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Contents:

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

1. Editorial:

The 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice took place from 12-19 April 2010 in Salvador, Brazil. Over 3000 participants, including 103 governmental delegations, came together to discuss “Comprehensive strategies for global challenges: crime prevention and criminal justice systems and their development in a changing world”. The congress concluded with the adoption of the Salvador Declaration on 19 April 2010. The Declaration supports “the principle that the deprivation of liberty of children should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time” and recommends “the broader application, as appropriate, of alternatives to imprisonment, restorative justice and other relevant measures that foster the diversion of young offenders from the criminal justice system.” The Declaration also calls on States to “develop and strengthen, where appropriate, legislation, policies and practices to punish all forms of crime that target children and youth, as well as for the protection of child victims and witnesses.” The Declaration will be submitted to the 19th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) in May 2010.

Panel members actively participated in the congress, organising a joint Panel ancillary meeting on “A comprehensive approach to juvenile justice reform in accordance with the Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment No.10: promising practices and lessons learned” on 13 April 2010 and taking part in other key ancillary meetings on juvenile justice issues. Nine Panel members signed on to a common oral statement advocating for a comprehensive approach to juvenile justice reform that was delivered by the Panel Secretariat under the agenda item on “Children, youth and crime”.

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2. Selected new resources on the Panel website:

(i) Resources relating to the 12th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 11-19 April 2010, Salvador, Brazil

Salvador Declaration
April 2010 (EN, FR, SP, RU, AR)

Panel Member Oral Statement on a “Comprehensive Approach to Juvenile Justice Reform”
April 2010 (EN)

Children, Youth and Crime
Working Paper prepared by the UNODC Secretariat on children, youth and crime
February 2010 (EN, FR, SP)

(ii) Resources relating to children in conflict with the law:

Lima Declaration on Restorative Juvenile Justice – Full Version
1st World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice – Lima, Peru
Foundation Terre des hommes – child relief (Tdh)/ Pontifica Catholic University of Peru/ Public Ministry of Peru/ Encuentros – Casa de la Juventud
November 2009 (EN)

Justicia para crecer Nr. 15
Tdh / Encuentros Casa de la Juventud
October-December 2009 (SP)

Differential treatment in the youth justice system
T. May/ T. Gyateng/ M. Hough/ Institute for Criminal Policy Research, King’s College London
2010 (EN)

An Assessment of Juvenile Justice in Afghanistan
Kimberley Cy. Motley/ Tdh
2010 (EN)

(ii) Resources relating to child victims and witnesses of crimes:

Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime: Handbook for Professionals
UNODC / UNICEF
2009 (EN)

Child Trafficking in Central Asia
UNICEF CEE/CIS Regional Office
2009 (EN)

Child Witnesses in the New Zealand Criminal Courts
K. Hanna/E. Davies/E. Henderson/Ch. Crothers/C. Rotherham/ Institute of Public Policy
2010 (EN)

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3. Forthcoming Panel member events:

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

IPJJ Annual Meeting (internal meeting)
International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE), Sion, Switzerland
24-25 June 2010

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4. New links from our website:

Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
http://www.crae.org.uk

CRAE’s You’ve got the Right Programme - Empowering children and young people under 18 in England to take action to uphold their rights: http://www.crae.org.uk/protecting/advice.html

Get Ready for Change – Young people campaigning for children’s rights: http://www.getreadyforchange.org.uk

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5. Other information

Foundation Terre des hommes – child relief (Tdh) is looking for a Juvenile Justice Coordinator:
Location: Amman, Jordan
Starting Date: 1st June 2010
Project Duration: 6 months initially

For more information, please download the terms of reference (TOR).

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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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