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discussion on the theme “The situation of children of incarcerated parents ”, to be organized
in 2011 by the Committee on the Rights of the Child;
19.
Urges States to take all necessary and effective measures, including legal
reform where appropriate, to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children
within the justice system;
20.
Invites States, upon their request, to benefit from technical advice and
assistance in juvenile justice provided by the relevant United Nations agencies and
programmes, in particular the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice, in order to strengthen
national capacities and infrastructures in the field of the administration of justice, in
particular juvenile justice, encouraging States to provide the secretariat of the Panel and its
members with adequate resources;
21.
Calls upon relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council to give
special attention to questions relating to the effective protection of human rights in the
administration of justice, including juvenile justice, and to provide, wherever
appropriate, specific recommendations in this regard, including proposals for advisory
services and technical assistance measures;
22.
Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
reinforce advisory services and technical assistance relating to national capacity-building in
the field of the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice;
23.
Notes with appreciation the decision to establish an open-ended
intergovernmental expert group to exchange information on best practices, as well as on
national legislation and existing international law, and on the revision of existing United
Nations standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners so that they reflect recent
advances in correctional science and best practices, with a view to making
recommendations to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on possible
next steps, and, in this regard, invites the expert group to benefit from the expertise of the
Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant stakeholders;
24.
Invites the Office of the High Commissioner to collaborate, within existing
resources, with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children in the organization of
an expert consultation on prevention of and responses to violence against children within
the juvenile justice system, and to submit a report thereon;
25.
Requests the High Commissioner to submit an analytical report to the Human
Rights Council at its twenty-first session on the protection of human rights of juveniles
deprived of their liberty, mindful of all applicable human rights standards and taking into
account the work of all relevant human rights mechanisms of the United Nations;
26.
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue under the same agenda
item in accordance with its annual programme of work.
36th meeting
29 September 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
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