and it has been officially recognized by a number of important organisms. Moreover, in order to raise public awareness on topics related to juvenile justice, the IJJO develops campaigns, such as the International Campaign “Legal assistance for children in conflict with the law” and the campaign “Two decades of juvenile justice: progress since the adoption of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child”. International Conferences Every two years, the IJJO organises an International Conference where numerous experts in different field come together to analyse juvenile systems action and intervention models which can be applied in various countries. By encouraging the creation and monitoring of these international juvenile justice meetings, the aim of the IJJO is to contribute to the progress and improvement of policies, stimulate the development of new educational intervention programmes and researches that concentrate on minors at risk of social exclusion. International School for Juvenile Justice The Observatory also created the International School for Juvenile Justice (ISJJ) as a training and research space on an international level whose priority purposes ate to reinforce the generation and dissemina-
Its objective is to create a permanent international service which serves as a meeting place of study and reflection for professionals in juvenile justice all over the world, as well as entities concerned by the situation of young people at risk of social exclusion and reclusion.
tion of knowledge and the development of training actions in the different juvenile justice fields. The International School for Juvenile Justice is also a way to promote meetings, cooperation and networking among professionals, researchers, teachers, agents and public and private organisms who are active in the field of juvenile justice. Its main action lines will treat the most important questions regarding prevention, educational intervention, the judicial framework, protection of minors, social insertion, etc.
Principles The IJJO agrees to carry out its activities promoting the main international texts like the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations guidelines for the prevention of juvenile delinquency (Riyadh Guidelines), the United Nations standard minimum rules for the administration of juvenile justice (Beijing Rules) and the United Nations standard minimum rules for non-custodial measures (Tokyo rules), etc.
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Activities The work done by the IJJO is based on an international and interdisciplinary vision of juvenile justice, aiming at creating a future for minors by using strategies which stimulate the international development of appropriate policies, legislations and intervention methods in the context of GLOBAL JUVENILE JUSTICE WITHOUT BORDERS. Therefore, the Observatory coordinates researches and studies related to the different problems that arise in the field of juvenile justice.
Since its creation in 2003, the IJJO has developed an international network of over 10,000 experts, collaborators and users coming form over 120 countries. The Observatory offers a permanent international reference service, where professionals in juvenile justice can meet, think and work together. Though its website, the IJJO disseminates online information among the civil society, users and collaborators who have access to a wide database which is updated on a daily basis and which contains over 27,000 documents of all sorts (press, events, reports, legislation, training, etc.) on juvenile delinquency and youth justice. Continental Observatories The IJJO aims at being closer to local reality, thus, it has created continental observatories: the European, African and Latin-American Juvenile Justice Observatories. These local IJJO branches respond to the need of assisting States from within civil society to apply the international rules on the protection of the rights of the child and young people efficiently, facilitating the permanent study and improvement of juvenile justice systems. In that context the IJJO advocacy and counselling activities have been embraced by the United Nations, as well as by European and international institutions,