Switzerland First World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice

13 Jun 2009 |

The twentieth century witnessed the development of most of all tutelary, protectionist and paternalistic juvenile justice model in all legal systems. Once it was compulsory to guarantee the Rights of the Child, such arbitrary models devoid of legal principles were jeopardized.

The nearly universal implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) gave an extraordinary boost to the process of renovating legislation and organizing juvenile justice courts.

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However, alongside this healthy renovation movement, repressive tendencies emerged, finding in the subordination of both children and adults to the adult penal system a solution to the actual or alleged increase in juvenile violence. The attractive neo-retributive system, which seeks to excel paternalism through the universal enforcement of Criminal Law, requires a thorough redefinition of principles, models, institutions and procedures respecting adolescents as juridical persons with constitutionally protected rights. November 4, 5, 6 and 7, 2009 in Lima, Peru.

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