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Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Julia Sloth-Nielsen is Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, South Africa specializing in children's rights, juvenile justice and criminal justice policy. She has authored numerous publications, most recently on the duties of the African child, on children's socio-economic rights and on child friendly laws and policies in Africa. She was part of the drafting team of the South African Children's Act 38 of 2005 and of the Child Justice Bill, in Parliament
in 2008. She has worked in child law reform regionally in several countries, including Mozambique, Lesotho, Sudan, Kenya and Somaliland.