African Charter of the Rights and Welfare of the Children (1990)
Declaration of Social and Legal Principles Relating to the Protection of Welfare of Children with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally (1986)
Declaration of Rights of the Child (1959)
Geneva Declaration of Rights of the Child (1924)
Hague Convention of International Country Adoption (1993)
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Adoption Act 72 of 1996
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Children Statutes Act 82 of 1987
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996
Children's Act 38 of 2005
Children's Justice Act 75 of 2008
Divorce Act 70 of 1979
Maintenance Act 99 of 1998
Report on the Review of Marriage Act 25 of 1961