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Promoting restorative justice for children
Publication Year: 2016 Publisher: Office of the SRSG on Violence against Children
Violence against children
Related Goals
Background
Today, more than 1 million children are deprived of their liberty worldwide,26 and countless children face violent and degrading treatment throughout the criminal justice process. In light of this dramat-ic situation, it is imperative to promote strategies that provide an alternative to detention and cus-todial sentences for children.
This report examines the potential of restorative justice programmes to facilitate conflict resolu-tion and provide appropriate protection to chil-dren. This applies to the justice system, whether children are victims, offenders or witnesses, but it also applies in a range of other contexts, including at school, in residential care units, in social welfare settings and in the community.
This report examines the potential of restorative justice programmes to facilitate conflict resolu-tion and provide appropriate protection to chil-dren. This applies to the justice system, whether children are victims, offenders or witnesses, but it also applies in a range of other contexts, including at school, in residential care units, in social welfare settings and in the community.
