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Webinar - Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in child justice, with extensive implications for children’s rights. Join the webinar “Impact of the AI Act on children’s rights and child justice”, co-organized by i-ACCESS and Justice with Children, to explore…
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Online library - This is the first in a series of three policy briefings by the Alliance for Youth Justice. The briefing explores how racially minoritised young people experience particularly destabilising transitions due to deficits in support before and after turning 18. it…
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News - The Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty was published three years ago. It promoted the best interest of children living in prisons, institutions, in armed conflict or migrating.
It estimated that roughly 7.2 million children are deprived of liberty per year…
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News - The Republic Institute for Social Protection and the Child Rights Centre (CRC) held their final conference in the Palace Hotel in Belgrade as part of the project “Promoting Positive Juvenile Justice System in Serbia”, which was financially supported by the European…
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Multimedia - This document was developed within the Clear RIGHTS project – ”Enhancing legal assistance and access to justice for children in conflict with the law.”
An accreditation system is a means of promoting quality legal assistance. In order to reach this purpose, a set of…
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Multimedia - When children are suspected or accused of a crime, there is a tendency to believe that they are small persons, therefore they have ”small cases” and finally they have only ”small rights” of defense. But these cases may have long lasting consequences on child’s growing…
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News - Criminal justice remains unjust for children and youth in Europe. It is necessary to ensure free and equal access to specialised legal aid for all young people in contact with the law.
Within the CLEAR RIGHTS project (enhancing legal aid for children in…
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Webinar - On Thursday, 14 April 2022, from 10.00 to 16.00, (9.00 – 15.00 CET), professionals, trainers, mentors, decision making factors will meet online within the International Conference of PRECISION project – “Promote Rehabilitation, Empowerment of Children and Support…
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News - During the closing conference, the FOCUS project team officially launched its learning platform for child justice professionals on individual assessments, to ensure that the needs of children in contact with the law are comprehensively assessed and their voices are…
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Multimedia - Minors and young people who have committed a criminal offense still have rights, the same rights. They are often victims (either directly or indirectly) and must be treated with dignity and care, to prevent their relapse. Terre des hommes talked to young people who…
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News - On the 17th of December 2021, the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland legally increased from 8 to 12 years old. The change took place three decades after the UK ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Though no longer the lowest in…
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Multimedia - CLEAR RIGHTS project is aimed at improving access of teenagers in conflict with law to quality, pro bono and specialised legal assistance. Also, this project will facilitate contact with lawyers for the young people / children suspected or accused in criminal…
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Minors and young people in education and detention centers in Romania have the right to a future. Terre des hommes (Tdh) has implemented the PRECISION project since the beginning of 2020 to support the rehabilitation of minors and young people deprived of their…
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I loved that it truly was a child-led programme, which is not often the case.
Some might use such a phrase, but when it comes to applying it, it's rarely even the case.
We've got the chance to really express ourselves, and not just it: what we said was…
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News - New York: With the 2021 World Congress on Justice with Children approaching, UNICEF released new data about children held in detention globally, and call for juvenile justice reform to end detention of all children
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Globally an estimated 261,000 children are…
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Learn More about Child Victim Protection and Restorative Justice at the i-Restore Closing Conference
Webinar - On 4 November, from 14:30 to 18:00 CET, professionals and children from across Europe will gather on Zoom for the i-Restore closing conference. Book your free spot and join us for a chance to discuss how to further implement restorative justice practices to…
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News - UK: Recent statistics show that self-harm incidents among incarcerated women and children have risen to record levels
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Incidents of self-harm among women in UK prisons have increased by 47% in three months to June 2021 (Safety in Custody Statistics)
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News - According to current reports, 67% of victims of sexual crimes are under 14, which is the legal limit for consenting to sexual intercourse in Albania.
Human rights activists express great concern about sexual violence against minors, because according to their statistics, a…
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News - Official figures show that a total of 542 Romanian children and young people deprived of freedom are housed in two detention centres (Craiova and Tichilești), and two educational centres (Buziaș and Târgu Ocna) with which the Terre des hommes Foundation…
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News - To effectively protect child victims from further harm and support their healing process, i-RESTORE promotes the use of child-friendly restorative justice and empowers children to become agents of change.
The best interest of the child…
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Young people in education and detention centers in Romania have little chance of developing their social skills in a useful way and thus risk missing rehabilitation and reintegration. They largely depend on how the specialized staff work with them and train them for…
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News - Young offenders in the UK will receive a new Erasmus +-funded life skills and return reduction program. Gloucestershire University will join EU partnership project Life4Skills After Prison which launches later this month.
Across the UK, since 2018, university teams have…
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News - Experts gathered for the LA-Child conference learnt about the CLEAR-Rights project and its initiatives to ensure that free, specialized legal aid and child-friendly justice become accessible to every child in the EU, now and in the future.
Marcos de…
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News - Concerns are raised by The Punishing Abuse report that, children are being punished as a consequence of the impact of their behaviors of their early abuse and loss.
The study examined 80 children in in the criminal justice system, and they found
that 8 in 10…
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News - What is child-friendly justice in the eyes of children?
"A judicial system where a child is an active participant and not just a passive subject, a judicial system which is not about a child, but with a child." (Serbia, a 17-year-old boy and…
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News - In February 2021, the Whatever It Takes (WIT) foundation will be launching a programme to reduce youth reoffending. The first scheme launches will be in Kingston-upon-Thames and Richmond, where WIT teamed up with the borough’s Youth Offending…
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News - Alex Mistlin reports for The Guardian that, according to the government’s annual youth justice statistics, self-harm and use of restraint are increasingly commonplace in the youth justice system and a record high of more than half of young people in custody…
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Multimedia - This training portal presents courses for law enforcement and public safety officials to gain knowledge and training on specific course topics.
Introduction to Analyzing Juvenile Behavior;
Introduction to Developing Rapport with Youth;
Introduction to Juvenile…
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News - According to the report (Injustice or In Justice: Children in the Justice System) by Anne Longfield, in the last ten years the number of children receiving a caution, or a sentence has fallen by 83% and the number of children in custody has fallen by 73% in England…
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News - England still has big issues with BAME children, especially when it comes to the justice system. BAME people are called those who have a black, Asian or minority ethnic background.
The shadow justice secretary, Mr David Lammy, in 2017, conducted research on how BAME children…
