Civil society organisations seek to collect information on actions taken by youth justice systems in Latin America during COVID-19

Civil society organisations seek to collect information on actions taken by youth justice systems in Latin America during COVID-19
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Juvenile
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Latin America

Different civil society organisations continue to collect information in order to learn about actions that are being implemented by juvenile justice systems in Latin America in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is being carried out using two types of questionnaire adapted to the current situation: one aimed at the directors of detention centres, and the other directed at the operating authorities in the juvenile justice systems of different jurisdictions. The entities that have promoted this initiative are the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD); the Northwestern School of Law; Defence for Children International – Americas Region (DNI-Américas); Juvenile Justice Advocates; and Fair Trials.

Through this project, the organisations listed above are seeking the opportunity to share good practices at both a regional and national level within this area, systematising the information acquired via these questionnaires by country and publishing it through the Record of Practices Implemented by Juvenile Justice Systems in Latin America.

This initiative builds on the one undertaken in May 2020, when the aforementioned organisations carried out this same activity for the first time, obtaining the following results.