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Justice for children
Every year, more than 500,000 children come into contact with the Turkish justice system – as victims or survivors, as witnesses, as alleged offenders, as an interested party, or because an intervention is needed for their care, protection, health or well-being. Important steps forward have been taken, but there i...
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More than 45,000 children released from detention during COVID-19 pandemic; evidence that child-friendly justice solutions are possible – UNICEF
NEW YORK, 15 November 2021 , – More than 45,000 children have been released from detention and safely returned to family or an appropriate alternative since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released by UNICEF today. Detention of children in the time of COVID reveals that governments and d...
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Judicial Interview Room
Needs, Examples of Best Practices and Standards for Child Friendly Interview
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Protect the rights of children of foreign fighters stranded in Syria and Iraq
NEW YORK, 21 May 2019 –, “The thousands of children of foreign fighters languishing in camps, detention centers or orphanages in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere are among the world’s most vulnerable children. They live in appalling conditions amid constant threats to their health, safety and well-being. They have little family support: While most are stranded with their mothers…
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Ombudsperson Office launched its Strategy on the Rights of the Child
ANKARA, 15 April 2019 - , More than 100 participants gathered today at the launch of a strategy document on the rights of the child developed by Ombudsman Institution (OI) and UNICEF. The strategy aims to further strengthen children’s access to justice and emphasize the importance ofsectoral collaboration on comba...
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Justice for children
Each year, over 300.000 children come in contact with the law in Turkey as perpetrator, or as victims or witnesses of crimes. The complex procedures of the judicial processes often have negative impacts on children who come in contact with the justice system and their voices are sometimes overlooked within the pro...
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Guidelines on Child-Friendly Legal Aid - 2018
Children come into contact with the law for various reasons – as defendants or witnesses in criminal proceedings; as parties in family proceedings; as victims of physical or psychological violence, sexual abuse or other crimes or rights violations; and as parties in civil or administrative proceedings on issues including health care, social security, disability, and asylum and refugee claims. The outcomes of these cases can be hugely significant ...
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DENGE - Juvenile Probation Programme: An initiative to decrease the number of children deprived of liberty
8 June 2016, ANKARA, - An opening ceremony was held today for the launch of the Development of an Effective Risk Evaluation System for Children in Turkish Probation Services Project. It is shortly referred as DENGE - Juvenile Probation Programme. The Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), G...
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Juvenile Justice System Training for Candidate Judges, Handbook for Trainers/ 2014
This book provides guidance for the trainers of “Juvenile Justice System Training for Candidate Judges”. The training programme has been developed based on the diversified levelled roles of the judges and the courts. The aim of the training programme is to strengthen the capacity of candidate judges to notice the ...
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JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN IN TURKEY, PROJECT NEWS / 2014
This bulletin summarizes activities and achievements of the EU supported “Justice for Children” initiative which has been conducted between 2012 and 2014 with the technical assistance of UNICEF and in the partnership of Ministry Justice, Ministry of Family and Social Policies, High Council of Judges and Prosecutor...
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN / December 2012
The “International Symposium on Justice for Children” was held between 5-7 December 2012 in Ankara, Turkey, under the leadership of the Justice Academy. It covered three topics: Protection/Prevention, Judiciary procedures/Trial and Execution of decisions and sentences. In this 4 volumes publication, all the papers...
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CASE- BASED TRAINING BOOK / November 2013
This book has been exclusively prepared for facilitators of Juvenile Justice System Professionals Training and provides guidance on the components, methodology and implementation of case-based capacity-building. (Only available in Turkish).