IJJO / International Juvenile Justice Observatory

International - The electronic Newsletter of the IJJO, is a service created by the Observatory for its users and collaborators, to receive it monthly in your email it’s only necessary to register as a user or collaborator.

IJJO / International Juvenile Justice Observatory

International - On the 21^st and 22^nd October 2008, the International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) together with the County Council of Justice and Public Administrations of the Generalitat Valenciana (Spain), have the pleasure to organise the III International IJJO Conference, which will be titled: "Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe: current situation, trends in applicable models and good practices".

This International Conference, framed in the AGIS European Project, will be developed according to the two following axes:

* Subjet 1: Comparative analysis of juvenile justice systems in Europe: current situation and trends in applicable models.
* Subjet 2: Good practices and recommendations applicable on juvenile justice systems.

IJJO / International Juvenile Justice Observatory

National, United Kingdom - The UK Children’s Commissioners’ have elaborated a presentation report for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child about the state and situation of children in this country.

The report identifies common methods that affect children’s rights in different levels such as poverty, discrimination, minors’ protection, and primarily, the youth justice system in England and Wales stand out; the commissioners reveal a series of limitations on the level of child’s rights guarantees.

IJJO / International Juvenile Justice Observatory

International - On May 23rd 2008, the ceremony to enact the Latin-American Convention on the Rights of Youngsters took place in the city of San José (Costa Rica). The International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) was present during this event which is of great importance to Latin-American youth.

In October 2005, the plenipotentiary delegates of the Member States of the Latin-American Youth Organisation gathered at the Spanish city of Badajoz to adopt and sign the Latin-American Convention on the Rights of Youngsters.

The IJJO wishes to share this Convention with its users and collaborators, because it is a unique document in the world which recognises youngsters as people with full rights and strategic actors for the development.

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National, United States - Wansley Walters, Director of the Juvenile Services Department, Miami-Dade County, Florida (United States) presents to the IJJO users and collaborators, the event Juvenile Justice Summit, Hosted by the White House, Office of National Drug Control Policy and The US Department of Justice and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

The International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) participated in this event and highlights the results of the intervention model in the prevention of delinquency in Miami-Dade County.

IJJO / International Juvenile Justice Observatory

National, Germany - Jochen Goerdeler, Director of the ‘German Association for Juvenile Justice and Judicial assistance for Minors’ from Germany, analyses the juvenile justice system in this country. Mr. Goerdeler explains that the development of a more tolerant social environment towards youngsters in trouble and of a general political environment which is more concentrated on social integration instead of punishment and mere security, are some of the essential improvements for the development of a future for juvenile justice in Germany.

Shannon Moore Ph.D.

Canada - This publication articulates the intersection between children’s rights and restorative justice principles both in theory and application by introducing the Rights Based Restorative Practice Evaluation ToolKit. The legal framework underpinning Rights Based Restorative Justice (RBRJ) was first developed and presented by the authors within the context of Canadian social policy and youth justice practices. Conceptualized through the lenses of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and international standards relevant to restorative justice, the authors argue that RBRJ contributes to ethical practice with young people in conflict with the law, within schools, and the broader community within many states.

Shannon Moore Ph.D. Assistant Professor Brock University. Child and Youth Studies Department.

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