Report of the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs on United Nations Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, dated 10 March 2005:
The Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs, having considered the request for approval by Parliament of the United Nations Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, referred to it, recommends that the Council, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, approve the said Convention.
However the Committee wishes to express its concerns around the process leading to Committee reports on Protocols. The fact that Protocols only come to Parliamentary Committees after having been signed by the Executive and not prior, is discomforting. It would be appreciated if in future a relevant Committee could be consulted to express the provincial views before the Executive signs, especially on matters affecting Provinces.
Furthermore, there is no provision in this Protocol to reprimand countries that violate it despite being signatories to it.