Sweden’s Save the Children and the Brazilian NGO Viva Rio’s COAV program take concerns over child and youth involvement in armed violence to the UN Small Arms Meeting held in New York City.
Rio de Janeiro based researchers Jessica Galeria and Tatiana Moura reconsider traditional myopic views on women’s roles in armed violence, and bring them into the horizon of public policy and scientific investigation.
Focusing on transnational crime, the declaration was issued by 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The event singled out the issue of children at risk bringing together NGOs and policy makers, calling for prompt action.
South Africa’s police force plans to entice 50,000 current army commando members into their ranks, says government.
UN meets to discuss “Children and Violence: Breaking the walls of silence.” Brazil’s Paulo Sergio Pinheiro leads the discussion.
“Ikhwezi Lomso” means Morning Star in the African language of Nguni . It is the name chosen by a group of participants to represent their journey through the Integrated Youth Offender Programme in South Africa’s Western Cape Province.
Weak law implementation and lack of resources hinders child rights, including those of juvenile offenders.
Violent conflict between gangs and the military has left more than 100 victims in the oil city of Port Harcourt, in Nigeria’s Delta Region.
Criminal justice expert talks to COAV about restorative justice in South Africa and proposed legislation that will revamp the country’s treatment of juvenile offenders.
