Submitted by Jamile Barbosa da Cruz (jamile.cruz@ucsal.br) on 2016-09-29T18:32:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO - ELSJ VERSÃO FINAL REVISADA - 07-08-2015.pdf: 1964161 bytes, checksum: 65cac310b88df60e6f930d70afb57b0e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Emília Carvalho Ribeiro (maria.ribeiro@ucsal.br) on 2016-11-25T21:16:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO - ELSJ VERSÃO FINAL REVISADA - 07-08-2015.pdf: 1964161 bytes, checksum: 65cac310b88df60e6f930d70afb57b0e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-25T21:16:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO - ELSJ VERSÃO FINAL REVISADA - 07-08-2015.pdf: 1964161 bytes, checksum: 65cac310b88df60e6f930d70afb57b0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-12 / A pesquisa visa desenvolver uma abordagem analítica sobre o potencial da utilização dos recursos do Fundo dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente particularmente para o adolescente em circunstância de cumprimento de medidas socioeducativas restritivas de liberdade, destacando a sua importância para a garantia da política de proteção especial. O tema da política de proteção especial dos adolescentes em cumprimento de medidas socioeducativas privativas de liberdade nas produções acadêmica e científica nacional, com ênfase na utilização do Fundo dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente, foi objeto desta dissertação. Realizou-se uma pesquisa exploratória, na perspectiva de permitir um maior conhecimento sobre o assunto, pela via da documentação indireta (pesquisa documental e bibliográfica), analisando-se qualitativamente os dados coletados, o que tornou possível confirmar a viabilidade da implementação da política de atendimento por intermédio da utilização dos recursos contidos no Fundo dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente para os adolescentes em circunstância de cumprimento de medida socioeducativa restritiva de liberdade. / The research aims to develop an analytical approach to the potential use of Fund resources Rights of the Child and Adolescent particularly for adolescents in condition to comply with restrictive educational measures of freedom, highlighting its importance for ensuring the special protection policy. The subject of special protection policy for adolescents in fulfillment of private educational measures of freedom in academic and national scientific production, with emphasis on the use of the Rights of Children and Adolescents Fund, was the subject of this thesis. We conducted an exploratory research with a view to allow greater knowledge of the subject, by means of indirect documentation (documentary and bibliographic research), analyzing qualitative data collected, which made it possible to confirm the feasibility of implementing the policy service through the use of resources contained in the Fund for the Rights of Children and Adolescents for teens on condition of compliance with restrictive socio measure of freedom.

Officiellement généralisée par la loi du 11 octobre 1946, la médecine du travail s’impose aujourd’hui à tous les secteurs d’activité. Pour veiller sur la santé et la sécurité des travailleurs, la loi a confié aux médecins du travail une mission de prévention consistant à « éviter toute altération de la santé des travailleurs du fait de leur travail, notamment en surveillant leurs conditions d'hygiène au travail, les risques de contagion et leur état de santé, ainsi que tout risque manifeste d'atteinte à la sécurité des tiers évoluant dans l'environnement immédiat de travail» (Code du travail –article L.4622-3). Bien que tous les médecins du travail remplissent des fonctions identiques, les règles qui leur sont applicables varient en fonction de leurs secteurs d’activités. En conséquence, on constate une grande hétérogénéité des statuts. Cette étude présente le statut des médecins du travail des services de santé au travail non agricole et le statut des médecins du travail des fonctions publiques. A travers un état des lieux, la thèse apporte un éclairage précis sur l’hétérogénéité de leur statut et conduit à s’interroger sur la mise en place des règles plus homogènes. / Officially extended by the law of October 11th, 1946, occupational health has nowadays become part of all business sectors. To ensure the workers’ health and safety, the law entrusted the occupational health practitioners with a risk prevention with the aim ‘to avoid any deterioration of the workers’ health due to their work, including looking after their work hygiene conditions, the contagion risks and their state of health. It also covers all clear risks linked to third party safety working in the immediate work environment (labour law – article L.4622-3).Although all occupational health practitioners have similar duties, the rules that they apply can vary according the business sectors. Therefore we notice a wide variety of status. This study deals with the status of the occupational health practitioners in the occupational health department of the non-farm and public service. By analyzing the current situation, this thesis gives a precise perspective on the heterogeneousness of their status and leads to questioning setting up more homogenous rules.

