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Contents:

1. Editorial
2. New resources
3. New books on juvenile justice
4. Future events


1. Editorial:

We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) will hold a workshop on “Restorative justice for children in conflict with the law: promising practices and lessons learned” on 5 November 2009 as part of our contribution to the First World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice that will take place from 4-7 November 2009 at the Catholic University of Lima, Peru. The Panel’s workshop will focus on sharing Panel member experiences of restorative justice programmes for children in conflict with the law that aim to respect and protect the rights of the child. Representatives from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Terre des hommes Foundation and Defence for Children International (DCI) - Colombia will share information on the promising practices and lessons learned from their programmes. Please download the flyer.

For further information on the First World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice, please see the official website in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese: http://www.congresomundialjjrperu2009.org/

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2. Selected new resources on the Panel website:

(a) Resources related to the 52nd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child:

Extracts from the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Concluding Observations, 52nd Session: Recommendations Relevant to Juvenile Justice Reform
Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ)
October 2009 (EN)

52nd Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Information Notes on Juvenile Justice Related Issues, Bolivia and Pakistan
Defence for Children International (DCI)
October 2009 (EN, SPA)

Children are Not Terrorists!
NGO Report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Juvenile Justice and Armed Conflict in Turkey
Justice for Children Initiative in Turkey (JCI)
April 2009 (EN)

Philippines: Continuing Child Detention with Adults in Police Lockups, Arbitrary Detention of “Rescued” Street Children, and Extrajudicial Execution of Children Accused of Violating the Law
Coalition to Stop Child Detention through Restorative Justice (Philippines)
2009 (EN)

(b) Children in conflict with the law:

Juvenile Justice: Experiences from a socio-educational perspective
(“Justicia Penal Juvenil: Experiencias desde el Enfoque Socioeducativo”)
DCI Americas
September 2009 (SPA)

The situation of juvenile justice in Cadiz
(“La situación de justicia de menores en Cádiz”)
Joaquín Olmedo Gómez / Juan Domingo Valderrama Martínez/ Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucía, Delegación de Cádiz
October 2009 (SPA)

(c) Child victims and witnesses of crimes:

Analysis of the Extrajudicial Executions and/or Violent Deaths of Children and Youth in Honduras in July and August 2009 (“Análisis de Ejecuciones y/o Muertes Violentas de Niños/as y Jóvenes en Honduras, Julio y Agosto 2009”)
Instituto Internacional Casa Alianza Honduras/ Coalición Centroamericana para la Prevención de la Violencia Juvenil (CCPVJ)
July 2009 (SPA)

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3. New books on juvenile justice

Juvenile Justice and Children’s Rights
An Evaluation of the Swiss and South African Juvenile Justice System in the Light of International Law
(“Jugendstrafrecht und Kinderrechte - Betrachtung des Schweizerischen Jugendstrafrechts im Lichte der Internationalen Rechte des Kindes und im Vergleich zu Südafrika”)
Ursina Weidkuhn
Schultess (Publishers) (Flyer in German, outline in English)
September 2009

Understanding Youth Offending
Risk Factor Research, Policy and Practice
Stephen Case and Kevin Haines
Willan Publishing (outline in English)
June 2009

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4. Forthcoming events:

To view the complete calendar of future Panel member events: www.juvenilejusticepanel.org/events/

(a) Panel member events:

First World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) Peru/ Encuentros Casa de la Juventud/ Public Ministry of Peru/ Catholic University of Lima:
Catholic University of Lima, Lima, Peru (flyer, website)
4 - 7 November 2009

Workshop on “Restorative justice for children in conflict with the law: promising practices and lessons learned” during the First World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice
Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ)
Catholic University of Lima, Lima, Peru
15:00-16:30, 5 November 2009 (flyer)

DCI 30th Anniversary Symposium on “Child participation in juvenile justice”
Defence for Children International (DCI)
Maison des Associations, Geneva, Switzerland
19-20 November 2009 (brochure, programme)

PRI 20th Anniversary Symposium on "Penal Reform and Human Rights: 20 Years On"
Penal Reform International (PRI)
Museum of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
17:00-21:00, 11 December 2009 (flyer)

(b) Other events:

International Seminar on Systems of Social Reintegration for Adolescents in Conflict with the Criminal Law in Latin America (Seminario Internacional Sistemas de Reinsercion Social Para Adolescentes en Conflict con la Ley Penal en América Latina)
Gerencia de Centros Juveniles del Poder Judicial del Perú
Palacio de Justicia, Lima, Peru (programme in Spanish)
2-3 November 2009

Restorative Juvenile Justice in Europe
Monitoring-IN Net
Italian Ministry of Justice, Juvenile Justice Department
11-12 November 2009
Centro europeo di studi di Nisida (CEuS), Naples, Italy (programme in English)

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Yours sincerely,

The Newsletter Team.

About the Newsletter:
Editor (English and French editions): Davinia Ovett  Bondi, Secretariat Coordinator, IPJJ
Spanish translation: Vera Winkelried
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