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

European Union - The International Juvenile Justice Observatory has been recognised as an ‘Expert NGO’ of the European Forum for the Rights of the Child for the European Union.

Through the creation of the NGO Forum, the European Commission works to elaborate a common strategy on the Rights of the Child, particularly regarding the subjects related to violence against children, discrimination and social exclusion.

During the third meeting of the European Forum organised by the Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security in Brussels last December 2008, the Vice-chairman of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, presented the recent developments concerning child protection and the promotion of the Rights of the Child in the Members States.

IJJO / International Juvenile Justice Observatory

International - The International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) is pleased to invite you to read the presentations done during the International Conference 'Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe: current situation, trends in applicable models and good practices" on October, Valencia (Spain).

This conference was organised by the International Juvenile Justice Observatory together with the County Council of Justice and Public Administrations of the Generalitat Valenciana (Spain).

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National, France - Lowering the age of criminal responsibility at 12 years old, is one of the propositions of the report that was handed over by the Varinard Commission for the juvenile justice reform in France to Rachida Dati, Minister of Justice of France, on Wednesday 3rd of December 2008.

As a reaction to this report, Mrs. Dominique Versini, Child Ombudswoman, presents her recommendations to the IJJO Users and Collaborators as well as a series of press releases, reports and articles on the reform of the Organic Law of February 12th 1945 on child delinquency.

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National, United States - Today, as many as 200,000 youth per year are tried in adult courts in the USA. Concerning the researchs, for the same type of offense and with similar prior records, indicates that 'transferred children' commit more violent crimes as a result of their experience in the adult justice system.

The IJJO within its mission on promoting and specific juvenile justice system and adaptated to juveniles, we would like to highlight this report which analizes the transferred children situation in United States and more specifically in Illinois.

IJJO / International Juvenile Justice Observatory

National, Brazil - Eduardo Rezende Melo, President of The Brazilian Association of Child Protection and Juvenile Judges, District Attorneys and Public Defenders talks about the current situation of the juvenile justice system in Brazil.

Mr. Rezende analyses the importance of legal assistance for minors in conflict with the law and the current intervention proceedings with minor offenders in Brazil.

According to our main activities and objectives, the International Juvenile Justice Observatory wants to give the opportunity to researchers and PHD Students to have access to our international communication platform.

To publish on our web site your thesis, research papers regarding juvenile justice and the situation of minors in conflict with the law, please press the following link.

The application of restorative justice in the world

In order to provide the IJJO users and collaborators with an updated map of the application of restorative justice in the world, we invite you to collaborate by indicating the ratio of the cases where restorative justice measures are applied in the national juvenile justice systems.