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to dignity), section 12 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to freedom and security of the person), section 15 and 31 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to freedom of religion and cultural life), section 28(1)(d) of the Constitution of South Africa (right of every child to be protected from maltreatment, neglect, abuse or degradation). 
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, article 37 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 5(5) of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

Materia
Violence against Children, best interests of the child
ROL/RIT de identificación
Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another
Referencia de las normas


Section 10 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to dignity), section 14 of the Constitution of South Africa (right to privacy), section 28(2) of the Constitution of South Africa (best interest of the child).