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Teddy Bear Clinic v Minister of Justice

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that made it a crime for children between the ages of 12 and 16 to engage in consensual sexual activity with other children in the same age range. The court found that these laws infringed the rights to
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The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another
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The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another
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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007
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laws to consensual sexual acts when both parties are younger than the
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Constitutional Court of South Africa
[2013] ZACC 35
North Gauteng High Court
Mogoeng
CJ
Froneman
Jafta
Khampepe
Nkabinde
Skweyiya
Zondo
Bosielo
Mhlantla
AJ
Constitutional Court of South Africa
statutory rape
age of consent
unconstitutional
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007
dignity
privacy
best interests of the child
"ConCourt: Parts of child sex act unconstitutional"
"Sex between teens no longer a crime"
"Teen sex: The law can't replace parenting"
Constitutional Court judgment
Earlier High Court judgment
Categories
2013 in case law

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