National Human Rights Commission attends Second Meeting of the
Asia-Pacific Council for Juvenile Justice (APCJJ)
The
International
Juvenile
Justice
Observatory (IJJO) had invited JAMAKON
to attend the Second Meeting of the
Asia-Pacific Council for Juvenile Justice
(APCJJ), which took place in Phuket –
Full Time Member of JAMAKON Kazi Reazul
is delivering his speech
Thailand, from the 5th to 8th May, 2015,
organised by the IJJO and Ministry of
Justice of Thailand.
Three-day
professional
development
training
event
co-organised
in
collaboration with the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The training
event concentrated on a practice-oriented
approach to international standards and
norms in the area of juvenile justice.
There was also a day assigned for APCJJ
policy oriented event for participants and
APCJJ official members. This was focused
next course of actions that the APCJJ will
pursue in coming years. This also
complemented with the practical
experience of the training event
with a policy-oriented perspective.
The
FTM
presented
the
implementation
of
CRC
in
Bangladesh and Bangladesh’s best
examples regarding restorative
justice while honorable Justice
Imman Ali, anotherparticipant from
Bangladesh presented a new idea
of establishing International Court
of Child Rights as an international
statutory body to protect and
Hoque
promote child rights worldwide.
The
participation
has
allowed
the
delegation (and so the NHRC) to be in
touch with the regional endeavors in terms
of juvenile justice and child rights
protection. Moreover, this has also
accelerated
the
process
ofongoing
initiatives
regarding
examining
the
proposed children Act, preparing UPR and
CRC treaty body reporting and also opened
new avenues for the NHRC to work
together with regional and international
organizations related to the children.
Seminar on ‘Prevention of Torture and Custodial Death: Our Responsibilities’
held
National Human Rights Commission
(JAMAKON), Bangladesh organized a
seminar titled ‘Prevention of Torture
and
Custodial
Death:
Our
Responsibilities’ on Tuesday, 16th
June, 2015 at Azimur Rahman
Conference Hall, The Daily Star
Centre, Dhaka.
Participants at the discussion
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