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(c) Promote, support and implement, as appropriate, technical cooperation
and assistance projects. Such projects would bring together experts in crime
prevention, computer security, criminal legislation and procedures, prosecution,
investigative techniques and related matters and States seeking information or
assistance in those areas.
XII. Action on juvenile justice
37. In order to implement and follow up on the commitments undertaken in
paragraph 24 of the Vienna Declaration, the specific measures below are
recommended.
A.
National actions
38. Individually and collectively, States will endeavour, as appropriate, to support
the following actions:
(a) Giving timely assistance to juveniles in difficult circumstances in order to
prevent them from resorting to crime;
(b) Supporting the development of crime prevention practices that are focused
on juveniles who are at risk of becoming delinquent or who are easy candidates for
recruitment by criminal groups, bearing in mind the rights of such juveniles;
(c)
Strengthening juvenile justice systems;
(d) Incorporating an integrated strategy for the prevention of youth crime and
for juvenile justice in national development plans;
(e)
Promoting the re-education and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders;
(f) Encouraging, and where necessary, supporting the participation of civil
society in the implementation of practices for the prevention of juvenile crime.
B.
International actions
39. The Centre for International Crime Prevention will, in cooperation with other
relevant international and regional organizations, as appropriate, and in accordance
with the present resolution:
(a) Upon request, develop technical cooperation projects to prevent youth
crime, to strengthen juvenile justice systems and to improve the rehabilitation and
treatment of juvenile offenders and assist States in implementing those projects;
(b) Ensure effective cooperation among the relevant United Nations entities
and the other organizations mentioned in the Guidelines for Action on Children in
the Criminal Justice System.10
XIII.
Action on the special needs of women in the criminal justice system
40. In order to implement and follow up on the commitments undertaken in
paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Vienna Declaration, and to review crime prevention and
criminal justice strategies in order to identify and address any disparate impact of
programmes and policies on women and men, the specific measures below are
recommended.
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Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/30, annex.