Focusing on the rights of children who are deprived of their family environment and remain in child-headed households in the context of the HIV epidemic in Africa cannot be more relevant at present as the continent faces a significant increase in the number of children who are left to fend for themselves due to the impact of the epidemic. The impact of the epidemic is so severe that it is likened to an armed conflict. In sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 22.4 million people are living with HIV, and in 2008 alone, 2 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses. Such massive loss of human lives is itself a tragedy. However, the repercussions of the epidemic suffered by children may be less visible, yet are just as far-reaching, and in all likelihood longer lasting in their effects. Initially, it appeared that children were only marginally affected by the epidemic. Unfortunately, it is now clear that children are at the heart of the epidemic. In sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 14 million children lost their parents to AIDS-related illnesses and an unimaginable number of children consequently find themselves in deepened poverty. Traditionally, children who are deprived of their family environment in Africa have been cared for by extended families. However, the HIV epidemic has dramatically affected the demography of many African societies. As the epidemic continues to deplete resources of the affected families and communities, extended families and communities find it more and more difficult to provide adequate care to the increasing number of children who are deprived of parental care. As a result, more and more children are taking care of themselves in child-headed households. The foremost responsibility of states with regards to children who are deprived of parental care is to support families and communities so that they are able to provide adequate care to children in need of care, thereby preventing children from being deprived of their family environment. While strengthening families and communities, as required by articles 20 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child and 25 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, as well as other international guidelines such as the 2009 UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, states also have the responsibility to provide ‘special protection and assistance’ to children who are already deprived of their family environment and are living in child-headed households. The important question is how to interpret the right to alternative care, and special protection and assistance, with respect to children in child-headed households. The study examines the international standards and norms regarding children who are deprived of their family environment including children in child-headed households and explores the ways those children are supported and protected in South Africa, against the background of related developments in a number of different African countries, including Namibia, Southern Sudan and Uganda. In 2002, the South African Law Reform Commission made the important recommendation that child-headed households should be legally recognised. The Children’s Amendment Act (No 41 of 2007), which amended the comprehensive Children’s Act (No 38 of 2005) gave effect to this recommendation by legally recognising child-headed households under prescribed conditions. It is a bold step to strengthen the protection and assistance given to children in child-headed households. However, child-headed households should not be legally recognised unless all the necessary protection and assistance measures are effectively put in place. In order to design and implement the measures of protection and assistance to children in child-headed households, a holistic children’s rights-based approach should be a guiding light. A rights-based approach, which articulates justiciable rights, establishes a link between the entitlement of children as rights-holders and legal obligations of states as duty-bearers. States have the primary responsibility to provide appropriate protection and assistance to children who are deprived of their family environment. This is a legal obligation of states, not a charitable action. A rights-based approach is further important in that it ensures that both the process of mitigation strategies and the outcome of such efforts are firmly based on human rights standards. The study argues that legal recognition should be given to child-headed household only after a careful evaluation based on the international standards with regard to children deprived of their family environment. It further argues that measures of ‘special protection and assistance’ should be devised and implemented using a rights-based approach respecting, among others, children’s rights to non-discrimination, to participation and to have their best interests given a priority. / Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Centre for Human Rights / unrestricted

Das Ausmaß der Zerstörung von Kulturgut im bewaffneten Konflikt stellt die internationale Gemeinschaft vor neue Herausforderungen. In vorliegender Arbeit werden die Präventionspflichten der Staaten in Friedenszeiten nach dem Humanitären Völkerrecht in Abgrenzung zu friedensvertraglichen Regelungen beleuchtet. Dabei werden zur Konzeptualisierung der Prävention die Dimensionen der Verhaltens- und der Verhältnisprävention unterschieden und auf die Normen des Völkerrechts übertragen. Das aufkommende Konzept des safe haven wird als potentiell präventive Maßnahme analysiert und kritisch gewürdigt.

