Concluding Observation Committee on the Rights of the Child CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4 para
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Full recommendation:
To that effect, the Committee recommends that the State party make use of the technical
assistance tools developed by the Inter-agency Panel on Juvenile Justice, and seek technical
assistance in the area of juvenile justice from members of the Panel and relevant international
bodies.
Assessment using Impact Iran human rights indicators1
A. The State party should make use of the technical assistance tools developed by the
Inter-agency Panel on Juvenile Justice.
The United Nations Inter-Agency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ) is a coordination panel
established by Resolution 1997/30 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC)2 composed of UN agencies and NGOs with aim to identify, develop, and disseminate
common tools and good practices for juvenile justice. To this end, it has released a number of
publications and compendium of international regulations and established an online database to
collect best practices on juvenile justice systems. The panel also provides support to its member
organisations in country-specific operations.
There is no readily and official available information that indicate that the Government of the
Islamic Republic of Iran has made use of technical assistance tools developed by the IJPP’s. In
fact, readily available information suggests that it did insufficient, if any, use of the tools
developed by the IPJJ. For instance, the IPJJ published a Ten-Point Plan for Fair and Effective
Criminal Justice for Children3, a document aiming at providing guidance for policy makers to
address situations where children are in conflict with the law. These guidelines include: the
development of a crime prevention strategy for children; the accurate collection of data on the
administration of criminal justice for children; the increase of the age of criminal responsibility
to at least 12 years old; the establishment of a separate criminal justice system for children; the
use of detention of children as a last resort; the development of rehabilitation programs for
children; and the prohibition and prevention of violence against children in conflict with the law.
None of these guidelines appear to have been implemented by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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CCPR.2.1.S.1; CRC.37.1.S.2; CRC.37.2.S.1; CRC.37.2.S.2; CRC.34.3.S.1; CRC.37.3.S.2; CRC.37.4.S.1; CRC.37.4.S.2
CCPR.2.1.P.1; CCPR.2.1.P.2; CRC.37.2.P.1; CRC.37.3.P.1; CRC.37.4.P.2
CRC.37.1.O.1; CRC.37.2.O.1; CRC.37.3.O.1; CRC.37.3.O.3; CRC.37.4.O.2
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ECOSOC Resolution 1997/30, https://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CCPCJ/Crime_Resolutions/19901999/1997/ECOSOC/Resolution_1997-30.pdf
3
Ten-Point Plan for Fair and Effective Criminal Justice for Children, https://cdn.penalreform.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/05/10-pt-children-2nd-ed-cmyk-v7.pdf
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