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and the United Nations Convention against Corruption to fully implement the
technical assistance provisions of each Convention, including by giving special
consideration to contributing, in accordance with their national law and the
provisions of those Conventions, a percentage of the proceeds of crime confiscated
under each Convention to fund technical assistance through the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime.
26. We are convinced of the importance of preventing youth crime,
supporting the rehabilitation of young offenders and their reintegration into society,
protecting child victims and witnesses, including efforts to prevent their
revictimization, and addressing the needs of children of prisoners. We stress that
such responses should take into account the human rights and best interests of
children and youth, as called for in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and
the Optional Protocols thereto, 13 where applicable, and in other relevant United
Nations standards and norms in juvenile justice, 14 where appropriate.
27. We support the principle that the deprivation of liberty of children should
be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of
time. We recommend the broader application, as appropriate, of alternatives to
imprisonment, restorative justice and other relevant measures that foster the
diversion of young offenders from the criminal justice system.
28. We call upon States to develop and strengthen, where appropriate,
legislation, policies and practices to punish all forms of crime that target children
and youth, as well as for the protection of child victims and witnesses.
29. We encourage States to provide tailored training in an interdisciplinary
approach to those involved in the administration of juvenile justice.
30. We invite the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to
consider requesting the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to design and
provide to States specific technical assistance programmes to achieve these aims.
31. We call upon civil society, including the media, to support the efforts to
protect children and youth from exposure to content that may exacerbate violence
and crime, particularly content depicting and glorifying acts of violence against
women and children.
32. We are convinced of the need to accelerate efforts to fully implement the
United Nations guidelines on crime prevention and the prevention components of
existing conventions and other relevant international standards and norms.
33. We recognize that the development and adoption of crime prevention
policies and their monitoring and evaluation are the responsibility of States. We
believe that such efforts should be based on a participatory, collaborative and
integrated approach that includes all relevant stakeholders, including those from
civil society.
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Ibid., vols. 1577, 2171 and 2173, No. 27531.
The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing
Rules) (resolution 40/33, annex); the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures
(the Tokyo Rules) (resolution 45/110, annex); the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile
Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines) (resolution 45/112, annex); the United Nations Rules for the
Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Their Liberty (resolution 45/113, annex); the Guidelines on Justice in
Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime (Economic and Social Council resolution
2005/20, annex); and the basic principles on the use of restorative justice programmes in criminal matters
(Economic and Social Council resolution 2002/12, annex).
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