[pt] O objetivo desta dissertação é realizar uma introdução aos estudos e às aplicações dos Esquemas de Proteção de Sistemas -EPSs- usados para manter a segurança dos Sistemas de Energia Elétrica. Um pequeno conjunto de definições e conceitos das áreas de proteção, confiabilidade e análise de desempenho de sistemas de potência é apresentado com o objetivo de distinguir os EPSs das proteções convencionais de componentes do sistema. Isto também ajuda a entender as funções dos EPSs com mais clareza. Os EPSs são usados para manter a integridade do sistema quando este está submetido a fenômenos que provocam instabilidade ou desligamentos em cascata. A classificação e a descrição destes fenômenos, bem como a aplicação dos EPSs estão mostradas nesta dissertação. A estrutura geral dos EPSs, as formas de classificá-los e as diferentes ações usadas pelos EPSs para controlar as perturbações são objeto de análise do trabalho. Para exemplificar, é dada uma visão de como se situam os EPSs no Sistema Interligado Brasileiro (SIB) e também pelo restante do mundo. Alguns EPSs usados no Brasil mereceram destaque especial.As análises dos principais blecautes ocorridos no Brasil e na América do Norte são apresentadas, de forma resumida, no apêndice I. Dessas análises são tiradas muitas lições para implementar medidas que minimizam o risco de interrupções no suprimento de energia. Também é feita uma comparação do grau de severidade dos grandes blecautes ocorridos no Brasil e, para os dois maiores, é realizada uma estimativa dos seus respectivos custos de interrupção. Procurou-se também, no apêndice II, estabelecer os requisitos básicos para a implantação de EPSs que usem tecnologia baseada em microprocessadores.Com base na experiência vivida nos estudos desenvolvidos pelo grupo que analisou a segurança do SIB após o blecaute de 11-MAR-99, foram estabelecidos critérios e procedimentos para analisar a segurança do sistema e realizar estudos de implantação de EPSs. E, como desfecho, é realizado um breve estudo do SIB, onde é analisado o desempenho dos EPSs para controlar graves emergências que podem ocorrer no presente momento. / [en] The objective of this dissertation is to accomplish an introduction to the studies and the applications of the System Protection Schemes -SPSs- used to maintain the Electric Energy Systems safety. A small group of definitions and concepts from the protection,reliability and power systems performance analysis areas is presented with the objective of distinguishing SPSs from the conventional system component protections. It also helps in understanding the functions of the SPSs with more clarity. The SPSs are used to maintain the integrity of the system when it is submitted to phenomena that provoke instability or cascade circuit outages. The classification and the description of these phenomena, as well as the SPSs application are shown in this dissertation. The general structure of the SPSs, the ways of classifying them and the different actions used by SPSs to control the disturbances are the objectives of the analysis of this work. In order to exemplify, a vision is given of how the SPSs are located in the Brazilian Interconnected System -BIS- and also in the rest of the world. Some SPSs used in Brazil deserved special attention.The analyses of the main blackouts that occurred in Brazil and in North America are presented, in a summarized term, in appendix I. Considerable knowledge is obtained from these analyses, leading to implementation measures that minimize the risk of interruptions in the energy supply. A comparison is also made of the degree of severity of the great blackouts that happened in Brazil and, for the two largest, an estimate of their respective interruption costs is made. In appendix II, an attempt was also made to establish the basic requirements for the SPSs implementation using microprocessing technology. Based on the experience lived during the studies developed by the group that analyzed the safety of the BIS after the blackout on March 11/1999, criteria and procedures to analyze the safety of the system and to accomplish studies of SPSs implantation were established. Finally, a brief study of the BIS is done, where the SPSs performances are analyzed to verify the ability to control serious emergencies that can happen in the present moment.