Undertake efforts to Seven Residential Homes with establish a rehabilitation Minimum Standards Compliance 19. Insufficient rehabilitation centre for victims of measures for ill treated or sexual abuse or exploited children economic exploitation Fully integrate provisions Fiji’s laws were complemented by re torture and deprivation abrogated 1997 Constitution 20. Concerned about of liberty (37), provision S42(3) which obligated Juvenile Justice System’s administration of juvenile courts to apply international compatibility with justice (40), and conventions for the protection of international guidelines and rehabilitative care (39). rights. Juvenile Act Cap 56 protects child offenders in that detention is a) Lack of legal counselling Review provisions allowable only where the child is of for child in care governing unruly character. Common practice is Police diversion and court diversion b) Detention not used as a a) Legal counselling for S32 Juvenile Act Cap 56 though no last resort child in care in conflict with firm data to verify numbers. law c) Poor state of detention centres b) Detention to be used only as a last resort d) Low minimum age for criminal responsibility c) Condition of detention centres e) Children between 17 and 18 not considered juvenile Strongly recommend d) Raising minimum age for criminal responsibility e) Raise age to 18 years for children being considered in the juvenile justice system Consider seeking international assistance in areas of juvenile justice Initial report and replies be Responsibility of NCCC and Social made widely available to Welfare the public to generate
19. Insufficient rehabilitation measures for ill treated or exploited children Undertake efforts to establish a rehabilitation centre for victims of sexual abuse or economic exploitation Seven Residential Homes with Minimum Standards Compliance 20. Concerned about Juvenile Justice System’s compatibility with international guidelines and a) Lack of legal counselling for child in care b) Detention not used as a last resort c) Poor state of detention centres d) Low minimum age for criminal responsibility e) Children between 17 and 18 not considered juvenile Fully integrate provisions re torture and deprivation of liberty (37), administration of juvenile justice (40), and rehabilitative care (39). Review provisions governing a) Legal counselling for child in care in conflict with law b) Detention to be used only as a last resort c) Condition of detention centres Strongly recommend d) Raising minimum age for criminal responsibility e) Raise age to 18 years for children being considered in the juvenile justice system Consider seeking international assistance in areas of juvenile justice Fiji’s laws were complemented by abrogated 1997 Constitution provision S42(3) which obligated courts to apply international conventions for the protection of rights. Juvenile Act Cap 56 protects child offenders in that detention is allowable only where the child is of unruly character. Common practice is Police diversion and court diversion S32 Juvenile Act Cap 56 though no firm data to verify numbers. Initial report and replies be made widely available to the public to generate Responsibility of NCCC and Social Welfare
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