Violence Against Children in the Criminal Justice System

Wendy O’Brien is Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University, and Legal Officer with the Global Programme on Violence Against Children at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in Vienna. Wendy publishes on child justice, violence against children, and children’s rights in the digital age. Wendy’s academic research is conducted in a personal capacity, and is not a reflection of the views of the institutions with which she is affiliated. Cédric Foussard is an expert on justice for children, working at the international level. Foussard currently works for Terre des hommes Foundation as Advocacy and Global Learning Senior Advisor. For more than a decade he was Director of The International Juvenile Justice Observatory, an international not-for-profit organisation that promotes a global approach to child rights, especially for children in conflict with the law. Foussard is the lead organiser of the World Congresses on Justice for Children. He has contributed to several international and European publications on access to justice for children.

List of figures. List of contributors. Foreword MARTA SANTOS PAIS. Introduction WENDY O’BRIEN. PART I: Problematising the (in)visibility of children in conflict with the law. 1 Youth justice ‘crises’ and the role for children’s rights in ending cycles of violence against children in conflict with the law WENDY O’BRIEN. 2 Media regulation: strategies to mitigate violence against children who are publicly ‘named and shamed’ FAITH GORDON. 3 Protective measures for children accused or convicted of serious crimes NESSA LYNCH. 4 Independent oversight and monitoring: advancing the rights of children deprived of their liberty LOUISE FORDE AND URSULA KILKELLY. PART II: Strategies to ensure the implementation of protective statutory and procedural safeguards. 5 Specialised child justice systems in Latin America: from national legal standards to effective implementation NICOLÁ SESPEJO. 6 Legal implementation: the missing piece of the puzzle in safeguarding children from violence in the Philippines ROWENA LEGASPI-MEDINA. 7 Access to justice for child victims of sexual violence in institutional care in India: the importance of legal and therapeutic supports ASHA BAJPAI. PART III: Realising children’s rights through prevention. 8 A hiding to something: reduction of violence against children in South Africa’s justice system ANN SKELTON. 9 The call to end inhuman sentencing of children VERONICA YATES AND LEO RATLEDGE. 10 Reforming pretrial detention of children: strategies and challenges in the Netherlands and the United States YANNICK VAN DEN BRINK AND BART LUBOW. 11 Diversion and restorative justice as tools to protect children from the violence of criminal justice involvement: lessons from Thailand MONIQUE ANDERSON AND KATTIYA RATANADILOK. 12 The mutual compatibility of children’s rights and public safety: community-based measures for children in conflict with the law in Catalonia 216 MANEL CAPDEVILA AND CÉDRIC FOUSSARD.