CHILD Protection & Rights > Child Protection Issues.

To read more on the JJA, its implementation, its weaknesses:

- Juvenile Justice Implementation Manual, Childline.
- Children’s right to be heard in judicial process, India, HAQ: Centre for child Rights. 2006, http://www.crin.org/docs/GDD_2006_HAQ.doc

Other links on Juvenile Justice:

- CRIN: http://www.crin.org/themes/ViewTheme.asp?id=16
- Human Rights Watch: http://hrw.org/children/juvenile_justice.htm
- UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_juveniljustice.html

Publications on Juvenile Justice:

- CRIN's guide to international and regional norms and standards for children in conflict with the law. CRIN, 2006.
http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=9711

- Children in conflict with law. Protection fact sheet. Save the children. Available online:
www.ldf.ps/file/download/home_-_aid_publications/English%20fact%
20sheet%20small%2010.07.pdf? version_id=86449

- Juvenile Justice: Modern Concepts of Working with Children in Conflict with the Law, Save the children UK, 2006.
www.crin.org/docs/save_jj_modern_concepts.pdf

- Gaining Respect: The Voices of Children in Conflict with the Law, Save the Children International Alliance, 2006.
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk_cache/scuk/cache/cmsattach
/ 3989_GAINING_RESPECT.pdf

- Violence against girls in conflict with the law, Human Rights Watch, 2007.
Although girls make up a small minority of children who come in conflict with the law, they are vulnerable to violence, particularly sexual abuse and rape, by both police and staff in detention facilities. This 5-page background paper documents violence against girls by police and correctional staff in Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Papua New Guinea, and the United States.
Available online:
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/02/20/global15345.htm

- Juvenile justice in South Asia: Improving Protection for Children in Conflict with the Law.
UNICEF, Regional Office for South Asia, 2006. Available online: www.unicef.org/rosa/Juvenile_Justice_in_South_Asia.pdf

- South Asia and the minimum age of criminal responsibility: Raising the Standard of Protection for Children's Rights. UNICEF, Regional Office for South Asia, 2005. Available online:
www.unicef.org/rosa/Criminal_Responsibility_08July_05 (final_copy).pdf

- Justice for Children; Detention as a Last Resort, Innovative Initiatives in the East Asia and Pacific Region. UNICEF, Available online: http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Justice_for_ Children_Detention.pdf

- Children’s right to be heard in judicial process, India, HAQ: Centre for child Rights. 2006, http://www.crin.org/docs/GDD_2006_HAQ.doc

- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000. Available online: http://www.childlineindia.org.in/PDF/jjact2000.pdf

- Juvenile Justice Amendment Act, 2006. Available online: http://www.childlineindia.org.in/PDF/jjactamedment.pdf

- Status of the Implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 in the state/ UTs. Available online: http://wcd.nic.in/childrenwcd.htm

- Subgroup Report on Child Protection for the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012). Ministry of Women and Child Development. p. 38-43.
Available online: http://wcd.nic.in/wgchilprotection.pdf

Children's Rights in Juvenile Justice. General Comment N 10 (2007.) http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/CRC.C.GC.10.pdf