IPJJ Newsletter, Nr. 13, December 2008
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Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ)
Newsletter
Nr. 13, December 2008
Contents:
1. Editorial
2. New resources
3. Future events
4. Links
1. Editorial:
The Secretariat of the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) would like to send you its Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year! This Newsletter is sent to 950 subscribers around the world. We wish to thank all our readers for your loyalty and trust and we hope you find this newsletter interesting and useful for your daily work in justice for children. We look forward to continuing our collective action in 2009, towards a greater respect for the rights of the child in justice for children matters.
In this edition of the Panel newsletter, the Panel Secretariat would like to draw your attention to the recent developments regarding juvenile justice in France, where a special commission (chaired by André Varinard) recently submitted a report on the reform of the juvenile justice system. Some 70 proposals have been made. The proposal insists of the importance of educational sanctions rather than repressive; however, child rights organizations in France are not satisfied with the report and some of the proposals, for instance regarding the minimum age of criminal responsibility or the special treatment of recidivists:
In this edition of the Panel newsletter, the Panel Secretariat would like to draw your attention to the recent developments regarding juvenile justice in France, where a special commission (chaired by André Varinard) recently submitted a report on the reform of the juvenile justice system. Some 70 proposals have been made. The proposal insists of the importance of educational sanctions rather than repressive; however, child rights organizations in France are not satisfied with the report and some of the proposals, for instance regarding the minimum age of criminal responsibility or the special treatment of recidivists:
- UNICEF France, “Réforme de l’ordonnance de 1945” (Reform of the 1945 ordinance), Press Release, 3 December 2008 (FR)
- DCI-France, « Justice des enfants : Désinformation et double langage. Un projet déséquilibré et préoccupant » (Justice for children: misinformation and doublespeak. An unbalanced and disturbing project », 8 December 2008 (FR)
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2. Selected new resources on the Panel website:
Annie E. Casey Foundation:
- Beyond Detention - System Transformation through Juvenile Detention Reform (2007) (EN)
- Detention Reform in Rural jurisdictions: challenges and opportunities (2008) (EN)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Belgum/Défense des Enfants International (DEI):
- Pedagogical file: the detention of foreign children in closed centres (Dossier pédagogique: La détention des enfants étrangers en centres fermés) (2008) (FR)
- Returns at Any Cost Spain’s Push to Repatriate Unaccompanied Children in the Absence of Safeguards (2008) (EN, FR, ES)
Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ):
- Report of the Workshop on Best practices in diversion and alternatives to deprivation of liberty (2 October 2008) (EN)
SENNAF/UNICEF – Argentina/Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero:
- Adolescents in the penal system. The actual situation and proposals for reform (Adolescentes en el sistema penal. Situación actual y propuestas para un proceso de transformación) (2008) (ES)
Terre des hommes (Tdh)/Encuentros casa de la juventud:
- Study and Analysis of the Cost and Benefits of Economic and Social Models of Juvenile Justice in Peru (Estudio y Analísis del Costo/Beneficio Económico y Social de los Modelos de Justicia Juvenil en el Perú) (2008) (ES)
- The implementation of measures imposed by Juvenile Judges (La ejecución de medidas impuestas por los juzgados de menores) (2008) (ES)
- Justice for children in Afghanistan. Double victims. The treatment of child abuse and exploitation in the justice system (2008) (EN)
- Law Reform and the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2007) (EN)
3. Forthcoming Panel member events:
To view the Calendar of events: www.juvenilejusticepanel.org/events/
No new events to announce
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4. New links from our website:
Panel Members:
Defence for Children International (DCI)
Juvenile Justice Bi-Monthly Newsletter (EN, FR, ES)
Academic Institutions:
Intergovernmental/Governmental websites:
NGOs:
Professional Organisations:
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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: Anna Volz, Interim Secretariat Coordinator, IPJJ
Editorial in French: Marie Abeng, Communications Assistant, IPJJ
Translation into Spanish: Vera Winkelried
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Address:
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