In examining the charge of a 17-year-old teenager, the judge of this case, while observing domestic and international laws related to the rights of children and adolescents, based on scientific and professional theories in the field of child and adolescent psychology and counseling and issued a verdict in accordance with legal and international evidence.
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On the World Day Against the Death Penalty, HRAI has published its annual report, in efforts to sensitize the public about the situation of the death penalty in Iran.
Between October 10, 2019, and October 8, 2020, the death penalty and executions have been the focus of 264 HRANA reports. Over this time period, the Iranian authorities issued the death penalty sentence to 96 individuals and have already carried out 256 executions including 2 public executions. Females account for only 15 of the 256 HRANA-confirmed execution victims this year. . In addition, 2 juvenile offenders, under the age of 18 when they allegedly committed the crime they were charged with, were executed.
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This report examines the extent to which states sanction the killing of sexual minorities.
Many readers will take for granted the acceptability of consensual sexual activity between persons of the same sex, and the total inappropriateness of the state interfering with—let alone prohibiting—such behavior. It may come as a surprise, then, that around the world, numerous states are complicit in the most extreme response to sexual diversity: homicide.
This report examines the extent to which states sanction the killing of sexual minorities. We look beyond those countries that impose the death penalty for same-sex intimacy to the far greater number of countries in which state actors commission, condone, endorse and enable such killings. We argue that the state-sanctioned killing of sexual minorities is often perpetrated well beyond the boundaries of the law, and even in countries that do not criminalise such conduct.
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Child marriage—where at least one spouse is under the age of 18—is harmful to children’s health, safety, education, employment, and overall well-being. It perpetuates poverty, violence, and discrimination. It impedes economic and social development. States have a duty to protect vulnerable children and our societies from such harm.
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It is essential for the quality of the administration of child justice that all the professionals involved receive appropriate training on the content and meaning of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in general and in particular training on the provisions that relates to their daily work. The training should be systematic and continuous and should not be limited to information on the relevant national and international legal provisions. It should include established and emerging information from a variety of fields on, inter alia, the social and other causes of crime, the social and psychological development of children, with special focus on girls and children belonging to minorities or indigenous peoples, and the available measures to deal with children in violation of the law, in particular the alternative measures for judicial proceedings. A special consideration should also be given to the possible use of new technologies such as video “court appearances”, while noting the risks of others, such as DNA profiling.”*
In this context, this manual aims to:
– Provide a reference tool for lawyers working with children in conflict with the
law within a system of procedures consistent with international standards,
national legislation and best practices.
– Achieve coordination and integration among those involved with children in
conflict with the law, in particular among social service providers and lawyers.
*CRC General Comment No. 24 (2019) on children’s rights in the child justice system, para. 112.
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It is essential for the quality of the administration of child justice that all the professionals involved receive appropriate training on the content and meaning of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in general and in particular training on the provisions that relates to their daily work. The training should be systematic and continuous and should not be limited to information on the relevant national and international legal provisions. It should include established and emerging information from a variety of fields on, inter alia, the social and other causes of crime, the social and psychological development of children, with special focus on girls and children belonging to minorities or indigenous peoples, and the available measures to deal with children in violation of the law, in particular the alternative measures for judicial proceedings. A special consideration should also be given to the possible use of new technologies such as video “court appearances”, while noting the risks of others, such as DNA profiling.”*
In this context, this manual aims to:
– Provide a reference tool for lawyers working with children in conflict with the
law within a system of procedures consistent with international standards,
national legislation and best practices.
– Achieve coordination and integration among those involved with children in
conflict with the law, in particular among social service providers and lawyers.
*CRC General Comment No. 24 (2019) on children’s rights in the child justice system, para. 112.
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This report is intended for distribution to all partners involved in strengthening justice systems. A competency-based approach is as important for training as it is for assessing the performance of magistrates who interact with children in contact with the justice system. This report first describes the various stages of the reflection process about the core competencies for judges and prosecutors, even though the process was part of a broader initiative involving all facets of the child protection system.
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