Sites of research institutes, international networks and NGOs that work with children and adolescents throughout the world.
- CHILDREN RIGHTS:
Human Rights Watch http:/www.hrw.org/children/
Child Rights Information Network http://www.crin.org
Save the Children UK
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk
The Future of Children http://www.futureofchildren.org/index.htm
United Nations International Children Education Fund (Unicef) http://www.unicef.org
United Nations International Children Education Fund (Unicef) – Voices of Youth http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/warhome.html
International Federation Terres des Hommes
http://www.terredeshommes.org/about.php
UN Study on Violence Against Children
http://www.violencestudy.org
UN Study On Violence Against Children In Latin America and The Caribbean
www.violenciaestudioalc.org
Youth Advocate Program International www.yapi.org
Defense for Children International http://www.defence-for-children.org/
Casa Alianza
http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/index-en.shtml
Organização Iberoamericana de Juventude
http://www.oij.org/pt
World Organizations Against Torture - Children’s Rights Programme
http://www.omct.org/focus.asp?Language=EN&Issue=CHL
Committee on the Rights of the Child
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/
South Africa
Kids Haven http://www.kidshaven.org.za/
The Open Society Foundation for South Africa http://www.osf.org.za/cji
National Crime Prevention Research Resources Centre http://www.crimeprevention.csir.co.za/about_rrc.php3
National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders http://www.nicro.org.za
Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L8069.htm
Associação Brasileira Multiprofissional de Proteção à Infância e à Adolescência (ABRAPIA) http://www.abrapia.org.br/
Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente http://www.abrinq.org.br/
Amparo ao Menor Carente (AMENCAR) http://www.amencar.org.br
Cruzada do Menor http://www.cruzadadomenor.org.br
CECRIA Banco de dados http://www.cecria.org.br
Colombia
Instituto Colombiano del Bienestar Familiar http://www.icbf.gov.co/espanol/default.asp
Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario - Niños en el Conflicto http://www.mindefensa.gov.co/derechos_humanos/menores/menores.html USA
Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
http://www.safeyouth.org
Philippines
Child Hope http://www.childhope.org.ph
Child Protection www.childprotection.org.ph
Panama
Fundación Pro Niños de Darién http://www.darien.org.pa
Sweden
Rädda Barnens (Save The Children Sweden) http://www.rb.se/
- YOUTH AND CITIZENSHIP:
Australia
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/index.html
Brazil
Rede Sou de Atitude http://www.soudeatitude.org.br
Instituto Promundo
http://www.promundo.org.br
Núcleo de Estudos da Cidadania, Conflito e Violência Urbana http://www.necvu.ifcs.ufrj.br
Canada
Youth Resource Network of Canada http://www.youth.gc.ca/
Costa Rica
Fundación Paniamor http://www.paniamor.or.cr
Khulisa
www.khulisaservices.co.za
Latin America
Organización Internacional del Trabajo - Observatorio de Experiencias http://www.cinterfor.org.uy
- JUVENILE JUSTICE:
Coalition for Juvenile Justice http://www.juvjustice.org/about/index_about.html
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice http://www.cjcj.org/
Talk Justice http://www.talkjustice.com/
Observatorio Internacional de Justicia Juvenil (OIJJ)
http://www.oijj.org
Vera Institute of Justice
http://www.vera.org/
Building Block for Youth http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/
Juvenile Justice Role Model Development Program http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/jjclearinghouse/about.html
Juvenile Justice Trainers Association http://www.jjta.org/
Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center http://www.jrsa.org/jjec/
Youth Crime Watch of America http://www.ycwa.org
Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/about/about.html
The Institute for Security Studies www.issafrica.org
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation www.csvr.org.za
Child Justice Bill www.childjustice.org.za
USA
Violence and Injury Prevention
http://www5.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/main.cfm?s=0009
Center for Study and Prevention of Violence
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/index.html
International Center for the Prevention of Crime (English, Français, Español) http://www.crime-prevention-intl.org
Youth Violence
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/youth/youth.htm
Partnership against Violence Network
http://pavnet.org
Gang Resistance Education and Training
http://www.atf.gov/great/index.htm
International Center for the Prevention of Crime (English, Français, Español)
http://www.crime-prevention-intl.org
- CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT:
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers http://www.child-soldiers.org
Children in Armed Conflit http://www.childreninarmedconflict.org/
Human Rights Watch – Child soldiers http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm
United Nations (UN) – Child Soldiers http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/childsoldiers/whatsgoingon
UN – Special Representative for the Secretary-General
for Children and Armed Conflict http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict
One World – Children and War http://www.oneworld.org/child_rights/ch_war.html
Midde East-North Africa (MENA) Network to Stop the Use of Children as Soldiers http://www.child-soldiers-mena.org
The Child Soldier Project http://www.childsoldiers.org
Watch List on Children and Armed Conflict http://www.watchlist.org/reports/index.php
Children and Armed Conflict Unit – University of Essex (Inglaterra) http://www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon
War Affected Children (Canada) http://www.waraffectedchildren.gc.ca
War Child http://www.warchild.org.uk
Coalición Contra la Vinculación de Niños, Niñas y Jóvenes al Conflicto Armado en Colombia http://www.coalico.org
- JUVENILE GANGS:
Homies Unidos http://www.homiesunidos.org/about/indexsetwo.htm
Talk Justice http://talkjustice.com/
Know Gangs http://www.knowgangs.com
Street Gangs http://www.streetgangs.com
An Urban Ethnography of Latino Street Gangs http://www.csun.edu/~hcchs006/gang.html
Gangwar.com
http://www.gangwar.com
GangResearch.Net http://www.gangresearch.net
Gangs: A Bibliography http://www-lib.usc.edu/~anthonya/gang.htm Into The Abyss: A Personal Journey http://courses.smsu.edu/mkc096f/gangbook/site_map.htm
Koch Crime Commission http://www.kci.org
National Gang Crime Research Center http://www.ngcrc.com/report/report.html National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) http://www.iir.com/nygc
Criminal Justice Resources: Gangs
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/gangs.htm
National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations http://www.nagia.org