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:24:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Samuel de Castro Barbosa Melo.pdf: 1155187 bytes, checksum: efc87d22b8f5be99919330b7c937628e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-27 / Resulting from the study of the structural combination of the legal, political and family systems carried out by the Constitution and based on systems theory by Niklas Luhmann, this investigation examines the applicability of the special protection of the family within the national tax system. In general terms, after identifying the structures of the different systems that coexist in the constitutional sphere, this study analyzes the de-patrimonialization and repersonalization of Family Law before constitutional principles. Going deep into the national tax system, we examined the normative dimensions of the limiting principles of the taxing power. Departing from the study of the doctrine and decisions of international Constitutional Courts, it was sought a new conceptual analysis of the principles of tax equality and ability to pay upon the incidence of the principle established in Article 226, caput, of the 1988 Federal Constitution. Other issues like the doctrinal discussion on the evolution and establishment of fundamental rights in international instruments and in the current Constitution, and the transposition of the overprinciple of human dignity under the tax law will also be addressed. It will be also to brought to light the influence of fundamental human rights under the tax law as well as their application to non-taxation of the existential minimum. This study will then examine the various aspects of the normative content of family s special protection principle: institutional guarantee, constitutional limitation on the power to tax, immunizing norm of the family existential minimum and extra fiscal function. The system of family taxation will be addressed, going further to the examination of the techniques adopted in alien and national law. It will be also analyzed the flaws made by national legislation on the taxation of goods and expenses, essential for family maintenance. Finally, the tax on household income will be considered as a tool to promote it, evidencing its extra fiscal aspect / A partir do estudo do acoplamento estrutural realizado pela Constituição entre os sistemas jurídico, político e familiar, com fundamento na teoria sistêmica de Niklas Luhmann, inicia-se o estudo da aplicabilidade do princípio da proteção especial da família no âmbito do sistema tributário nacional. Em linhas gerais, após identificar as estruturas dos diferentes sistemas que convivem no espaço constitucional, o trabalho analisa a despatrimonalização e a repersonalização do Direito das Famílias perante os princípios constitucionais. Imergindo-se no sistema tributário nacional, o trabalho examina as dimensões normativas dos princípios limitadores do poder de tributar. A partir do estudo da doutrina e de decisões proferidas por Cortes Constitucionais estrangeiras, buscar-se-á nova análise conceitual dos princípios da isonomia tributária e da capacidade contributiva ante a incidência do princípio positivado no artigo 226, caput, da Constituição Federal de 1988. A discussão doutrinária acerca da evolução e da sedimentação dos direitos fundamentais nos diplomas internacionais e na atual Carta Magna e a transposição do sobreprincípio da dignidade da pessoa humana no âmbito do direito tributário também serão abordados. Buscar-se-á trazer a lume a influência dos direitos fundamentais do homem no âmbito do direito tributário, bem como os contornos por eles tracejados em relação à intributabilidade do mínimo existencial. Examinar-se-á o plúrimo conteúdo normativo do princípio da proteção especial da família: garantia institucional, limitação constitucional ao poder de tributar, norma imunizante do mínimo existencial familiar e função extrafiscal. O sistema de tributação das famílias será abordado, avançando-se para o exame das técnicas adotadas no direito alienígena e nacional. Analisar-se-ão os equívocos cometidos pela legislação nacional acerca da tributabilidade dos bens e despesas imprescindíveis para a manutenção da família. Por fim, o imposto sobre a renda das famílias será analisado como instrumento para a sua promoção, evidenciando-se o seu aspecto extrafiscal

