@article{Baird_2021, title={What about the Child? Preventing the Publication of Children’s Names After the Age of 18}, volume={24}, url={https://perjournal.co.za/article/view/9571}, DOI={10.17159/1727-3781/2021/v24i0a9571}, abstractNote={<p><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 327.21px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.982292);">Children are afforded </span><span style="left: 524.517px; top: 327.21px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.964446);">a number of</span><span style="left: 626.317px; top: 327.21px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00761);">different </span><span style="left: 694.167px; top: 327.21px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.99058);">protections when </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 346.41px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.999689);">they encounter the criminal justice system. The need for special </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 365.61px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.984806);">protection stems from </span><span style="left: 529.117px; top: 365.61px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.981935);">the vulnerable position they</span><span style="left: 749.567px; top: 365.61px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.984287);">occupy in </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 384.61px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03294);">society. When children form part of the </span><span style="left: 653.517px; top: 384.61px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01934);">criminal justice system </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 403.81px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02513);">by being an offender, </span><span style="left: 538.317px; top: 403.81px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01808);">a victim</span><span style="left: 610.517px; top: 403.81px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.999426);">or </span><span style="left: 635.717px; top: 403.81px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01399);">a witness</span><span style="left: 720.967px; top: 403.81px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00568);">they </span><span style="left: 762.767px; top: 403.81px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01972);">may be </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 423.01px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.952697);">subjected to harm. To mitigate against the potential harm that </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 442.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00061);">may </span><span style="left: 395.283px; top: 442.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.997022);">be caused</span><span style="left: 476.483px; top: 442.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.997794);">, our law provides that criminal proceedings </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 461.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.984206);">involving children should not be open to the public, subject to the </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 480.66px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02255);">discretion of the court. This protection naturally seems at </span><span style="left: 786.967px; top: 480.66px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00417);">odds </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 499.66px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.988049);">with the principle of open justice. However, the courts have </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 518.86px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01317);">reconciled the limitation with the legal purpose it serves. For all </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 538.06px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.977262);">the protection </span><span style="left: 464.083px; top: 538.06px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.959045);">the law offers </span><span style="left: 573.717px; top: 538.06px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.952059);">and the lengths that </span><span style="left: 732.167px; top: 538.06px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00628);">it </span><span style="left: 746.967px; top: 538.06px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.959777);">goes to </span><span style="left: 809.967px; top: 538.06px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01399);">in </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 557.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00808);">order to </span><span style="left: 417.683px; top: 557.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01203);">protect the identity of children in this regard,</span><span style="left: 749.367px; top: 557.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.979478);">it</span><span style="left: 762.767px; top: 557.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00499);">appears </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 576.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01386);">there is an unofficial timer dictating when this protection should </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 595.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00526);">end. The media have been at the forefront of this conundrum to </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 614.66px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.982438);">the extent that they believe that once a child (</span><span style="left: 683.567px; top: 614.66px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00607);">an </span><span style="left: 706.167px; top: 614.66px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00742);">offender, victim, </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 633.86px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02269);">or witness) turns 18 they are free to reveal </span><span style="left: 684.367px; top: 633.86px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03375);">the child’s identity. </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 653.06px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02341);">This belief, grounded in the right to freedom of expression and </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 672.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.943245);">the principle of open justice, is at odds with the principle of </span><span style="left: 813.767px; top: 672.26px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02414);">a </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 691.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00177);">child’s best interests, </span><span style="left: 513.517px; top: 691.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00439);">the </span><span style="left: 541.317px; top: 691.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00763);">right to dignity and the right to privacy. </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 710.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03019);">It also stares incredulously in t</span><span style="left: 584.317px; top: 710.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.0423);">he face of the aims of the </span><span style="left: 784.967px; top: 710.46px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00774);">Child </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 729.694px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.988555);">Justice Act</span><span style="left: 438.083px; top: 729.694px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.982118);">and the principles of resto</span><span style="left: 624.917px; top: 729.694px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.984305);">rative justice. In the context </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 748.894px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.995312);">of</span><span style="left: 376.683px; top: 748.894px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.988786);">the detrimental psychological effects experienced by child </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 768.094px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.962705);">victims, witnesses, and offenders, this article aims to critically </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 787.294px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992761);">analyse the legal and pr</span><span style="left: 548.517px; top: 787.294px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.997247);">actical implications of revealing the </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 806.494px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.990939);">identity of child victims, witnesses, and offenders after they </span><span style="left: 786.967px; top: 806.494px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00377);">have </span><span style="left: 354.883px; top: 825.694px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.999526);">turned</span><span style="left: 406.683px; top: 825.694px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.996383);">18</span><span style="left: 425.083px; top: 825.694px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif;">.</span></p>}, journal={Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal}, author={Baird, Sophy}, year={2021}, month={Sep.}, pages={1–31} }