Publications
Justice for Children Resources
Find more publications and analysis from the Working Group on SDG16+ Justice for Children.
Background Papers
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This is a Call to Action to fulfil our collective global commitment to ensure that all children live peaceful, just and inclusive lives, and are provided with the opportunity to flourish and live to their full potential. This Justice for Children Call to Action offers a new starting point to place children at the heart of an emerging global movement for justice.
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This Background Paper offers insights into justice challenges and opportunities, in the era of COVID-19.
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This paper is a companion briefing to the Agenda for Action, outlining the lessons from COVID-19 as applied to the strategic levers required to achieve justice for children.
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The Agenda for Action follows the Justice for Children, Justice for All Companion Briefing to the Justice in a Pandemic Series, which sets out the four strategic levers for change to achieve SDG16.3 for children.
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Policy Briefs
UN Reference Reports
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This Reference Report is based on the proceedings of an event hosted in partnership with the Global Initiative on Justice with Children, and the Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures at the University of Strathclyde with the Working Group on SDG16+ Justice for Children. The Working Group is an international, multi-agency member of the Justice Action Coalition. The Working Group is hosted by the Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures at the University of Strathclyde, with support from the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It includes Terre des hommes - with the Global Initiative on Justice with Children and the World Congress on Justice with Children - the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Legal Empowerment Fund, Defence for Children International, Child Friendly Justice European Network, UNICEF, OECD, and the International Legal Foundation.
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The Justice for Children Policy Briefs Series outlines policy actions inspired by the four Strategic Levers to achieve Justice for Children, as outlined in the Justice for Children Agenda for Action: Building New Partnerships, Smarter Financing, Evidence & Data, and Justice Innovations.
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This Policy Brief outlines ‘ingredients’ for meaningful intergenerational and intersectional partnerships, prompting questions and actions for policymakers, and case study examples which highlight promising practice with children and young people in the context of justice.
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This Policy Brief presents rationales for smarter financing, highlights key attributes of smarter financing strategies to achieve justice for children, and offers prompting questions for policymakers, agencies and relevant ministers to drive this reform.
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This Policy Brief outlines actions needed to close the vast justice gap for children. It puts forward recommendations to improve current data collection and data governance, and incorporate new holistic evidence initiatives, approaches, and Gamechangers.
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This Policy Brief alerts policymakers and justice professionals to the potential impacts of uncritically applying technologies in digital justice spaces, and offers recommendations for policymakers and supporting bodies engaged in policy processes.
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Highlighting key findings from various High-Level events, this Reference Report Series captures speaker contributions that explore the path forward for achieving SDG 16: Justice for Children.