Seit mehreren Jahrzehnten nehmen die Bestandszahlen von Bodenbrütern europaweit ab, ein Prozess, der hauptsächlich auf die Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft zurückzuführen ist. In diesem Zusammenhang könnte aber auch die zunehmende Prädation von Raubsäugern (Carnivora, Mammalia) eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Ziel dieser Studie war die Bewertung und Einschätzung des Prädationspotentials ausgewählter Raubsäugerarten auf Bodenbrüter im brandenburgischen Vogelschutzgebiet "Mittlere Havelniederung". Von Mai 2015 bis Juni 2017 wurde die Raumnutzung verschiedener Raubsäugerarten mittels Kamerafallen und einer Telemetriestudie untersucht und anschließend mit den Ergebnissen einer Vogelkartierung verglichen. Ergänzt wurden die Untersuchungen mit einer Losungsanalyse der am häufigsten beobachteten Raubsäugerarten Waschbär (Procyon lotor) und Rotfuchs (Vulpes vulpes). Waschbären wiesen eine hohe Standorttreue sowie eine hohe Präferenz für Gewässer und Feuchtgebiete auf, während Rotfüchse eine hohe intraspezifische Variabilität in Bezug auf ihre Habitatnutzung sowie ein hohes Abwanderungsverhalten zeigten. Die Ergebnisse lassen außerdem ein hohes Prädationspotential des Waschbären auf Wasservögel vermuten, während der Einfluss auf Wiesenbrüter geringer zu sein scheint. Diese scheinen den höchsten Prädationsdruck durch den Rotfuchs zu erfahren. Die Nahrungsanalysen bestätigen diese Ergebnisse und spiegeln auch räumliche Bewegungsmuster beider Arten wieder. Diese Studie liefert als eine der europaweit ersten Studien empirische Belege für ein starkes indirektes und direktes Prädationspotential des Waschbären insbesondere auf Wasservögel. Zudem hebt diese Studie die Notwendigkeit einer differenzierten Betrachtung potenzieller Auswirkungen von Raubsäugern auf Bodenbrüter hervor und gibt einen Hinweis darauf, dass das Prädationspotential einer Raubsäugerart eng mit der Strukturvielfalt eines Lebensraums und somit mit der Intensität der landwirtschaftlichen Bewirtschaftung zusammenhängt. / Over recent decades, a general decline in ground-nesting bird species has been recorded all over Europe and this trend is mainly a result of agricultural intensification. However, increasing predation pressure by carnivores (Carnivora, Mammalia) might also play an important role in this context. The aim of this study was to assess and evaluate the predatory potential of selected carnivore species on ground-nesting birds in the Special Protection Area `Mittlere Havelniederung’ in Brandenburg, Germany. Between May 2015 and June 2017, camera- trapping and a telemetry study were carried out to investigate the spatial behavior of mesocarnivore species. Subsequently, spatial data were compared with results of a bird mapping and complemented by an analysis of scat contents of the most abundant carnivore species raccoon (Procyon lotor) and red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Camera trapping revealed a high diversity of carnivores. In addition, spatial distribution patterns showed high site fidelity and an exclusive preference for waters and swamplands in raccoons, while red foxes showed a high level of intraspecific variance in habitat use and a pronounced level of migratory activity. Predator-prey spatial overlap assumes a high potential impact of raccoons on water-associated bird species, while their impact on grassland birds appears not as important. Grassland birds seem to experience highest predatory pressure by red foxes. Dietary analysis support these results and confirm species-specific spatial patterns. As one of the first studies in Europe, this study provides empirical evidence of raccoons’ strong indirect and direct predatory potential in particular on water-associated bird species. Besides, this study highlights the need for a differentiated view on the potential impact of carnivore species on ground-nesting birds and suggests, that the predatory potential of a carnivore species is linked with landscape diversity and thus with intensity of agricultural land use practices.

Text in Afrikaans / Die MIV/vigs-pandemie in Suid-Afiika- van die ergste in die wereld- toon geen tekens van afname nie. Miljoene kinders is reeds of wees gelaat of hewig geaffekteer deur die magdom impakte daarvan op gesinne en gemeenskappe. Die epidemie het voortdurend stygende sterftesyfers tot gevolg en die hewige las van die siekte rus swaar op MIV-positiewe sowel as MIV-negatiewe individue. Verder word tradisionele ondersteuningsnetwerke oorbelaai en/of gaan hulle tot niet. Gesinne en gemeenskappe verloor hul ekonomiese, sosiale en kulturele lewensvatbaarheid. Die pandemie hou, veral onder die armes, 'n geweldige bedreiging vir die gesondheid, welstand en regte van babas, kinders en jongmense in. 