We
inform you that the registration period to attend the
international event has now been
opened.

The
International Conference will take place in:

Park
Plaza Riverbank London Hotel
18 Albert Embankment,
SE1 7TJ
London, United Kingdom

The Conference conclusions and
recommendations will be presented to international
institutions with which the IJJO holds formal status, such as
the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations of the
United Nations (ECOSOC), UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the
European Commission through its Child Rights forum, the
Fundamental Rights Agency and the European Economic and Social
Committee.

The
Preliminary
programme will be updated on a regular basis as guest
speakers confirm their attendance.

For
more information and to register you can visit the International
Juvenile Justice Observatory
website.

www:
london2012.ijjo.org

email:
london2012@ijjo.org

phone:
+34 923 19 41 70

fax: +34 923 19 41 71

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International
Juvenile Justice Observatory

Even
before the ‘credit
crunch’ of 2008 and the economic crises of 2011,
the globalization of neo-liberal economic and fiscal regimes
was generating growing social, economic and cultural
polarization.

This
has resulted in ever increasing numbers of children, young
people and families finding themselves located in areas of
concentrated social disadvantage on the margins of society
where ethnic minority and migrant people are heavily
represented.

These
circumstances have generated desperation in some and anger in
others. They are also a major factor in the emergence of
distinctive forms of group offending and public disorder in
these neighbourhoods and, more recently, rioting in the major
UK cities.

For
these reasons it has become necessary to look beyond
traditional, individualised approaches to work with young
people in trouble and focus instead upon work with groups and
the communities in which they live.

Within
the framework of the forthcoming International Juvenile
Justice Observatory International Conference, the Second
edition of the “Juvenile Justice without Borders (JJWB)” IJJO
International Award will be handed to the award
winners.

Through
keynote presentations, workshops, panel sessions and an
extensive exhibition, the agenda will explore the themes
of:

§
Policy
development for socially excluded children and young people in
trouble; diversion and inclusion strategies.

§
Economic
interventions, cost avoidance and value for money
services.

§
Community
and multi-agency interventions; social inclusion, crime
reduction, alternatives to custody and custodial/decarceration
programmes.

§
Effective
practice; direct/individual work with children, parents and
families.

§
Dr.
Marta Santos Pais,
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence
against Children – Portugal.

§
Nils
Muiznieks,
Commissioner for Human Rights – United
States.

§
Prof.
Dr. John Hagedorn,
University of Illinois, Chicago – United
States.

§
Chuka
Umunna MP,
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
– United Kingdom.

§
John
Drew,
The Youth Justice Board in England and Wales – United
Kingdom

§
Prof.
Jaap E. Doek ,
Former member UN Committee on Rights of the Child.
Netherlands.