SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2011, para. 30
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- [Accountability of children involved in armed conflict]: Placing children in detention without access to the important procedural safeguards and guarantees to which they are entitled in international human rights law can expose children to human rights abuses. The international framework on juvenile justice provides a very detailed set of standards that are applicable to children who are deprived of their liberty. According to article 37(c) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child deprived of liberty should be treated with humanity and respect for inherent dignity of the human person and in a manner that takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. All disciplinary measures involving cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment, including corporal punishment, placement in a dark cell, closed or solitary confinement or any other punishment that may compromise the physical or mental health of the child, are strictly prohibited. In addition, children should always be kept separately from adult prisoners, and detention should last for the shortest period possible.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 30
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