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the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines) and the United Nations
Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Their Liberty, the Committee
recommends that the State party:
(a)
(b)
centres;
Ensure that deprivation of liberty is used only as a measure of last resort;
Improve the living conditions of children in prisons and other detention
(c)
Strengthen and increase its efforts to develop alternative measures to the
deprivation of liberty;
(d)
Develop effective probation services for juveniles, in particular those who are
released from detention centres, in order to support their reintegration in society;
(e)
Develop alternative measures to deprivation of liberty; and
(f)
Strengthen its training programmes on the relevant international standards
for judges, professionals and staff working in the field of juvenile justice.
Furthermore, the Committee recommends to the State party to take into consideration the
Committee’s recommendations adopted on its day of general discussion on the
administration of juvenile justice (see A/51/41, chap. IV, sect. D) and to consider seeking
technical assistance from, inter alia, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights, the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNICEF and the
International Network on Juvenile Justice through the Coordination Panel on Juvenile
Justice.
Dissemination of the CRC reports (art. 44)
29.
Finally, in light of article 44, paragraph 6, of the Convention, the Committee
recommends that its periodic report and the written replies submitted by the State party be
made widely available to the public at large and that the publication of the report be
considered, along with the relevant summary records and concluding observations adopted
thereon by the Committee. Such a document should be widely distributed in order to
generate debate and awareness of the Convention, its implementation and monitoring
within the Government, the parliament and the general public, including concerned
non-governmental organizations.
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