Child Detainees
BAGHDAD, 18 Apr 2006 (IRIN) - The Iraqi juvenile justice system has suffered from neglect and disruption caused by 25 years of crises, according to officials at the UN’s Children’s Agency, UNICEF.
In an effort to improve the situation, UNICEF has joined local NGOs to work with vulnerable and marginalised groups in Iraq, with particular emphasis on the children currently in detention for criminal offences.
“While it’s critical to address how children in detention are being treated, it’s also crucially important to focus on reducing the vulnerabilities and circumstances that push children…into lifestyles which often result in law-breaking and criminality,” said Roger Wright, UNICEF’s Special Representative for Iraq. Wright was speaking at a three-day conference held in Amman, Jordan, to discuss the matter with senior Iraqi government officials.
Read the rest of the story at http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=52835&SelectRegion=Middle_East&SelectCountry=IRAQ
In an effort to improve the situation, UNICEF has joined local NGOs to work with vulnerable and marginalised groups in Iraq, with particular emphasis on the children currently in detention for criminal offences.
“While it’s critical to address how children in detention are being treated, it’s also crucially important to focus on reducing the vulnerabilities and circumstances that push children…into lifestyles which often result in law-breaking and criminality,” said Roger Wright, UNICEF’s Special Representative for Iraq. Wright was speaking at a three-day conference held in Amman, Jordan, to discuss the matter with senior Iraqi government officials.
Read the rest of the story at http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=52835&SelectRegion=Middle_East&SelectCountry=IRAQ
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