Restorative Juvenile Justice This thesis is dealing with restorative juvenile justice. It aims to summarise and critically discuss this topic. It seeks to classify terms and theory used in order to help its readers with orientation throughout this issue as different terms and theories may often lead to unclarity and confusion. Subsequently it comes to a deeper analysis of selected parts. In particular, it examines international standards, describes thoughts of world-leading experts and eventually compares them and shows them on practical examples. Last but not least, it depicts selected theoretical foundations and draws connection between human life, inherent human nature, and use of restorative justice that is accepted as one of the main arguments for a higher effectivity in comparison to retributive justice. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with juvenile justice, children's rights and relevant international documents. The second part analyses restorative justice in general, compares different points of view and its types, and places it into a broader criminal justice framework. Furthermore, it looks at restorative justice from a more practical perspective by critically addressing the issue and providing practical examples. The third part focuses on the topic of this...

M.Cur. / The Rights of the Child are summarised in the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The Convention sets the basic rights of children for their survival, development and protection. The purpose of this research is to investigate the view of the Nursing staff working in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in a Private Clinic on the West Rand, regarding the rights of the child, and to describe the view of the Nursing staff regarding the rights of the child as applicable within the context of a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in a Private Clinic on the West Rand.

Syftet med den här studien är att bidra till en bredare kunskapsbas för hur barns rättigheter beaktas i den fysiska planeringen. Forskningsmålet har uppnåtts genom granskning av Barnkonventionen i fysisk planering och stadsutveckling. Rapporten behandlar de hinder och utmaningar som Sveriges myndigheter och kommuner möter vid tillämpning av barnperspektiv i fysisk planering. Med hänsyn för tillgänglighet, presenterar denna studie en övergripande beskrivning av etablerade samhällsfaktorer som påverkar Sveriges myndigheters och kommuners arbete med stadsutveckling. Studien tillämpar en kvalitativ innehållsanalys, i syfte att synliggöra bakomliggande budskap i den granskade rapporten. Innehållsanalysen består av fyra delprocesser; insamling av data, kodning, tematisering, samt verifiering av analysens slutsats. Genom Boverkets rapport synliggör innehållsanalysen hur och vilka utmaningar som påverkar barnkonventionens beaktning i fysisk planering. Resultatet bidrar till ökad förståelse för aktuella utmaningar som berör samhällsplaneringens aktörer. Majoriteten av de textstycken som analyserades, visade att behov och vägledning är centrala faktorer för det omställningsarbete som ska genomföras inom svensk samhällsbyggnad. Boverkets rapport lyfter behov av vidare utredning och framtida vägledning i inkorporeringen av barnkonventionen. Kortsiktigt kan resurs- och kompetensbehov i mindre kommuner lindras genom centralisering av barnrättsarbeten, med Boverket som huvudansvarig myndighet. En del av syftet med centraliseringen är att arbetsmetoder och strategier kan standardiseras, vilket kan bidra till en konsekvent och rättvis tillämpning av barnkonventionen nationellt. / The purpose of this study is to contribute to the knowledge base of childrens rights application in urban planning. The research goal has been achieved by examining the Convention on the Rights of the Child in spatial planning and urban development. The report addresses obstacles and challenges that Swedish authorities and municipalities encounter during application of child perspective's in urban planning. With regard to accessibility, this study presents an overall description of established societal factors that affect the Swedish authorities' and municipalities' work with urban development. The study uses a qualitative content analysis in order to highlight underlying messages in the reviewed report. The content analysis consists of four sub-processes; data collection, coding, thematization, and verification of the analysis’ conclusion. Through Boverket’s report, the content analysis highlights challenges that affect the application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in physical planning. The result contributes to an increased understanding of current challenges that affect participants in the process of urban planning. The majority of the analyzed text shows that needs and guidance are central factors for the coming adjustments in Swedish spatial planning. Boverket’s report highlights the need for further investigation and future guidance in the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In short term, the requirements associated with lack of resources and competence in smaller municipalities can be alleviated by centralizing Boverket as the main responsible authority for child rights work. Part of the purpose of centralization is that methods and strategies can be standardized, which can contribute to a consistent and fair application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on national scale.

