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"The 1996 Constitution came into force and South Africa has also ratified a number of international conventions such as the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Convention of the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Hague Convention on Child Abduction."
"International mobility and the opening up of borders linked to increasing globalisation have given rise to serious risks for children caught up in cross-border situations."
"On one hand, there is the risk of cross-border trafficking of children for economic, sexual or other exploitation."
"Delegates from various disciplines, Government Ministries and Departments, judges and child protection specialists from South Africa, other countries in Africa and the rest of the world, including England, Scotland, France, the Netherlands, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, the USA and others have already secured their places at the Conference."
"Mark my words,” as Paul said in verse 2, “Do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery”. We slave ourselves into sadness with our sinful nature."
"My reasons are there, its a complex issue but there was sufficient grounds that the two acts should be read together."
"had no hesitation in saying that I am an activist."
"Couldn’t agree more… equality is one of the founding values of the Constitution… and we will never be able to heal the wounds… which are still very raw [unless] we… address substantive inequality in all spheres."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.