SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 99
Paragraph
Paragraph text
In most legislative systems that have integrated restorative justice as diversionary or alternative measures, the successful completion of a restorative agreement will see the closure of the formal case by the court. This means that the child will be burdened neither by a criminal record, nor by the shame and humiliation of the offence.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children