Doctor Ann Skelton

Dr. Ann Skelton is the Co-ordinator of the Child Litigation Project for the Centre for Child Law at the University of Pretoria. She holds an LLD (Doctor of Law) from the University of Pretoria and has worked as a human rights lawyer for 18 years. Since 1992, Dr. Skelton has specialised in children’s rights and has worked in a co-operative relationship with a number of government departments at the highest level in order to enhance the prospects for effective new systems for children. In 1996, she was appointed by the Minister of Justice to lead the Juvenile Justice Project Committee of the South African Law Commission. From October 1999 to November 2004, Dr. Skelton was the national co-ordinator of the Child Justice Project, a technical assistance project of the government of South Africa, the main objective of which was to assist government with planning for the implementation of the Child Justice Bill. Dr. Skelton has published extensively in the areas of juvenile law and restorative justice.