Thematic interview in the frame of the PROGRAMME "PREVENTION OF AND FIGHT AGAINST CRIME" - DREJC "Drug - Related and Juvenile Crime" (JLS/2007/ISEC/500) - as a result of the active participation of the following experts: Mr. Rafael Forcada Chapa, Ms. Graciela Silvosa Rodríguez and Ms. María Jesús Justo Nieto, in collaboration with the entity Fundación Diagrama - Intervención Psicosocial (Spain), member and active participant of this European program. [+]
Among the IJJO´s main lines of action strong emphasis has been put on the development of research methods, such approach is the result of Observatory´s active involvement in projects conducted at the European and Latin American level. On this occasion the IJJO is pleased to present the public with the latest research results indicating the developments and the progress with regard to the European projects: “European Dimension: European comparative analysis and Transfer of Knowledge on juvenile delinquency forms” and “Drug Related Juvenile Crime - DREJC”.[+]
In November 2011 the IJJO took part in an EU wide consultation promoted by the European Commission with regards to the application of penal legislation in the field of detention, sharing its views and expertise in order to promote the use of alternatives to detention.[+]
After several years of intensive negotiations at the international level, UN General Assembly has adopted a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure regarding violations of the rights of child. The next step is to make sure that States ratify the Protocol, since a minimum of ten States is needed to ratify it for the Protocol to enter into force.[+]
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