Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice 2013, para. 18
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Reaffirming that the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration in all decisions concerning deprivation of liberty and, in particular, that depriving children and juveniles of their liberty should be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, in particular before trial, and the need to ensure that, if they are arrested, detained or imprisoned, children should be separated from adults, to the greatest extent feasible, unless it is considered in the child’s best interest not to do so,
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations Human Rights Council
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Personnes concernées
Adolescents
Children
Année
2013
Type de paragraphe
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice (2013), A/HRC/RES/24/12, PP 18.