Justice for Children, Justice for All Global Initiative
The Justice for Children, Justice for All Project offers a new starting point to place children at the heart of an emerging global movement for justice. The Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies have commissioned Prof Jennifer Davidson, Executive Director of Inspiring Children's Futures to lead a Justice for Children, Justice for All global initiative to help realise UN Sustainable Development Goal SDG 16.3: Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
The project Core Team includes: the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children; Terre des hommes; Defence for Children International. We also work with a Technical Working Group of global experts on justice for children.
This is an exciting project that adds value to the work of many organisations, by creating important synergies across the endeavours of many different actors, including those whose roles span inter-governmental policymaking; child rights advocacy; workforce capacity-building; children and family services delivery; and UN monitoring roles.
This project has found that while the global agenda pledges to leave no one behind “there is a stark gap when it comes to measuring, understanding, and fulfilling this global ambition for children”. Read our Call to Action and Challenge Paper
Over the last year we have worked together to develop a new agenda for change, and contributed to 3 events:
‘Towards Resilient Child Justice Systems in times of Crises – Strengthening Justice for Children Worldwide’ The Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. 12 March 2021
‘Virtual Global Roundtable on People-Centered Justice: Child-centred justice’ OECD. 30 March 2021
‘Justice for children in the pandemic: Actions to support policy & practice’: Pathfinders for Justice Global Week of Justice. 22 October 2020 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-for-children-in-the-pandemic-actions-to-support-policy-practice-tickets-125324656421
Over the next few months, our work will reflect this new agenda through:
Our partnership is working to address the growing gaps for children emerging in the pandemic, with a ‘Justice for Children in the Pandemic’ briefing due shortly, as part of the Justice in a Pandemic Series. Stay tuned with the Pathfinders for Justice @SDG16Plus and @IICFStrath on twitter for more information soon!
The 2021 World Congress on Justice with Children: 15-20 November 2021 Access to justice for all Children: towards non-discriminatory and inclusive child justice systems,
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