Supporting national efforts for child justice reform, in particular through technical assistance and improved United Nations system-wide coordination

Urges Member States to pay particular attention to the issue of child justice and to take into consideration applicable UN standards and norms for the treatment of children in conflict with the law, particularly those deprived of their liberty; invites Member States to adopt, where appropriate, comprehensive national action plans on crime prevention and child justice reform containing, in particular, specific targets with regard to reducing the pre-trial detention and imprisonment of children, including through the use of diversion, restorative justice and alternatives to imprisonment and ensuring that proper detention conditions prevail; urges the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to explore ways in which preventing and responding to violence against children can be incorporated in its technical cooperation activities in the area of children and the justice system; encourages the members of the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice to further increase their cooperation, to share information and to pool their capacities and interests in order to increase the effectiveness of programme implementation.

Adopted without vote, 45th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2007, New York, 17 and 22 Jan., 6, 9 and 15 Feb., 2 and 15 Mar. and 16 Apr. 2007; resumed organizational session for 2007, New York, 25 and 26 Apr. and 24 May 2007, substantive session of 2007, Geneva, 2-27 July 2007, resumed substantive session of 2007, New York, 4 and 17 Oct. 2007 - E/2007/99 - p. 60-62 - (ESCOR, 2007, Suppl. no. 1).