A/HRC/4/102 page 19 The Ministry of Justice, with the support of UNODC and UNICEF, organized another training on juvenile justice in August 2005 for judges, prosecutors, police and social workers focusing on the new code. Training programmes were also held in Jalalabad, Mazar and Kandahar in 2005. Government officials, judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers, police, forensic doctors, and social workers throughout the provinces have been trained. 77. In August 2005, the Ministry of Justice with the support of UNICEF and UNODC conducted a seminar on CRC standards and legislation in Afghanistan covering, inter alia, juvenile justice. In June 2006, a task force to monitor and report on child rights violations and CRC was established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1539 (2004). Chaired by UNICEF and with the participation of UNAMA, the objective of the task force is the systematic gathering of objective, specific and reliable information on grave child rights violations committed in Afghanistan, and to assist the Government. 78. In Angola, a conference on access to justice organized by the OHCHR field office in May 2005 considered, inter alia, juvenile justice and the rights of the child. The conference adopted recommendations that, if implemented, would provide for the geographic extension of juvenile courts, the creation of capacities and facilities to assist minors in conflict with the law, and the criminalization of maltreatment of children. During the review of the draft new Angolan Penal Code in 2006, the office recommended changes that would provide for the establishment of a juvenile justice system for children between 14 and 18, and the incorporation of a clear prohibition of corporal punishment against children. 79. In Azerbaijan, OHCHR organized a training seminar on juvenile justice in December 2006 for government officials, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, representatives of the Ombudsman’s Office and NGOs. The field office, which has a joint juvenile justice project with UNICEF, plans to organize two juvenile justice workshops in 2007. Planning for 2007 includes the development and implementation of child rights complaint and child friendly procedures in court, which will include the organization of 10 round tables with relevant partners; drafting and printing of a Child Friendly Complaints Mechanisms Guide; and the drafting and printing of a poster and brochure on application of alternative educative measures. 80. The production and printing of child friendly literature to explain court procedures and children’s rights is also planned, and in particular, the development and printing of a Child Friendly Guide on Juvenile-Police Interactions; the development and printing of a Child Friendly Guide on Court Procedures; and the development and printing of a user-friendly Guide on Juvenile Proceedings for Police, Judges, Prosecutors, Lawyers. 81. In Suva, Fiji, a workshop was held in February 2006 on the implementation of the concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which considered the subject of juvenile justice. The workshop made recommendations to strengthen prevention strategies; to amend the Juvenile Act by raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 18 years; to ensure that progressively all districts of the country have juvenile courts or alternatively that ordinary courts periodically function as juvenile courts; to reverse the negative perception within the justice system and in society of juvenile justice as a “soft response to crime”; to strengthen the collection of data and indicators; to promote use of alternative sanctioning of children, such as community work programmes; to expand the model of family group conferencing as a potential alternative to judicial sanctions; to ensure that when traditional

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