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Contents:

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

1. Editorial:

The 53rd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child took place in Geneva from 11 to 29 January 2010. The countries considered by the Committee included: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mongolia, Norway, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Israel and Liechtenstein. At the conclusion of each Committee session, the Secretariat of the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) prepares a compilation of extracts of the Committee’s recommendations of relevance to juvenile justice reform, covering the prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the administration of juvenile justice and justice in matters involving child victims and witnesses of crimes.

In its recommendations, the Committee encouraged the governments of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ecuador, Mongolia, Paraguay and Tajikistan to seek technical advice and assistance in juvenile justice from the IPJJ and its members. The Secretariat encourages a coordinated response of all IPJJ members to technical assistance requests and follow-up actions at the international and national level.

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2. Selected new resources on the Panel website:

Resources related to the 53rd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (11-29 January 2010):

Extracts from CRC Concluding Observations, 53rd session, Recommendations Relevant to Juvenile Justice
Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ)
February 2010 (EN)

CRC 53rd session: Information Notes on Juvenile Justice
Defence for Children international (DCI)
2010 (EN)

General resources related to juvenile justice:

(i) Children in conflict with the law

Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities
U.S. Department of Justice
2010 (EN)

Juvenile Justice System Working Manual
Legal Assistance Forum (LAF)
2009 (EN)

Alternative Report on the Rights of the Child in Macedonia
National Alliance for Children's Rights (NACR)
2009 (EN)

(ii) Child victims and witnesses of crimes

Disappearing, departing, running away – A surfeit of children in Europe?
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh)
2010 (EN, FR)

Protection of children victims of trafficking in South Eastern Europe
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh)
2010 (EN)

Keeping Children Safe – A Toolkit for Child Protection
Keeping Children Safe Coalition
2010 (EN)

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3. Forthcoming Panel member events:

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

12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
UNODC
Salvador, Brazil
12-19 April 2010

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4. New links from our website:

Penal Reform International (PRI) - Georgia:
http://www.pri.ge

Legal Assistance Forum - India
http://legalassistanceforum.org/jjs-main.html

Council of Europe – Child-friendly justice
Questionnaire for children on child-friendly justice
http://www.coe.int/childjustice

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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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