CRC/C/GC/10 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1-3 3 II. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENT GENERAL COMMENT ...................................................................... 4 3 III. JUVENILE JUSTICE: THE LEADING PRINCIPLES OF A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ................................................... 5 - 14 4 IV. JUVENILE JUSTICE: THE CORE ELEMENTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ................................................... 15 - 89 7 A. Prevention of juvenile delinquency ............................................ 16 - 21 7 B. Interventions/diversion ............................................................... 22 - 29 8 C. Age and children in conflict with the law ................................... 30 - 39 10 D. The guarantees for a fair trial ...................................................... 40 - 67 12 E. Measures ..................................................................................... 68 - 77 19 F. Deprivation of liberty, including pretrial detention and post-trial incarceration ......................................................... 78 - 89 21 V. THE ORGANIZATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ............................ 90 - 95 24 VI. AWARENESS-RAISING AND TRAINING ...................................... 96 - 97 25 VII. DATA COLLECTION, EVALUATION AND RESEARCH ............. 98 - 99 25

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