In this edition of the Panel Secretariat newsletter we would like to bring to your attention two upcoming conferences on juvenile justice organized by Panel members.

Defence for Children International will be organizing an international conference from the 1-3 October, 2008 in Brussels (Belgium) entitled “Ending Violence Against Children in Juvenile Justice Systems: From Words to Action”. The objective of the conference is to address the UN Study’s findings for ending violence against children in institutions by raising awareness, sharing best practices and building the capacities of NGOs to lobby their governments to act. The conference will focus on the concrete actions needed to implement fair juvenile justice systems in the world. Go to conference website.

The “III International IJJO Conference” organised by the International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) together with the County Council of Justice and Public Administrations of the Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) will take place in Valencia (Spain) on 21-22 October 2008. The conference will undertake an analysis of juvenile justice systems, action models and intervention programmes applicable in different Member States of the European Union, with the objective of coming to a series of final conclusions regarding the proposal of establishing an approximation framework between the different States on the subject of juvenile justice. Go to conference website.