SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2017, para. 19
Párrafo- Original document
- Document type
- Informe del RSSG
- Paragraph text
Long-standing and well-established principles of detention are also being sidelined and overlooked in the context of armed conflict. For example, in many situations children are being held together with adults, and boys are also being held together with girls. Detaining children in this way exposes them to a range of risks to their physical integrity and can have harmful consequences for their psychological development. The nomenclature regarding detention is also a serious concern, as in some instances, the use of terminology such as a "reintegration", "rehabilitation" or "deradicalization" centre has been used to circumvent the applicability of safeguards and to deny the rights of those deprived of their liberty. In this regard, the Special Representative reminds concerned Member States of the importance of adhering to the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules) in all instances of the deprivation of liberty of children. In all situations, priority must also be given to maintaining family ties for children in detention, and children should also have access to educational programmes, medical care and psychological support. These provisions will aid a child's reintegration into society once he or she is released.
- Document legal status
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Document body
- SRSG: Representante especial del Secretario General para la cuestión de los niños y los conflictos armados
- Document means of adoption
- N/A
- Temas
- Gobernanza y imperio de la ley
- Humanitario
- Igualdad & inclusión
- Personas afectadas
- Niñas
- Niños
- NNA
- Document year
- 2017
- Tipo de párrafo
- Otro
- Paragraph number
- 19