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DNI Internacional condena el homicidio de niños, niñas y adolescentes en Gaza y pide medidas urgentes

Defensa de Niñas y Niños - International (DNI) condena la matanza ilegal de Israel de niños, niñas y adolescentes de Gaza, cerca de la valla perimetral durante las protestas de "Marcha del Retorno". También desaprueba la transferencia de la embajada de EE. UU. A Jerusalén. DNI hace un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional para que tome medidas urgentes para responsabilizar a todos los perpetradores responsables del asesinato y la mutilación de niños, niñas y adolescentes palestinos en contravención directa del derecho internacional, incluidas las disposiciones pertinentes de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos del Niño.

Defensa de Niñas y Niños – Internacional,  - DNI Palestina (DNIP) ha documentado un total de 13 muertes de niños, niñas y adolescentes palestinos a manos de las fuerzas israelíes durante las protestas de "marzo de retorno" desde el 30 de marzo de 2018. Un niño adicional murió después de intentar cruzar la valla perimetral en el mismo periodo

Hace tres días, el 14 de mayo, las fuerzas israelíes mataron a siete niños, niñas y adolescentes con munición real durante protestas a gran escala cerca de la valla perimetral de Israel. DNIP confirmó las siguientes muertes infantiles: Ibrahim al-Zarqa, 17, Said Abu al-Kheir, 15, Saadi Abu Salah, 16, Ahmad al-Shaar, 15, Wassal Khalil, 14, e Izz al-Samak, 13, Talal Matar, 16.

Cuatro niños y una niña asesinados por las fuerzas israelíes el 14 de mayo recibieron disparos en la cabeza o el cuello y los otros dos muchachos recibieron disparos en el abdomen, según los informes iniciales.

Las acciones israelíes, según lo documentado por DCIP, constituyen un uso de la fuerza letal, desproporcionado y excesivo. El fuego vivo, que constituye una cantidad letal de fuerza, solo se puede usar cuando existe una amenaza directa a la vida o un daño grave, según el derecho internacional.

DNIP también ha documentado al menos 20 heridos entre niños palestinos en la Franja de Gaza entre el 30 de marzo y el 11 de mayo, cerca de la valla perimetral. Siete de estos sufrieron lesiones graves en la parte inferior del cuerpo, incluidos tres niños a quienes se les amputó una pierna.

La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos ha condenado la violencia en Gaza y el Consejo de Derechos Humanos ha convocado una sesión especial sobre el deterioro de la situación de los derechos humanos en el Territorio Palestino Ocupado (TPO), incluida Jerusalén Oriental, el viernes 18 mayo 2018.

DNI enfatiza que las fuerzas israelíes deben cumplir con el derecho internacional y no usar la fuerza letal contra los niños palestinos que no representan una amenaza directa e inmediata. DNI pide el fin de todas las formas de castigo colectivo causadas por el bloqueo en curso en Gaza desde 2007.

DNI también pide una investigación independiente y transparente sobre todos los incidentes de uso excesivo de la fuerza, incluida la fuerza letal, contra los palestinos en los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados, en particular los que resultan en asesinatos de niños. Con este fin, DNI hace un llamamiento al Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU para garantizar la rendición de cuentas y solicitar una investigación cuando se reúna el viernes.

Más información

Defensa de Niñas y Niños – Internacional (DNI) es un Movimiento de base centrado en los derechos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes y basado en membresías, fundado en 1979, el primer Año Internacional del Niño. Promovemos y protegemos los derechos humanos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes a nivel local, nacional, regional e internacional, y fuimos uno de los redactores de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos del Niño (UNCRC), el tratado de derechos humanos más ampliamente ratificado en la historia.

Para obtener más información, visite nuestro sitio web www.defenceforchildren.org o póngase en contacto con: info@defenceforchildren.org

DNI España impulsa espacio permanente de Gestión del Conocimiento o

Zaragoza, 18 de mayo, 2019

DNI ESPAÑA inicia hoy un espacio permanente de Gestión del Conocimiento, de Reforzamiento y de análisis de coyuntura sobre los derechos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes y el contexto país y región. 

Como parte de una estrategia para contribuir a que se cumplan y respeten los derechos humanos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes #DERECHOSPARATODOS, y dentro de sus prioridades establecidas en el Plan Estratégico, DNI España arranca debatiendo alrededor de un tema tan importante y de agenda pública, como lo  es las formas de violencia hacia los niños, niñas y adolescentes. 

