Human Rights

Advocates are increasingly looking to human rights laws and standards to support their work. NJJN's policy brief provides an overview of ways in which several of these international instruments can and have been used. There is also a growing campaign for US ratification of the Covenant on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The CRC contains many provisions of particular relevance to juvenile justice.

Legislation

		"Shadow Report" to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Juvenile Justice Advocates
		Bush Administration Report to U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, May 2008
		Campaign for US Ratification of the CRC
		Chicago City Council Passes Resolution in Support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Media Advisory, Northwestern University, February 11, 2009
		Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's Findings, United Nations, 2008
		Convention on the Rights of the Child and Juvenile Justice, The Link, Child Welfare League of America, Summer 2008
		Human Rights as a Catalyst for Juvenile Justice Reform, National Collaboration for Youth and NJJN, December 2006
		Juvenile Justice and the Convention on the Rights of the Child - General Comment 10, Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2007
		Overview of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations, 2007
		The Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations, September 1990
		Writing "Shadow Reports" to UN committees -- How Advocates Can Use the Process to Support Their Cause

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