Year Published: 2014
Authors: Rachel Brock, Elizabeth Brundige, Diane Furstenau, Claire Holton-Basaldua, Meetali Jain, James Kraemer, Kay Mahonde, Malissa Osei and Nadia Gaffoor
Publishers: Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of Witwatersrand School of Law and Cornell Law School's Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic
Suggested Citation: Brock R, Brundige E, Furstenau D, Holton-Basaldua C, Jain M, Kraemer J, Mahonde K, Osei M & Gaffoor N (2014) Sexual violence by Educators in South African schools: Gaps in accountability. Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of Witwatersrand School of Law and Cornell Law School's Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic.
This report examines the gaps in accountability that exist for educator abuse of learners in Gauteng Province. Drawing upon desk research and interviews with government officials, NGOs, police, community members, and affected individuals, it identifies and discusses the problems that contribute to the government’s failure to hold abusive educators responsible for their actions and to protect and provide redress to the learners they have abused. It also situates these issues within a framework of South Africa’s international, regional, and domestic legal obligations, and provides recommendations aimed at filling these gaps.