The World Congress on Justice for Children took place on May 28-30, 2018 in Paris, France. Three major issues were addressed in the Congress: the global trend towards children’s involvement in violent extremism and possible responses, the need for more effective ways to reduce juvenile offending and recidivism, and how to improve protection mechanisms for […]
Continue reading
A regional consultation for the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty was held during the Continental Conference on Access to Justice for Children in Africa on May 10, 2018. The conference addressed a range of topics on access to justice for children in different contexts across Africa, several of which involved the […]
Continue reading
An ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) regional consultation on juvenile justice reform, held in Bangkok, Thailand from May 2-4, was also used as a regional consultation for the Study. Professor Manfred Nowak gave plenary presentations on both the Study as a whole, as well as the questionnaire in particular. Representatives of nearly all […]
Continue reading
The Experts and the Advisory Board of the UN Global Study met in Vienna, Austria, on April 10-11, 2018. This meeting reflected the new phase of the UN Global Study – implementation. The main outcomes were the appointment and first meeting of the Advisory Board and the finalization and adoption of the research methodology. Cross-cutting […]
Continue reading
On June 26, 2018 — International Day in Support of Victims of Torture — Professor Nowak, the Independent Expert leading the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty has called for countries around the world to count the number of all children deprived of liberty in different contexts. This aims to provide a snapshot […]
Continue reading
The NGO Panel for the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty has developed a guidance document to inform the NGO community about the GSCDL, its origin, its implementation, the methodology of work and the role of the NGOs, and more broadly civil society and the academic world, about the role they can play in the Study, […]
Continue reading
Under the haut-patronage of UNESCO, the 2018 World Congress on Justice for Children will be held from 28-30 May 2018 in Paris, France. It will address three major issues: ➜ The global trend towards children’s involvement in violent extremism and possible responses, ➜ The need for more effective ways to reduce juvenile offending and recidivism, ➜ How […]
Continue reading
International Symposium: ‘Deprivation of Liberty of Children in The Justice System – Towards a Global Research Agenda’ – 13 April 2018 – Leiden Law School On 13 April 2018, the Leiden Law School organizes the international symposium ‘Deprivation of Liberty of Children in The Justice System – Towards a Global Research Agenda’. Program The symposium […]
Continue reading
In November 2011, the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) in partnership with Defence for Children International (DCI) hosted the Global Conference on Child Justice in Africa in Kampala, Uganda. The Conference was accompanied by a Study titled “Achieving Child Justice in Africa,” which highlighted the normative framework relevant to child justice in Africa, as well as the […]
Continue reading
Programme of the Expert Level MeetingIn the framework of the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty (GSCDL), DCI (as co-convener of the NGO Panel on GSCDL) will be organizing an expert level meeting together with the Independent Expert and with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The […]
Continue reading