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The Centre for Child Law (CCL) has lost its court bid to have the identities of all children involved in criminal cases protected once they turn 18.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled that media houses may continue to name children involved in criminal cases after they turn 18, regardless of whether they are victims, witnesses or offenders.
Read: Child rights lobby groups take on media in court
The CCL will challenge the ruling in the Constitutional Court after a bench of SCA judges was split on the matter.
The CCL's Zita Hansungule says children involved in court cases who are publicly named once they turn 18 experience trauma and life-long harm.
The SCA did recognise that child victims should be protected, but did not extend the protections beyond the age of 18.
Read more: Court ruling grants crime victims identity protection but only until they are 18
The centre believes that all children involved in criminal cases, whether victims, witness or offenders, should have ongoing protection after they turn 18.
It does look that way [that an appeal to the ConCourt is the next step].
Zita Hansungule, Project Coordinator for Research and Advocacy at Centre For Child Law
We feel quite strongly that if you get protection while you're under the age of 18, that protection should continue to follow you after you turn 18 in order to prevent significant life-long harm.
Zita Hansungule, Project Coordinator for Research and Advocacy at Centre For Child Law
Identification can cause trauma, regression, stigma and shame to a child - it doesn't matter if they are a victim, witness or offender. That's what we're trying to avoid.
Zita Hansungule, Project Coordinator for Research and Advocacy at Centre For Child Law
We're not saying that media shouldn't report on cases that involve children... we're saying that care should be taken.
Zita Hansungule, Project Coordinator for Research and Advocacy at Centre For Child Law
We hope that the Constitutional Court gives this case the justice that it deserves.
Zita Hansungule, Project Coordinator for Research and Advocacy at Centre For Child Law
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