The IJJO has the great honour of presenting the awardees of the 8th Edition of the 'Juvenile Justice Without Borders' International Award. Their work creates progress in children's rights and juvenile justice systems all over the world. #JJWB2024 On our website you can find their full profiles and videos where they talk about their work https://lnkd.in/dfpDipCe These are the 8th Edition Awardees: 🔷 Prof. Adeela ahmed Shafi MBE (United Kingdom) Professor of Education in Youth Justice, University of Gloucestershire. 🔷 Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (United States). 🔷 Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen (South Africa) Emeritus Professor, University of the Western Cape. 🔷 Mr. Luis Pedernera (Uruguay), Vice Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. 🔷 Prof. Manfred Nowak (Austria), Secretary General of the Global Campus of Human Rights and Scientific Director of the Vienna Master of Arts in Applied Human Rights at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna. 🔷 Save the Children Spain. 🔷 UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office. Many congratulations!
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About us
The International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) is a Belgian Foundation of Public Interest. Since 2002, the IJJO has worked to promote the rights of children and young people who come into contact with justice systems and to encourage the implementation of the international standards which guarantee these rights. The IJJO is an open and collaborative space for research, exchange and dissemination of shared knowledge aimed at the improvement of juvenile justice systems and policies. Furthermore, it seeks to promote the strengthening of professionals’ and students’ competencies in this field, the exchange of good practices, innovation, and the raising of social awareness.
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Interview: Fiona Dyer, Director of the Children & Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ) discusses: 🔹 Pressing youth justice issues in Scotland. 🔹 Main achievements of the Children’s Care and Justice Bill. 🔹 Participation of young people with lived experience. https://lnkd.in/dvtEFqCJ
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The International Olympic Committee – IOC and the Agence Française de Développement are calling for proposals to hire a delivery lead for its Sport & Youth Crime Prevention in South-East Asia initiative. Deadline to apply is August 5: https://lnkd.in/eMiSyMFs
Request for Proposals – Sport and Youth Crime Prevention – South-East Asia
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Interview: Kimmo Kumlander, CEO of Finnish NGOs Silta-Valmennusyhdistys ry and Valo-Valmennusyhdistys ry, answers questions on: 🔷 How Silta and Valo approach working with justice-involved young people. 🔷 The advantages of participating in EU projects on youth justice. https://lnkd.in/daSbA-iP
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La ONG Reinserta ha publicado el estudio “Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes en contacto con el Sistema de Justicia Penal Mexicano” en el que pueden leer varios testimonios de estos jóvenes y se pone de manifiesto la problemática de los grupos delictivos que reclutan a muchos niños y niñas en el país. https://lnkd.in/dFRSrTag
Hablemos de las niñas, niños y adolescentes en contacto con el sistema de justicia penal
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England and Wales will have dedicated neurodiversity officers to better identify and support neurodivergent children and adults in institutions from the penitentiary system. https://lnkd.in/d9rq7SfX
Greater support for neurodivergent offenders in bid to cut crime
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UK's Youth Endowment Fund organises on 26th June a virtual event on "Doing Diversion Effectively" With speakers from the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) and The Centre for Justice Innovation. "There is strong evidence that diverting children who have committed low-level or first-time offences, rather than taking them to court, can protect them from future involvement in crime and violence." https://lnkd.in/de9jCAtE
Virtual Learning Cafe: Doing Diversion Effectively
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UK's Youth Justice Legal Centre organises a discussion on 8th May about "Children, Neurodiversity and the Criminal Legal System". "A disproportionate number of the children in the criminal legal system are neurodiverse. In this discussion, we will consider 🔹 What is the relevance of a diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder in children’s criminal proceedings? 🔹 What does the relevant caselaw say and what do practitioners need to know about how they can better support and represent these children?" https://lnkd.in/dbZZdyzM..
Children, Neurodiversity and the Criminal Legal System
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Entrevista: Mary Ann Scali, directora ejecutiva de The Gault Center, nos habla de: 🔹El panorama actual de los derechos de niños y adolescentes en el sistema de justicia de Estados Unidos. 🔹Los esfuerzos de The Gault Center para garantizar que los abogados de menores estén especializados y los estados fortalezcan la defensa legal de estos jóvenes. https://lnkd.in/d2E4TysQ
Mary Ann Scali – Directora ejecutiva, The Gault Center
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Interview: Mary Ann Scali, Executive Director of The Gault Center, answers our questions on: 🔹The current landscape of youth rights and justice in the US. 🔹The efforts of The Gault Center to ensure children’s lawyers are specialized and states strengthen youth defense. A very interesting read with many resources. https://lnkd.in/dMQbNCdN
Mary Ann Scali - Executive Director, The Gault Center
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