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eimagine Justice for ChildrenThis paper outlines a reimagined agenda for the United Nations Children’s Fund (. NICEF) on justice for children. This agenda is designed to guide UNICEF advocacy and prog. amming on justice for children. It is aligned with UNICEF’s new Child Protection Strategy (2021–2030) and new Strategic Plan (2022–2025 ...
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Children come into contact with the justice system as victims, witnesses, offenders, or parties to a civil or administrative justice process, such as alternative care arrangements or asylum hearings, respectively. When children encounter the justice system, they are entitled to specialized procedures that give primary consideration to
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3.2. Separate justice system for children The way children are treated by national justice systems is integral to the achievement of the rule of law and its related aims. Ensuring that all children have access to specialized and efficient justice systems is a prerequisite for the rule of law, and the best interests of the child should be
ention on the Rights of the Child (1989)Article 3: In all actions concerning children undertaken by courts of law, the best interests of th. child shall be a primary consideration.Article 12: Children have the right to be heard in judicial and. ministrative proceedings afecting them.Article 37: No child shall be depri.
UN Common Approach to Justice for Children. 91.7 KiB (PDF) Download. Publisher. United Nations. This conceptual note outlines strategies for a common UN approach towards justice for children within existing rule of law frameworks. The approach aims to ensure that relevant provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and ...
including governance, security, social welfare and justice sector reform in which justice for children can easily be integrated. A. GUIDING PRINCIPLES The following principles, based on international legal norms and standards, should guide all justice for children interventions, from policy development to direct work with children: 1.
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Juvenile justice This note provides the guiding principles and framework for UN justice for children activities at the national level that apply in all circumstances, including in conflict prevention, crisis, post-crisis, conflict, post-conflict and development contexts