TY - ADVS
T1 - Comments on Draft General Comment No. 24, replacing General Comment 10 (2007) on Children’s rights in juvenile justice
AU - Liefaard, T.
AU - Sloth-Nielsen, J.
AU - Doek, J.E.
AU - Rap, S.E.
AU - van den Brink, Yannick
AU - Schmidt, E.
PY - 2019/9/18
Y1 - 2019/9/18
N2 - These comments aim to support the UN Committee on the Rights of Child (the Committee) with the revision of its General Comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice. We concur with the Committee that this General Comment could benefit from an update in light of the developments since its adoption in 2007, in particular the promulgation of international and regional standards (ánd case law), the growing body of scientific knowledge on child and adolescent development (ánd behaviour, effective participation and evidence-based interventions), persistent challenges regarding children in the context of juvenile justice, among others with regard to the use of deprivation of liberty, and frontiers, including children involved in informal or customary justice systems, issues related to children associated with extreme violence or violent extremism and the position of adolescents in transition from childhood into adulthood (i.e. upper age limit; see further below). At the same time, we would recommend the Committee to uphold the comprehensiveness, key messages and strong, specific ánd practical guidance of General Comment No. 10, which has served as a catalyst for law reform across the globe.
AB - These comments aim to support the UN Committee on the Rights of Child (the Committee) with the revision of its General Comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice. We concur with the Committee that this General Comment could benefit from an update in light of the developments since its adoption in 2007, in particular the promulgation of international and regional standards (ánd case law), the growing body of scientific knowledge on child and adolescent development (ánd behaviour, effective participation and evidence-based interventions), persistent challenges regarding children in the context of juvenile justice, among others with regard to the use of deprivation of liberty, and frontiers, including children involved in informal or customary justice systems, issues related to children associated with extreme violence or violent extremism and the position of adolescents in transition from childhood into adulthood (i.e. upper age limit; see further below). At the same time, we would recommend the Committee to uphold the comprehensiveness, key messages and strong, specific ánd practical guidance of General Comment No. 10, which has served as a catalyst for law reform across the globe.
KW - Child justice
KW - Youth justice
KW - Juvenile justice
KW - Children's rights
UR - https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/general-comments-and-recommendations/general-comment-no-24-2019-childrens-rights-child
M3 - Web publication or Website
PB - United Nations
ER -