Thematic interview in the frame of the PROGRAMME "PREVENTION OF AND FIGHT AGAINST CRIME" - DREJC "Drug - Related and Juvenile Crime" (JLS/2007/ISEC/500) - as a result of the active participation of the following experts: Mr. Rafael Forcada Chapa, Ms. Graciela Silvosa Rodríguez and Ms. María Jesús Justo Nieto, in collaboration with the entity Fundación Diagrama - Intervención Psicosocial (Spain), member and active participant of this European program. [+]
Since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Africa has witnessed unprecedented developments in child law, practice and policy as well as in the field of Juvenile Justice. However there is still much to be done to improve laws, and procedures and their implementation in the justice system in Africa when it deals with children.[+]
Among the IJJO´s main lines of action strong emphasis has been put on the development of research methods, such approach is the result of Observatory´s active involvement in projects conducted at the European and Latin American level. On this occasion the IJJO is pleased to present the public with the latest research results indicating the developments and the progress with regard to the European projects: “European Dimension: European comparative analysis and Transfer of Knowledge on juvenile delinquency forms” and “Drug Related Juvenile Crime - DREJC”.[+]
In November 2011 the IJJO took part in an EU wide consultation promoted by the European Commission with regards to the application of penal legislation in the field of detention, sharing its views and expertise in order to promote the use of alternatives to detention.[+]
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