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Children in conflict with the law
‘Children in conflict with the law’ is defined as anyone under 18 who comes into contact with the justice system as a result of being suspected or accused of committing an offence. In some cases, children who engage in criminal behaviour have been used or coerced by adults. Most children in conflict with the law have committed petty crimes, some of which are not considered criminal when committed by adults. Children are arrested and detained by police and sent to institutions, including prisons, under systems of justice which in many cases are set up for adults. Save the Children advocates for child-friendly juvenile justice measures that place children’s best interests at their core.
Very often when a child comes into conflict with the law it represents a fundamental failure to fulfil that child’s rights to adequate care and protection at an earlier point in their lives. Large numbers of children in conflict with the law are socio-economic victims, denied their rights to education, health, shelter, care and protection. Many of them have had little or no access to education. Many are working children and some have left their homes and taken to the streets to escape from violence and abuse at the hands of their families. Once having entered the justice system children are often held in detention for long periods awaiting trial.This makes them vulnerable to further violence and abuse.
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Legal Assistance Toolkit for Children and Children's Rights Organisations
This toolkit is designed to explain the ways that legal assistance can be obtained free of charge for children and children's rights organisations, to review the international standards that underlie children's right to legal assistance, and to clarify th
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Captured Childhood: Introducing a new model to ensure the rights and liberty of refugee, asylum seeker and irregular migrant children affected by immigration detention
The International Detention Coalition (IDC) has launched its policy document “Captured Childhood” in Geneva at the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council. Over the past two years, the IDC has heard first-hand the stories of children and parents from all
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Juvenile detention in Uganda. Review of Ugandan Remand Homes and the National Rehabilitation Centre
This report contains an overview of the juvenile justice system in Uganda, raises some key child protection issues and gives a report of the conditions of detention for young people in terms of nutrition, facilities, discipline, education, healthcare and
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Introducing Child Protection and Child Friendly Justice in a Society with Complex Socioeconomic Challenges: Experiences and Lessons from Ethiopia
Save the Children Sweden (SCS) has been sturdily engaged in the promotion of the rights of children and has ardently supported child protection and child friendly justice (CFJ) endeavours in Ethiopia. This document identifies, organizes and presents best
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Priority to protect: Preventing children’s association with village defence militias in southern Thailand
This joint report from Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and Justice for Peace Foundation focuses on evidence of the association of boys under the age of 18 with Chor Ror Bor (Village Defence Volunteers), one of the government-established villag
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Case Study. Awareness raising sessions for the heads of municipalities in South Lebanon
In keeping with its mandate to create child friendly systems that promote and protect the rights of all children, Save the Children has conducted awareness raising and capacity building workshops with heads of municpalities in South Lebanon, with focus on
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Brott mot vuxna går före- en uppföljning. Polis- och åklagares handläggningstider vid misstänkt barnmisshandel 2010
In Sweden, police reports about child abuse and neglect are given low priority and authorities do not comply with current legislation regarding offences against children. Despite clear legislation, the reporting rate for offences against juveniles is subs
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Save the Children Sweden's Programme Summary for Occupied Palestinian Territory- 2011
Save the Children Sweden's Programme Summary for Occupied Palestinian Territory- 2011. In the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), SCS works with local partners on providing quality education and protection for children at risk and those whose rights are
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Last resort or first resort? Immigration detention of children in the UK
BID and The Children's Society have published a new report on the detention of children for immigration purposes, titled ‘Last resort or first resort? Immigration detention of children in the UK. The report follows a year of intensive campaigning in partn
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Cartographie et Analyse des Systèmes de Protection de l'Enfance au Senegal.
In 2009, Plan International, Save the Children Alliance, Terre des hommes and UNICEF came together with national partners to initiate a regional child protection systems mapping, assessment and analysis exercise in five pilot countries: Senegal, Sierra Le
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Cartographie et Analyse du Système de Protection de l'Enfant au Niger
In 2009, Plan International, Save the Children Alliance, Terre des hommes and UNICEF came together with national partners to initiate a regional child protection systems mapping, assessment and analysis exercise in five pilot countries: Senegal, Sierra Le
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Situation Analysis on Child Protection System in Albania 2011
Children constitute more than one third of the overall Albanian population. The main problems children have to deal with today are abuse, violence, exploitation, maltreatment, trafficking, discrimination, neglect, poverty and social exclusion, which have