'n Groot gedeelte van die impak van MIV/vigs hou verband met die feit dat sommige kinders en hul gesinne beperkte toegang tot die elemente van 'n gesonde omgewing en goeie gesondheid het. Regerings, gemeenskappe en gesinne wat deur MIV/vigs geraak word, het minder tyd, energie en finansiële hulpbronne beskikbaar om op voorkomende gesondheidsorg te fokus. Benewens die impak op gesondheidstatus, word kinders se omstandighede ook as gevolg van MIV/vigsverwante probleme bemoeilik. Dit sluit verhoogde gesinsarmoede, 'n hoer risiko van verlating en weeslating, geforseerde migrasie, onterwing, sielkundige trauma, uitsluiting en diskriminasie, en fisiese en seksuele mishandeling in. Die derde vlaag van die epidemie, welke vlaag nou betree word, word gekenmerk deur 'n ontsettende hoe sterftesyfer, 'n ontploffing in die getal sorgbehoewende en weeskinders en 'n verhoging in menslike pyn en lyding. Die reg speel 'n baie belangrike rol in die beperking van hierdie impak van die MIV/vigs-pandemie op die lewens van alle kinders. MIV/vigs-reg is in die proses van evolusie of vorming en reeds bestaande teorieë kan aangewend word ten einde sekere vrae te beantwoord en probleme daaromtrent aan te spreek. Tog is daar 'n dringende behoefte aan MIV/vigs-spesifieke wetgewing en teorieë ten einde die impak van die pandemie op alle vlakke suksesvol te beheer. Verder het die Kinderreg so 'n mate van ontwikkeling bereik dat daar algemeen aanvaar word dat kinders 'n spesiale belangegroep binne die gemeenskap vorm. Die regsreëls met betrekking tot kinders verander gedurig en is ook nie geskik om volgens die tradisionele wyse, as privaat- of publiekreg, geklassifiseer te word nie. In die hieropvolgende proefskrif word die impak van MIV/vigs op sekere publiekregtelike, maar oorwegend privaatregtelike aspekte van die Suid-Afiikaanse kinderreg ondersoek, sowel as enkele metodes waarop die reg moontlik hierdie impak kan absorbeer en hanteer. Daar word ook in aparte hoofstukke na die impak van MIV/vigs op die lewens van kinders. sorgbehoewende kinders, egskeiding en die ouer-kind-verhouding verwys The HIV/aids pandemic in South Africa - one of the worst in the world - does not seem to be decreasing. Millions of children have already been either orphaned or heavily affected by the numerous impacts on families and communities associated with it. The epidemic brings on an ever-increasing mortality rate and the extreme burden thereof weighs down heavily on HIV-positive as well as HIV-negative individuals. Traditional support networks are further being heavily burdened or perish entirely. Families and communities lose their economical, social and cultural viability. The pandemic threatens, especially among the poorest, the health, wellbeing and rights of infants, children and young people. The impact of HIV/aids is to a great extent the result of the fact that some children and their families do not have sufficient access to a healthy environment and good health. Governments, communities and families affected by HIV/aids have less time, energy and financial resources available in order to enable them to focus on preventive healthcare. In addition to the impact on health status, children's circumstances are also being encumbered by HIV/aids-related problems, including family poverty, a higher risk of being abandoned or orphaned, forced migration, disinheritance, psychological trauma, ostracism and discrimination and physical and sexual abuse. The third wave of the epidemic, which wave is presently being experienced, is characterised by a high mortality rate, an increasing amount of children in need of care and orphaned children and an increase in human pain and suffering. The law plays an important role in the limitation of the impact of the HIV/aids pandemic on the lives of children. HIV/aids law is in the process of evolution or forming and existing theories can be used in order to answer certain questions and address certain issues relating to it. However, there is an urgent need for HIV/aids-specific legislation and theories in order to successfully manage the impact of the pandemic on all levels. Child law has also reached such an extent of development that children is now viewed as a special interest group within the community. The legal principles regarding children change constantly and cannot be classified in the traditional way, which is either as private or public law. In this thesis the impact of HIV/aids on certain aspects of the public and private law pertaining to children is examined. Ways in which the impact can be absorbed and managed by the law is also examined. The impact of HIV/aids on divorce, the parent-child relationship, children in need of care, and the impact of HIV/aids on the lives of children is examined in separate chapters. / Jurisprudence / LL. D.