Štinglová Kristýna Pupil at a primary school as a member of a pupils'parlament ABSTRACT The diploma thesis is focused on a primary school pupil in the pupil's parliament. The aim of the work is to find examples of inspiring practice for involving students from the 1st grade in the student parliament. In the theoretical part, at the beginning I deal with the basic concepts that accompany the whole thesis. Then I discuss the topic of democracy in schools, its basic principles and conditions that the school must meet. I mention CEDU, which helps primary schools build democracy. The work is further focused on the developmental character of the 1st grade pupil (it is early school age and middle school age) in terms of social and emotional development. The work also slightly affects the rights of the child at school. Finally, I analyze in detail the parliamentary parliament in Czech schools and abroad, more specifically in Germany, Great Britain and Denmark. The practical part is divided according to research methods into three parts. There is a semi- structured interview with the coordinator of the student parliament, indirect observation of the student parliament meeting in the distance form of study and has my own experience with the student parliament at the time when I was studying at primary school. At the...

Le XXIe siècle se veut un siècle de la promotion et la protection des personnes vulnérables et de la lutte contre la discrimination. La communauté internationale s’intéresse davantage à la condition problématique de la femme et de l’enfant en tant que facteur révélateur de l’état global d’avancée sociale de la société. Or, l’Afrique demeure le continent ou le nombre de personnes vulnérables est le plus important de la planète. L’Organisation de l’Unité Africaine en son temps et l’Union Africaine ont déjà fait montre de leur engagement à s’attaquer aux problèmes concernant les femmes et les enfants à travers des mécanismes de protection des droits de l’homme bien définis. En effet, tout un arsenal juridique a été mis en place pour protéger les droits des femmes et des enfants. Au premier rang desquelles s’inscrivent les deux pactes de 1966 directement issus de la déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme, l’un sur les droits civils et politiques, l’autre sur les droits sociaux, économiques et culturels ; la convention relative aux droits de l’enfant ; la charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples, la charte africaine des droits de l’enfant ; le protocole relatif aux droits des femmes, la déclaration des droits de l’enfants de 1989.La mise en œuvre de ces instruments juridiques est encore fragmentaire. Comme dans tous les accords internationaux, le plus grand défi est de passer de l’état de ratification à l’intégration de ces accords dans les législations nationales et leur mise en application afin que tous puissent jouir de leurs droits. Le droit international relatif aux droits de l’homme, dans sa forme actuelle, prohibe la discrimination et la violence contre les femmes et les enfants. Il représente le cadre juridique dans lequel les obligations des Etats en matière de promotion et de protection des droits fondamentaux des femmes et des enfants sont déterminées et évaluées. La pierre angulaire de cet édifice juridique est la convention sur l’élimination de toutes formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes et la convention sur les droits de l’enfant. La crise économique mondiale, les conflits en cours ont entraîné des violences systématiques commises à l’encontre des femmes et des enfants. Ces violences se sont traduites au Sénégal par une dislocation de la famille et par l’effritement des solidarités traditionnelles. La vulnérabilité des femmes et des enfants au sein de la cellule familiale a entraîné le développement de pratiques telles que la mendicité, la délinquance, la prostitution, les enfants abandonnés, le mariage forcé, … L’analyse de la condition actuelle de la femme et de l’enfant au Sénégal nous amène à nous poser des questions suivantes : Il s’agit d’évaluer le degré d’intégration par le Sénégal des normes internationales dans son droit interne. Les entraves culturelles, religieuses et politiques ne constituent-elles pas un obstacle à l’effectivité des normes internationales ? Comment amener les praticiens à tenir compte des normes internationales dans le règlement des différends dans les rapports de familles ? / The twenty-first century is a century of promoting and protecting vulnerable people and fighting discrimination. The international community is more interested in the problematic condition of women and children as a factor in revealing the overall state of social advancement of society. However, Africa remains the continent where the number of vulnerable people is the largest on the planet. The Organization of African Unity in its time and the African Union have already demonstrated their commitment to tackling issues concerning women and children through well-defined human rights protection mechanisms. Indeed, a whole legal arsenal has been put in place in order to protect the rights of women and children. Foremost, among them there are the two pacts of 1966 stemming directly from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one on civil and political rights, the other on social, economic and cultural rights; the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, the African Charter on the Rights of the Child; the Women's Rights Protocol, the 1989 Declaration of the Rights of the Child.The implementation of these legal instruments is still fragmentary. As in all international agreements, the biggest challenge is to move from the ratification state to the integration of these agreements in national legislation and their implementation so that all can enjoy their rights. International human rights law, in its current form, prohibits discrimination and violence against women and children. It represents the legal framework in which States' obligations to promote and protect the human rights of women and children are determined and evaluated. The cornerstone of this legal edifice is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The global economic crisis, ongoing conflicts have resulted in systematic violence against women and children. In Senegal, this violence resulted in a dislocation of the family and the erosion of traditional solidarities. The vulnerability of women and children in the family unit has led to the development of practices such as begging, delinquency, prostitution, abandoned children, forced marriage, etc. Analysis of the current status of women and of the child in Senegal leads us to ask ourselves the following questions: It is a question of assessing the degree of integration by Senegal of international norms into its internal law? Are cultural, religious and political obstacles not an obstacle to the effectiveness of international standards ? How to get practitioners to consider international standards in resolving disputes in family relationships ?

