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TDHIF submission for the European Commission’s Communication on the Rights of the Child (2011-2014)

Document number
2454
Date
2010
Title
TDHIF submission for the European Commission’s Communication on the Rights of the Child (2011-2014)
Author/publisher
Terre Des Hommes International Federation
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations,
Keywords
Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
Summary
Terre des Hommes is strongly committed in implementing projects aiming to a Restorative Juvenile Justice model which should be governed by the basic principles on the use of restorative justice programmes in criminal matters, as set out in ECOSOC Resolution 2002/12 and it should respect the fundamental rights of children as enshrined in the CRC. The RJJ should be an integral part of the Juvenile Justice system and it is in full compliance with the provisions of the CRC and international standards. It is a way of treating children in conflict with the law with the aim of repairing the individual, relational and social harm caused by the committed offence. This aim requires a process in which the child offender, the victim and the members of the community participate actively to resolve all matters arising from the offence.
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