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CREATING NON-VIOLENT JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS:
CALL FOR INFORMATION
The International NGO Council on Violence against Children is preparing a report on violence and the juvenile justice system and needs your help. The report will aim to compare the current violent reality children face when they come into contact with the justice system, to a non-violent alternative; analysing outcomes of both, including recidivism, risks to public safety, monetary costs, etc.
We are calling on organisations to share information on the following:
1. Examples of positive models of a non-violent system;
2. Studies and data on outcomes of both positive and negative existing systems, in terms of costs, recidivism, future violence, risks to public safety, psychological impact, etc.;
3. Relevant jurisprudence, including on legal frameworks and successful litigation against violence; and
4. Data on forms and incidence of violence in the existing system; specifically in the three following areas:
a. Violent sentencing:
- death penalty;
- life sentences with/without parole, indeterminate sentences, lengthy sentences;
- corporal punishment, including whipping, flogging, amputations, etc., and other cruel, inhuman or degrading sentences;
- violence resulting from legislation (e.g. risks to children detained for status or non-violent offences).
b. Violence in detention:
- solitary confinement;
- use of restraints;
- suicide, self-harm;
- peer violence;
- violence by staff;
- rape/sexual violence and harassment;
- lack of adequate health care, sanitation, and education;
- conditions in detention leading to violence, e.g. overcrowding, violation of privacy, lack of family contact, lack of recreational activities.
c. Violence throughout the judicial process:
- violence during apprehension/transport;
- violence during interrogation;
- violence in remand and during trial;
- denial of due process.
We would also welcome information regarding children subject to specific vulnerabilities, including with regards to health, mental health, learning disabilities, etc.
Please send materials, references and comments to [email protected]. Whenever possible, submissions should be in English, but if English is not available, please send us materials in the original language with a short summary in English. The deadline for submissions is 20th April 2013. Please inform us clearly if any of the material you send, or the source of it, is confidential.
We will keep you informed of the work and ensure you receive an electronic copy of the final report.
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LAUNCH OF ONLINE PLATFORM FOR "ONE IN FIVE" CAMPAIGN
To mobilise municipal and regional authorities for the Council of Europe's ONE in FIVE campaign to combat child sex abuse, local and regional authorities are being urged to sign up en masse to the "Pact of Towns and Regions".
The Pact suggests initiatives and measures that can be taken to combat sexual violence against children – from simple, cost effective actions to comprehensive strategies. These proposals are based on the four "Ps”: prevention of abuse, protection of victims, prosecution of perpetrators andparticipation by children.
But if the pact is to be successful, and the aims of the Lanzarote Convention achieved, as many towns, regions, associations and other organisations as possible need to sign up. And in just a few clicks, it is possible to create a page dedicated to your initiatives on a shared online platform, which has been specially developed to facilitate an exchange of information and good practices, for showcasing the policies and initiatives they are being implemented, and to ensure a Europe-wide promotion of local and regional authorities' efforts to stop sexual violence against children. To register your authority's or organisation's initiatives, click here.
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NEWS AND REPORT ROUND-UP
Inhuman sentencing
Juvenile justice
Corporal punishment
Violence against women & girls
Calls for contributions
The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children is calling for comments on the Draft Basic Principles on the right to an effective remedy. A summary of comments will be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its 26th session in June 2014. The deadline for submissions is 15 May 2013. More details here.
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is calling for submissions for its General Discussion on Women and Girls with Disabilities to be held on 17 April 2013 in Geneva. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2013. More details here.
UNICEF Kazakhstan is calling for contributions in the design and establishment a child well-being monitoring system in Kazakhstan. Submission deadline: 30 March 2013. More details here.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Male circumcision: Understanding the psychological harm of male circumcision
Organisation: Genital Autonomy
Date: 17 April 2013
Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom
More details here.
Media: Moving targets - Children and the media
Organisation: Webster University
Date: 22–24 April 2013
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
More details here.
Domestic violence: Tackling teenage relationship abuse
Organisation: Public Policy Exchange
Date: 23 May 2013
Location: London, United Kingdom
More details here.
E-course: Monitoring children's rights
Organisation: Human Rights Education Associates
Date: 3 April - 18 June 2013
Location: Online
More details here.
Abuse & neglect: 13th ISPCAN conference on child abuse & neglec
Organisation: International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Date: 15-19 September 2013
Location: Dublin, Ireland
More details here.
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