Text in Afrikaans / Die MIV/vigs-pandemie in Suid-Afiika- van die ergste in die wereld- toon geen tekens van afname nie. Miljoene kinders is reeds of wees gelaat of hewig geaffekteer deur die magdom impakte daarvan op gesinne en gemeenskappe. Die epidemie het voortdurend stygende sterftesyfers tot gevolg en die hewige las van die siekte rus swaar op MIV-positiewe sowel as MIV-negatiewe individue. Verder word tradisionele ondersteuningsnetwerke oorbelaai en/of gaan hulle tot niet. Gesinne en gemeenskappe verloor hul ekonomiese, sosiale en kulturele lewensvatbaarheid. Die pandemie hou, veral onder die armes, 'n geweldige bedreiging vir die gesondheid, welstand en regte van babas, kinders en jongmense in. 'n Groot gedeelte van die impak van MIV/vigs hou verband met die feit dat sommige kinders en hul gesinne beperkte toegang tot die elemente van 'n gesonde omgewing en goeie gesondheid het. Regerings, gemeenskappe en gesinne wat deur MIV/vigs geraak word, het minder tyd, energie en finansiële hulpbronne beskikbaar om op voorkomende gesondheidsorg te fokus. Benewens die impak op gesondheidstatus, word kinders se omstandighede ook as gevolg van MIV/vigsverwante probleme bemoeilik. Dit sluit verhoogde gesinsarmoede, 'n hoer risiko van verlating en weeslating, geforseerde migrasie, onterwing, sielkundige trauma, uitsluiting en diskriminasie, en fisiese en seksuele mishandeling in. Die derde vlaag van die epidemie, welke vlaag nou betree word, word gekenmerk deur 'n ontsettende hoe sterftesyfer, 'n ontploffing in die getal sorgbehoewende en weeskinders en 'n verhoging in menslike pyn en lyding. Die reg speel 'n baie belangrike rol in die beperking van hierdie impak van die MIV/vigs-pandemie op die lewens van alle kinders. MIV/vigs-reg is in die proses van evolusie of vorming en reeds bestaande teorieë kan aangewend word ten einde sekere vrae te beantwoord en probleme daaromtrent aan te spreek. Tog is daar 'n dringende behoefte aan MIV/vigs-spesifieke wetgewing en teorieë ten einde die impak van die pandemie op alle vlakke suksesvol te beheer. Verder het die Kinderreg so 'n mate van ontwikkeling bereik dat daar algemeen aanvaar word dat kinders 'n spesiale belangegroep binne die gemeenskap vorm. Die regsreëls met betrekking tot kinders verander gedurig en is ook nie geskik om volgens die tradisionele wyse, as privaat- of publiekreg, geklassifiseer te word nie. In die hieropvolgende proefskrif word die impak van MIV/vigs op sekere publiekregtelike, maar oorwegend privaatregtelike aspekte van die Suid-Afiikaanse kinderreg ondersoek, sowel as enkele metodes waarop die reg moontlik hierdie impak kan absorbeer en hanteer. Daar word ook in aparte hoofstukke na die impak van MIV/vigs op die lewens van kinders. sorgbehoewende kinders, egskeiding en die ouer-kind-verhouding verwys The HIV/aids pandemic in South Africa - one of the worst in the world - does not seem to be decreasing. Millions of children have already been either orphaned or heavily affected by the numerous impacts on families and communities associated with it. The epidemic brings on an ever-increasing mortality rate and the extreme burden thereof weighs down heavily on HIV-positive as well as HIV-negative individuals. Traditional support networks are further being heavily burdened or perish entirely. Families and communities lose their economical, social and cultural viability. The pandemic threatens, especially among the poorest, the health, wellbeing and rights of infants, children and young people. The impact of HIV/aids is to a great extent the result of the fact that some children and their families do not have sufficient access to a healthy environment and good health. Governments, communities and families affected by HIV/aids have less time, energy and financial resources available in order to enable them to focus on preventive healthcare. In addition to the impact on health status, children's circumstances are also being encumbered by HIV/aids-related problems, including family poverty, a higher risk of being abandoned or orphaned, forced migration, disinheritance, psychological trauma, ostracism and discrimination and physical and sexual abuse. The third wave of the epidemic, which wave is presently being experienced, is characterised by a high mortality rate, an increasing amount of children in need of care and orphaned children and an increase in human pain and suffering. The law plays an important role in the limitation of the impact of the HIV/aids pandemic on the lives of children. HIV/aids law is in the process of evolution or forming and existing theories can be used in order to answer certain questions and address certain issues relating to it. However, there is an urgent need for HIV/aids-specific legislation and theories in order to successfully manage the impact of the pandemic on all levels. Child law has also reached such an extent of development that children is now viewed as a special interest group within the community. The legal principles regarding children change constantly and cannot be classified in the traditional way, which is either as private or public law. In this thesis the impact of HIV/aids on certain aspects of the public and private law pertaining to children is examined. Ways in which the impact can be absorbed and managed by the law is also examined. The impact of HIV/aids on divorce, the parent-child relationship, children in need of care, and the impact of HIV/aids on the lives of children is examined in separate chapters. / Jurisprudence / LL. D.