UNICEF Innocenti presents Present Imperfect, a podcast series exploring the evolution of child rights over the past three decades - and the decades to come, 35 years after the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child or CRC by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989.
In this episode Professor Cecile Aptel, Deputy Director at UNICEF Innocenti with several years of experience at Fletcher and Harvard Universities, will guide us through the complex interaction between children and the law.
Children interact with justice systems for many reasons because they have violated laws, because they are victims or survivors or witnesses or are interested party in the criminal proceedings. Children need the protection of the law and interventions of the justice systems to provide them with the protection and guarantee their rights.
Cecile will explain why children need access to justice and what is meant when referring broadly to justice for children, as well as the differences between juvenile justice and more broadly, justice for children. She will also guide us through the Convention on the Rights of the Child overarching principles for justice, including crime prevention, diversion or exclusion from criminal process, rehabilitation rather than punishing children, minimum age of criminal responsibility, gender differences in delinquent behavior and pathways to justice.
Cecile also talks of children involved in atrocities such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, either as victims or perpetrators.
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UNICEF Innocenti presents Present Imperfect, a podcast series exploring the evolution of child rights over the past three decades - and the decades to come, 35 years after the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child or CRC by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989.
In this episode Professor Cecile Aptel, Deputy Director at UNICEF Innocenti with several years of experience at Fletcher and Harvard Universities, will guide us through the complex interaction between children and the law.
Children interact with justice systems for many reasons because they have violated laws, because they are victims or survivors or witnesses or are interested party in the criminal proceedings. Children need the protection of the law and interventions of the justice systems to provide them with the protection and guarantee their rights.
Cecile will explain why children need access to justice and what is meant when referring broadly to justice for children, as well as the differences between juvenile justice and more broadly, justice for children. She will also guide us through the Convention on the Rights of the Child overarching principles for justice, including crime prevention, diversion or exclusion from criminal process, rehabilitation rather than punishing children, minimum age of criminal responsibility, gender differences in delinquent behavior and pathways to justice.
Cecile also talks of children involved in atrocities such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, either as victims or perpetrators.
Present Imperfect Episode 6: Josiah Kaplan on the rights of children on the move
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55 minutes
12 months ago
Present Imperfect Episode 6: Josiah Kaplan on the rights of children on the move
UNICEF Innocenti presents Present Imperfect, a podcast series exploring the evolution of child rights over the past three decades - and the decades to come, 35 years after the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, or CRC, by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989.
According to the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, 281 million people lived outside their country of origin in 2020, representing about 3.6% of the world's population. Freedom of movement is a human right, recognized under article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and there's no internationally agreed definition of migrants.
It varies by context and purpose. In 2020, 36 million out of 281 international migrants, were children. Children on the move include refugees, internally displaced persons, children who migrate alone or with their families in the hope of a better life, or children who are forced by social, cultural, economic, and natural factors.
In Episode 6 Josiah Kaplan, child protection specialist at UNICEF Innocenti and an expert in international aids and child protection, will guide us to understand the complex phenomenon of children who migrate: who they are, why they decide to move, the routes and the challenges they encounter during the journey, as well as the major violation of their rights in the countries of origin, transit, and destination, including exposure to violence, exploitation and abuse, including trafficking.
Children on the move are not a homogeneous group, but a child is a child first, regardless of their migratory status or what a state determines to be their legal status because of migration and, as such, they are fully entitled to their rights as children.
Josiah reflects also on the main drivers for children on the move and points out to the global mega-trends which shape childhood today, including climate change, urbanization, conflict or technological integration. He also underlines the fact most migration is not international, rather from a rural community to a larger urban center in one's own country.
He also talks about the decision-making process and the role of families, communities, and peers, as well as on some successful strategies or programs implemented to protect children on the move and on what governments should do to protect migrant and refugee children.
Reports and resources mentioned in this episode:
• UNICEF Innocenti migration and displacement page: https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/projects/children-migration-and-displacement
• IDAC: https://data.unicef.org/resources/international-data-alliance-for-children-on-the-move/
UNICEF Innocenti Podcasts
UNICEF Innocenti presents Present Imperfect, a podcast series exploring the evolution of child rights over the past three decades - and the decades to come, 35 years after the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child or CRC by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989.
In this episode Professor Cecile Aptel, Deputy Director at UNICEF Innocenti with several years of experience at Fletcher and Harvard Universities, will guide us through the complex interaction between children and the law.
Children interact with justice systems for many reasons because they have violated laws, because they are victims or survivors or witnesses or are interested party in the criminal proceedings. Children need the protection of the law and interventions of the justice systems to provide them with the protection and guarantee their rights.
Cecile will explain why children need access to justice and what is meant when referring broadly to justice for children, as well as the differences between juvenile justice and more broadly, justice for children. She will also guide us through the Convention on the Rights of the Child overarching principles for justice, including crime prevention, diversion or exclusion from criminal process, rehabilitation rather than punishing children, minimum age of criminal responsibility, gender differences in delinquent behavior and pathways to justice.
Cecile also talks of children involved in atrocities such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, either as victims or perpetrators.
