S v M
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s-v-m-296-18304192
title:
S v M
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S v M is a 2007 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa with import for children's rights and criminal sentencing. The court held unanimously that the best interests of the child must be considered whenever a child's primary caregiver is handed a criminal sentence. This obligation arises from section 28(2) of the Constitution, which enshrines the paramountcy of the best interests of the child, read with section 28(1)(b) of the Constitution, which enshrines every children's right to
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South African legal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_v_M
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2024-03-11T06:00:31Z
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