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Contents:

1. Editorial
2. New resources
3. New books
4. Future events
5. Links


1. Editorial:

The Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) was mandated by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to provide coordination in technical advice and assistance in juvenile justice in accordance with the rights of the child. Panel members encourage governments to adopt comprehensive juvenile justice reform programmes and to set clear policy reform targets, of which the reduction of the recourse to deprivation of liberty of children, through the use of diversion, alternatives and restorative justice approaches.

When providing technical advice and assistance in relation to restorative justice for children in conflict with the law, Panel members seek to ensure compliance of programmes with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant international norms and standards, such as the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Restorative Justice Programmes in Criminal Matters (ECOSOC resolution 2002/12) and the United Nations Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crimes (ECOSOC Resolution 2005/20), amongst others.

According to the UN Basic Principles a restorative processes is “any process in which a victim and the offender and, where appropriate, any other individuals or community members affected by crime participate together actively in the resolution of matters arising from the crime, generally with the help of a facilitator.” Restorative justice programmes use restorative processes and seek restorative outcomes that help repair the harm and reintegrate the child into society.

Panel members provide support to restorative justice programmes in different parts of the world, ranging from Peru to Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Serbia or Nicaragua. These programmes promote different types of restorative justice mechanisms, such as victim-offender mediation, family group conferencing or community-based mediation mechanisms, to resolve matters in a manner that respects and protects both the rights of the child offender and those of the victim, with particular safeguards if the victim is a child.

In this edition of the newsletter we would like to flag resources relating to restorative justice for children in conflict with the law, including the “Lima Declaration on Restorative Juvenile Justice” adopted by the organizers of the 1st World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice that took place in Lima, Peru from 4-7 November 2009:
www.congresomundialjjrperu2009.org

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2. Selected new resources on the Panel website:

Resources relating to restorative justice for children in conflict with the law:

(a) Documents from the 1st World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice, 4-7 November 2009; Lima, Peru:

Lima Declaration on Restorative Juvenile Justice
Foundation Terre des hommes – child relief/ Pontifica Catholic University of Peru/ Public Ministry of Peru/ Encuentros – Casa de la Juventud
November 2009 (EN, FR, SPA, POR)

Restorative Justice for Children in Conflict with the Law: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned, Workshop Report
Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice
November 2009 (EN)

Restorative Juvenile Justice: the Challenges, the Rewards
Justice Renate Winter
2009 (EN)

Restorative Juvenile Justice: the Challenges, the Rewards
Chris Graveson
2009 (EN)

A Restorative Justice Approach to Working with Children in Residential Care
Dr. Willie McCarney
2009 (EN)

Prove it! The Need for Quality Research, Documentation and Statistics as Evidence for Advocacy and Programming
Marie Wernham
2009 (EN)

(b) Further resources on restorative justice:

Handbook on Restorative Justice Mechanisms
Yvon Dandurand/ UNODC
2006 (EN)

Practice Standards for Restorative Justice – A Practitioner’s Toolkit
Cheryl Frank & Ann Skelton/ Restorative Justice Initiative
September 2007 (EN)

Making Amends: Restorative Youth Justice in Northern Ireland
Jessica Jacobson and Penelope Gibbs/ Prison Reform Trust
2009 (EN)

Charting Progress: Mapping the Future – Restorative Justice in South Africa
Ann Skelton & Mike Batley/ Restorative Justice Centre and Institute for Security Studies
2006 (EN)

Study Visit to Canada on Juvenile Restorative Justice for Senior Jordanian Officials
Penal Reform Internatinal (PRI) Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Office
November 2009 (EN)

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3. New books on juvenile justice

Justice for Adolescents in Mexico: Analysis of State Laws
(La Justicia para Adolescentes en México: Análisis de las Leyes
Estatales)
Vasconcelos Méndes Rubén/ Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM, Mexico
2009 (Download book from IIJ/UNAM in Spanish: http://www.bibliojuridica.org/libros/libro.htm?l=2640)

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4. Forthcoming events

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

(a) Panel member events:

Training Workshop on Juvenile Justice: Diversion and Alternatives to Imprisonment
Penal Reform International (PRI), Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Office
Marrakech, Morocco
21-24 December 2009

National Conference on Juvenile Justice in Egypt, followed by a Training Workshop
PRI, MENA Regional Office
Egypt
11 January 2010 (conference), 12-15 January 2010 (workshop)

National Conference on Juvenile Justice in Algeria, followed by a Training Workshop for Judges and Police Officers
PRI, MENA Regional Office
Algeria
17 January 2010 (conference), 18-21 January 2010 (workshop)

(b) Other events:

Second Latin American Congress of Child and Juvenile Magistrates, District Attorneys and Public Defenders
(Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Magistrados, Fiscales y Defensores Publicos de la Infancia y de la Juventud)
Brazilian Association of Child and Juvenile Magistrates, District Attorneys and Public Defenders
Brasilia, Brazil
5-7 May 2010
www.abmp.org.br/congresso2010.

16th World Congress of the International Society for Criminology on « The Global Socio-Economic Crisis and Crime Control Policies: Regional and National Comparison »
International Society of Criminology
Kobe Int’l Conference Center, Kobe, Japan
5-9 August 2011 (first circular in English)
http://wcon2011.com

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5. New links from our website

NGOs:

To view other NGOs links, please click here

Governmental and intergovernmental:

To view other governmental and intergovernmental links, please click here

(a) Links related to restorative justice:

Restorative Justice Online (EN, FR, SPA)
http://www.restorativejustice.org/
http://www.justicereparatrice.org/
http://www.justiciarestaurativa.org/

European Forum for Restorative Justice
http://www.euforumrj.org

Foundation Terre des hommes Peru/ Encuentros Casa de la Juventud, Restorative Juvenile Justice Programme, Chiclayo, Peru
http://www.jjrchiclayo.blogspot.com

(b) Other links:

United Nations Rule of Law:
http://www.unrol.org
UNICEF page on their rule of law work, including the establishment of child-sensitive justice systems:
http://www.unrol.org/article.aspx?article_id=15


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Yours sincerely,

The Newsletter Team.

About the Newsletter:
English edition: Davinia Ovett Bondi, Secretariat Coordinator, IPJJ
French edition: Joëlle Saugy, Communications Assistant, IPJJ
Spanish translation: Vera Winkelried
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