"It is the responsibility of every government to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizenry and to ensure that the rule of law and justice prevails at all times. Hovewer, children accused of committing crimes are more susceptible to human rights abuses and violations of their legal rights while in detention, either in police cells, prisons or authorised detention centres. They mostly suffer from both the agents of the state as well as from inmates. These violations often take place [behind] closed doors, and society being primarily concerned with keeping offenders locked up rather than about their conditions and human rights being respected, the cries of these children to be treated with dignity and worth go unnoticed despite the constitutional and international guarantee of their rights. The problem therefore is first to examine what rights do children in trouble with the law have under international law in general and specifically within the African human rights sytem with special emphasiis on the rights of children deprived of their liberty. Secondly, to examine how these international instruments are given effect domestically and whether there are challenges encountered in realising these rights. These are the main issues that this research intends to grapple with using South Africa and the Gambia as case studies with a view to making recommendations for better protection of the rights of this category of children. ... This research consist of four chapters. The first chapter is the introduction. It will give the basis and structure of the research which will include a general overview of the problem in the two countries under study. In the second chapter, it will explore the relevant international and African normative framework that protects the rights of children in trouble with the law and the obligations of states towards these children. However, the main focus will be the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), because they are the two main human rights instruments providing specific protection for children's rights in all spheres. The third chapter will be a comparative analysis of the rights of children deprived of their liberty as provided in the municipal laws of South African and the Gambia vis a vis the minimum standards set [out] in the CRC and ACRWC. It will discuss the following issues, namely: defintion of a child, age of criminal responsibility, the best interest, detention as a last resort and for the shortest possible time, separation from adult detainees, role of parents, establishment of separate criminal procedures, right to legal respresentation and assistance, and sentencing options. It will also examine the problems and challenges for implementation. The fourth chapter will conclude and make recommendations on how best to implement the laws and who should be the role players in ensuring that the rights of these children are well protected." -- Introduction. / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2005. / Prepared under the supervision of Professor Gilles Cistac at the Faculty of Law, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mocambique / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

