Juvenile justice
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- What are the core policies that can prevent children and young people engaging in risky behaviour?
- ( W. Cunningham;L. M. Cohan;S. Naudeau / World Bank , 2009)
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Young people constitute a disproportionately large part of the world’s poor, representing nearly nearly 60 percent of the poor in developing countries. This policy toolkit on youth ...
Guidelines and toolts for undertaking child rights situation analyses
- ( Save the Children [Sweden] , 2008)
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A multi-dimensional situation analysis focussing on child rights helps ensure that programmes and policies are better informed. It involves collecting relevant information to enable realistic ...
- Abolishing the juvenile death penalty in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen
- ( Human Rights Watch , 2008)
- Strongly advocating banning the juvenile death penalty, this paper looks at a number of countries where the juvenile death penalty is sill used, namely Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen. ...
- Children in conflict with the law in Afghanistan
- ( United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2008)
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There has been increasing attention by the government of Afghanistan and civil society to juvenile justice reform in Afghanistan in recent years. Yet, there remain gaps between the Juvenile Code an...
- The need to abolish imprisonment for life sentences for juveniles
- ( B. A. Stevenson / Equal Justice Initiative , 2007)
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In the United States dozens of 13- and 14-year-old children have been sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole after being prosecuted as adults. While the United States Supreme ...
Sentencing juvenile offenders to life without parole in California
- ( C. Back;E. Calvin / Human Rights Watch , 2007)
- This report conducted research in California on the sentencing of youth offenders to life without parole. This report paints a detailed picture of Californians serving life without parole for crimes c...
- Creating child friendly courts
- ( M. Koome / African Child Policy Forum , 2007)
- This presentation addresses how the Children Act 2001 has been interpreted to address the concerns of children in relation to their interaction with the judicial system. It includes a brief descriptio...
- Challenges regarding the age of criminal responsibility
- ( G. Odongo / African Child Policy Forum , 2007)
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This presentation examines the concept of age of criminal responsibility. It looks at the international law, the Beijing rules and the UN committee on the Rights of the Child (CROC) as well as the ...
- Juvenile justice in Georgia
- ( United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2007)
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This paper examines how well current legislation and practice in Georgia is consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Minimum Standards and Norms of Juvenile Justice and ...
- Abusing children’s human rights: interviews with child prisoners in Burundi
- ( Human Rights Watch , 2007)
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There is currently no juvenile justice system in Burundi, no alternatives to incarceration for children and no services to help children once they are released from prison. This report details the ...
