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Briefing

Climate in-justice for children: How climate crisis affects access to justice and children’s rights – Advocacy Brief

Recent studies have demonstrated that climate change poses a substantial threat to the fundamental rights of children, particularly their right to fair access to justice and child-friendly justice systems. This essential right ensures that children can effectively voice their concerns and hold relevant actors accountable for actions that have contributed to environmental degradation. Environmental degradation […]

Languages: English

Briefing

Justice for Children Briefing No 3: Children with Parents in Conflict with the Law

Children whose parents are in conflict with the law are an invisible and often highly vulnerable group. By issuing this briefing, Penal Reform International (PRI) hopes to draw attention to the challenges they face and to encourage more effective implementation of their rights. It first considers the international and regional standards in place to protect […]

Languages: English, Russian

External Resource

Children Need Dads Too: Children with Fathers in Prison

A report addressing the number of children with fathers in prison, the effects and areas for reform for policy and practice. Published by the Quaker United Nations Office.

Languages: English, Russian

Briefing

Deprivation of Children’s Liberty as the Last Resort: Independent monitoring mechanisms to safeguard children in detention

The African Child Policy Forum and Defence for Children International held a global conference in Kampala on 7-8 November 2011 to highlight the destructive impact on deprivation of liberty for children. The conference highlighted the critical importance of access to justice for children in Africa, whose rights are frequently denied and violated. The conference documents summarise […]

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Brochure

Children’s rights and state of emergency

This new brochure on children’s rights has been developed to raise awareness among both children and adults about children’s rights and responsibilities, as well as the role of adults in upholding them. The brochure includes information on actions to take in case of a child’s detention. The brochure was created as part of the project […]

Languages: Kazakh, Russian

Public Statement

2021 Global Declaration on Justice with Children

The Global Declaration on Justice With Children is a culmination of the discussions held before and during the 2021 World Congress on Justice With Children that gathered over 4,800 intergenerational participants from over 100 countries from 15-20 November 2021 with the theme of “Ensuring access to justice for all children: towards non-discriminatory and inclusive child justice systems”. […]

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Report

Uganda: A review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention

This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Uganda. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]

Languages: English