The main aim of this Master's thesis is to analyse how children are recruited and abused as soldiers in armed conflicts, and how international humanitarian law protects their rights. The thesis is divided in two main parts, theoretical and empirical. In theoretical part are introduced the most important documents of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, including international governmental and non-governmental organizations which promote these rights. In empirical part, the author focuses on case studies, namely the case of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the case of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The author was not interested in finding similarities in these two cases, but conversely, to point out on the uniqueness of each case. To precise, the thesis is analysing reasons for the recruitment and abuse of children by the LRA and ISIS, and the legal responsibility of both groups. The author of this thesis chose as a methodology an instrumental case study which is useful for providing a general understanding of a phenomenon by using a particular case. In addition, this methodology is convenient for interpretation of legal documents, and two selected cases serve as instruments for interpreting the recruitment and abuse of children in armed conflicts. The...

Abstract The law with special provisions on the care of young people (SFS 1990: 52) (LVU) regulates a possible way out for the social service to compulsorily act to protect children and young people who in different ways are disadvantaged. When an intervention is made in accordance with this law, high legal security requirements are set for each child in each unique case. The purpose of this essay is to analyze whether the administrative law highlights the rights of the children and the best interests of the child in a legal process regarding. This is done through an analysis of administrative law judgments. The study also includes an examination of how the administrative law chooses to take the best interest of the child into account when making a decision. The results of the study show that, in the majority of cases, administrative law emphasizes the importance of the best interests of the child coming to the forefront and the rights of the child to be fulfilled. It also emerges that the child's age and maturity are of great importance for how the administrative law views the credibility of the child's story. If the child has been able to maintain his story over time, it also appears to be something that the administrative law takes into account in the decision-making process. Whether a child is to be represented in the legal process is clear in guidelines and conventions, but how the child's story is taken into account seems ambiguous. How the children should be considered in a legal process seems obvious in theory, but through the course of the study, the reality has turned out to be different. Although the child's perspective and the best interests of the child are described as important, in some cases the administrative law is considered to have a poor child perspective.

Denna flermetodiska studie har som syfte att undersöka hur ”barn i social utsatthet” tas upp i utbildningen. I studien har intervjuer med representanter från tio olika lärosäten, en webbenkätundersökning med yrkesverksamma på fritidshem och en innehållsanalys av lärosätens kurslitteratur använts. Intervjuerna har analyserats och tolkats utifrån ett barnrättsperspektiv med hjälp av diskurspsykologi och teorier om professionalisering, de-professionalisering och gränsarbete. Resultaten har utgått från tre teman: området ”barn i social utsatthet”, utbildningen idag och framtida behov inom utbildningen. Uttrycket ”barn i social utsatthet” innefattar många områden samt att anmälningar och utbildningens längd kan bidra till problematiska dilemman utifrån ett barnrättsperspektiv. I studiens slutsats kommer vi fram till att en diskussion rörande kunskaper om området ”barn i social utsatthet” behövs. En ny omarbetad, uppgraderad och mer omfattande Grundlärarutbildning med inriktning mot fritidshem skulle kunna leda till ett tydligare uppdrag och en gränsarbetande barnrättsprofession för allmänhetens bästa.

The aim of this study was to gain a greater knowledge and understanding of how staff in non-profit women shelters meet children's needs and rights in safe houses for women, and how staff in safe houses for women relate to children's participation. The study was based on a qualitative method where seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff in non-profit women shelters across Sweden. The empirical data has been analyzed based on previous research and the theoretical framework: sociology of childhood and the ladder of participation. The results show that the staff try to maintain the children's everyday life by creating routines for the children with school and activities. At the same time, it appears that there are difficulties to maintain children's everyday life because of the safety strategies that the safe houses for women have. The staff describe that they try to involve the children in the safe house for women, we have however discovered that the participation does not exceed the fifth step of the ladder of participation. In conclusion the children receive support in the safe house for women, in form of support talk. But because the children are accompanying their mother, it creates an inequality between the different women shelters. Where everyday life and support for the children differs around different women shelters in Sweden.