Limitations and Opportunities of Child Participation in Climate Change Litigation in Africa.

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008602
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-8602-6

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Mauluka, Gift:
Limitations and Opportunities of Child Participation in Climate Change Litigation in Africa.
In: Pretoria Student Law Review. Vol. 18 (2024) Issue 1 . - pp. 30-57.
ISSN 1998-0280
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.29053/pslr.v18i1.4652

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Project title:	Project's official title Project's id EXC 2052: Africa Multiple: Reconfiguring African Studies 390713894
Project financing:	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Abstract

Climate change legal frameworks call upon countries to mitigate and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. These frameworks have influenced the creation of policies and laws addressing climate change across the globe. Activists, individuals, and civil society organisations have utilised campaigns, demonstrations, and climate change litigation to compel countries to adhere to their climate change obligations provided in these frameworks. However, climate change litigation is still in its infancy and progressing slowly in African countries. Additionally, children’s involvement in such litigation is limited despite international and domestic legal frameworks permitting their participation. This article argues that children’s participation in climate change litigation in African countries is currently tokenistic and does not afford them meaningful involvement in the decision-making processes in climate change matters. Having presented the importance of child participation, it examines the opportunities and limitations of children’s participation in climate change litigation.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Keywords:	climate change; litigation; child participation; child rights
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 340 Law
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Law > Chair African Legal Studies > Chair African Legal Studies - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thokozani Kaime Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Law Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Law > Chair African Legal Studies
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	Yes
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-8602-6
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2025 10:45
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2025 10:46
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/8602

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