IPJJ Newsletter, Nr. 10, September 2008
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Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ)
Newsletter
Nr. 10, September 2008
As announced in the July 2008 newsletter, Panel members have agreed to adopt a broader approach to justice issues covering both children in conflict with the law and children victims and witnesses of crime ("Justice for children"). By doing so, the Panel aligns to the common UN approach on justice for children.
In September 2008, the UN Secretary-General has issued a “Guidance Note on the UN Approach to Justice for Children”, aiming at ensuring greater attention to children in rule of law initiatives and better protection by justice systems. More specifically, the objective of the UN approach to justice for children is “to ensure (…) full application of international norms and standards for all children who come into contact with justice and related systems as victims, witnesses and alleged offenders, or for other reasons where judicial, state administrative or non-state adjudicatory intervention is needed, for example regarding their care, custody and protection”.
The UN’s common approach will help UN entities to leverage support through partners working on broader agendas around the rule of law, governance, security and justice sector reform in which justice for children can easily be integrated.
We would also like to remind you that an International Seminar on the issue of child victims and witnesses of crimes will be organised in October by the International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE) in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR), and the Innocenti Research Center (IRC) – UNICEF. The proceedings of the seminar will be published in spring 2009 and will also be available on the Panel’s website.
In September 2008, the UN Secretary-General has issued a “Guidance Note on the UN Approach to Justice for Children”, aiming at ensuring greater attention to children in rule of law initiatives and better protection by justice systems. More specifically, the objective of the UN approach to justice for children is “to ensure (…) full application of international norms and standards for all children who come into contact with justice and related systems as victims, witnesses and alleged offenders, or for other reasons where judicial, state administrative or non-state adjudicatory intervention is needed, for example regarding their care, custody and protection”.
The UN’s common approach will help UN entities to leverage support through partners working on broader agendas around the rule of law, governance, security and justice sector reform in which justice for children can easily be integrated.
We would also like to remind you that an International Seminar on the issue of child victims and witnesses of crimes will be organised in October by the International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE) in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR), and the Innocenti Research Center (IRC) – UNICEF. The proceedings of the seminar will be published in spring 2009 and will also be available on the Panel’s website.
"Children as Victims and Witnesses. A Question of Law... and of Rights !" Sion (Switzerland), October 14-18 2008. Go to the conference’s website.
Contents
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Juvenile justice in Australia 2006-07 (August 2008) (EN)
Barry Holman/Jason Ziedenberg/Justice Policy Institute
- The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities (2007) (EN)
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS)/Enver Solomon/Richard Garside
- Ten years of Labour's youth justice reforms: an independent audit (May 2008) (EN)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Penal Reform International (PRI)
- Georgia: Raise Age of Criminal Responsibility (June 2008) (EN)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- The Last Holdouts. Ending the Juvenile Death Penalty in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan and Yemen (2008) (EN)
Centre de Recherches Sociologiques sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales (CESDIP)
- Questions pénales XXI.3 (juin 2008) (FR)
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
- Expert Discussion on Children and Transitional Justice. Background Paper (12-13 June 2008) (EN)
United Nations
- Guidance Note of the Secretary General. UN Approach to Justice for Children (September 2008) (EN)
To view the Calendar of events: www.juvenilejusticepanel.org/events/
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime/United Nations Children's Fund (UNODC/UNICEF)
- Nepal Training workshop on indicators. Establishing juvenile justice information systems, using the juvenile justice indicators measurement manual. Katmandu, Nepal, November 4-7 2008
International Save the Children Alliance
- Violence: Save the Children Alliance Day of Action against Violence, 19 October 2008
Panel Members:
DNI Costa Rica
Academic Institutions:
Intergovernmental/Governmental websites:
NGOs :
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: Anna Volz, Interim 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, www.juvenilejusticepanel.org
The Panel would like to thank Terre des hommes – aide à l’enfance for financing the translation of this Newsletter.
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