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The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (UIRC) has recently published two documents - the Background document and the Outcome document - on the Expert Meeting on Transitional Justice and Children, which took place at UIRC. The reports summarise research currently underway on transitional justice and children, documenting and analysing policies and emerging good practices and lessons learned on the protection of the rights of child victims and witnesses in Truth Commissions, the Ad Hoc Tribunals, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court, There is an urgent need to develop child-friendly procedures to protect children involved in transitional justice mechanisms. The need is twofold: to assist legal practitioners in facilitating and protecting children’s involvement; and to provide guidance for child protection agencies and advocates in their interactions with and support to those mechanisms. A key objective is to ensure that child victims are not exposed to further harm by their involvement in transitional justice mechanisms. The reports reflect discussions and recommendations, as well as expert papers analysing key issues and challenges emerging from transitional justice mechanisms in Sierra Leone, Timor Leste, Rwanda, DRC, Peru, Guatemala and elsewhere. Further information
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