Word to the new President of DCI - Benoit Van Keirsbilck

Juvenile Justice as the main concern at the Human Rights Council 

The first week of March 2012 will have been of great significance, as much for the debates on juvenile justice at the international level, as for the DCI movement which was present on mass in Geneva.

The fact that the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) is dedicating its annual debate day to juvenile justice is in itself a remarkable thing. This demonstrates changes in international community awareness, on the importance of deeper reflection upon respect for child human rights, in the very particular area of juvenile justice

The majority of participants placed juvenile justice in a larger social context and, in one way or another, all insisted on the need to maintain its specialised nature - in this way distinguishing it from adult justice

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