IPJJ Newsletter, Nr. 8, July 2008

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Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ)
Newsletter
Nr. 8, July 2008

In this edition of the Panel Secretariat Newsletter, we would like to inform you that at the Panel’s Annual Meeting which took place on 9-10 July 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland, the members decided to adopt a broader approach to justice issues, covering both children in conflict with the law and children victims and witnesses of crimes. This approach aims to ensure that all children who come into contact with the justice system have their rights respected, protected and fulfilled, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international norms and standards, including the United Nations Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crimes (2005).

In this respect, we would like to highlight a forthcoming seminar on the rights of child victims and witnesses of crimes organised by the International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE) in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR):
  • Seminar on “Children as Victims and Witnesses. A Question of Law... and of Rights!” 14-18 October 2008, Sion, Switzerland (flyer)
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2. Membership:

The Secretariat would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) as a new member of the Panel. UNICRI is a UN body based in Turin, Italy, with long-standing experience in judicial and juvenile justice reform. For further information on UNICRI, please see: http://www.unicri.it/

This brings the Panel’s membership to fourteen organisations, including both UN bodies and non-governmental organisations, active in juvenile justice:

Committee on the Rights of the Child;
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR);
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF);
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO);
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP);
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI);
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC);
Defence for Children International (DCI);
International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (IAYFJM);
International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO);
Penal Reform International (PRI);
Save the Children UK;
Terre des hommes - aide à l'enfance (Tdh); and
World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).

For further information on the Panel, please click here.
For further information on our members, please click here.

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3. Selected new resources on the Panel website:

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
  • Enforcing the International Prohibition on the Juvenile Death Penalty (2008) (EN)
International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE) 
  • Children in Street Situations. Prevention, intervention, rights-based approach. Report of the 13th IDE Sion Seminar (May 2008) (EN, FR)
  • New Responses for Juveniles at Risk: Confronting Oneself. Report of an IDE Seminar on the Swiss Juvenile Justice System (April 2008) (FR)
Save the Children UK 
  • Protection of Children in Conflict with the Law in Bangladesh (2008) (EN)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  • Juvenile Justice in Bangladesh (2008) (EN)
UNICEF/ Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC)
  • Justice for Children. The Situation of Children in Conflict with the Law in Afghanistan (2008) (EN)
UNICEF/ Inter-Parliamentary Union
  • Improving the Protection of Children in Conflict with the Law in South Asia. A Regional Parliamentary Guide on Juvenile Justice.  Regional Parliamentary Guide Nr. 1 (2007) (EN)
UNICEF Regional Office for the CEE/CIS
  • Lost in the Justice System. Children in conflict with the law in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (May 2008) (EN)
USHRN Working Group on Juvenile Justice
  • Children in Conflict with the Law: Juvenile Justice & the U.S. Failure to Comply with Obligations under the Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (February 2008) (EN)
Watch List on Children and Armed Conflict
  • Getting It Done and Doing It Right. A Global Study on the United Nations-led. Monitoring & Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict (2008) (EN)
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4. Forthcoming Panel member events:

To view the Calendar of events: www.juvenilejusticepanel.org/events/

UNICEF Papua New Guinea/ National Capital District Juvenile Justice Working Group
  • Mediation training session for local civil society leaders on restorative justice based alternatives to deprivation of liberty, 27-29 August 2008, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
International Juvenile Justice Observatory (OIJJ)/ Generalitat Valenciana
  • Conference on “Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe: current situation, trends in applicable models and good practices”, 21-22 October 2008, Valencia, Spain.
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5. New links from our website:

Panel member websites:
Intergovernmental/ Governmental websites:
NGOs:
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AS AN EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES CAN ONLY SUCCEED WITH YOUR INPUT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND US INFORMATION ON JUVENILE JUSTICE ISSUES (reports, events, best practices, lessons learned, etc).

Yours sincerely,

The Newsletter Team

About the Newsletter:
Editorial in English: Davinia Ovett, Secretariat Coordinator, IPJJ
Editorial in French: Marie Abeng, Communications Assistant, IPJJ
Translation into Spanish: Vera Winkelried
Please send us your comments to: newsletter@juvenilejusticepanel.org

Address:
Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice, Secretariat, 1, rue de Varembé, CP 88, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, Tel: +41 (0) 22 734 05 58, Fax: +41 (0) 22 740 11 45
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