Para ello, ha invitado a dos representantes de entidades que tienen larga experiencia en la materia y quienes desde sus ópticas de trabajo, aportarán insumos que contribuyan a un debate de altura sobre la temática en cuestión.

No es menor que DNI España haya priorizado que las Violencias forman parte de su estrategia de trabajo, ya que los datos han ido mostrando que esta cada vez es más compleja, que está por todos lados y se manifiesta de diferentes maneras, interrelacionando una violencia con la otra. De igual manera se ha visto, que el grupo de población con mayor riesgo a sufrir violencia son las personas menores de edad. 

Así mismo, preocupan  los cambios en los comportamientos y de las relaciones entre personas adultas y personas menores de edad, y el aumento de niños, niñas y adolescentes que se han convertido en victimarios dentro del fenómeno llamado violencia filio-parental. 

Igualmente además de ser víctimas directas de la violencia, hay violencia indirecta, hay niños, niñas y adolescentes testigos y en otras esferas hasta pueden llegar a ser objetivo de ataques bélicos. 

Los espacios de espacios de Gestión del Conocimiento, reforzamiento y de análisis de coyuntura que organiza DNI Internacional España tienen dos modalidades: virtual y presencial. Se realizarán cada 20 días.

La agenda de trabajo del 18 de mayo 2018 se realiza en coordinación con el Programa ELFO que desarrolla DNI España, siendo que la Violencia en instituciones y en hogares de acogida son un foco de atención para ELFO:

15h55 . 16h00  Bienvenida 

16h00 - 16h20  Kepa Larrañiaga, Presidente GSIA:  Los puntos negros de la violencia: ¿qué nos dicen los datos?

16h20h16h40  Adolfo Lacuesta, Presidente POI y Presidente Proyecto Solidario:  Pasos hacia una Ley de Protección de la Violencia hacia los niños, niñas y adolescentes. Retos de España

16h40 - 17h00 Jorge Cardona, Miembro Comité de Derechos del Niño - Video Comparecencia ante Congreso de Diputados, Comisión Infancia y Adolescencia

17h00 - 18h00 Análisis interno de las exposiciones y debate hacia un posicionamiento político.

Para cualquier información adicional, pueden contactar a: Giovana Cangahuala giovana@dni-es.org  y Virginia Murillo  virginia@dni-es.org 

Call for Action: make access to justice a reality for African children

CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA MAY 8-10 2018

CLOSING PRESS RELEASE  Call to Action: make access to justice a reality for African children. Addis Ababa, 10 May 2018 - More than 100 child rights experts, advocates, defenders, campaigners, policy-makers, lawyers and academics are calling for action to make access to justice a reality for all African children. The Call to Action came at the close of the Continental Conference on Access to Justice for Children in Africa, organised by Africa Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and Defence for Children International (DCI). Participants heard repeated warnings about the adverse and lasting impact that failure to access justice has on children in different contexts across Africa. Despite some progress in recent years, the Call to Action makes clear its concerns that children remain predominantly invisible in the justice systems in Africa; that some groups of children have specific needs because they are in particular situations of vulnerability; that action is needed to bring laws and policies in African countries in line with international standards and principles; and that access to justice for children urgently needs more resources and better coordination between governments, civil society, international agencies and academics. “Immense challenges still remain to promote and protect the best interests of children involved in the justice system,” said Dr. Assefa Bequele, ACPF’s Executive Director. “There is an imperative on all of us to act now, as the future of our continent depends on ensuring justice for our children today.” “Countless thousands of children across Africa are being deprived of their liberty in prisons, detention centres, rehabilitation units or other such institutions. Even if they avoid detention, many children experience discrimination, a lack of legal support and representation and physical punishment,” said Dr. Bequele. “Traditional, religious and other informal justice mechanisms in Africa also remain largely unaccountable, and the children who access justice through them are vulnerable to violations of their rights.” A new report launched at the conference, Spotlighting the Invisible: Justice for Children in Africa, reveals how thousands of children across the continent are denied access to justice, and paints an alarming picture of discrimination, inadequate funding, poor training, unaccountable informal justice systems and slow progress on children’s rights. The Call to Action lists a number of ways the different institutions and stakeholders involved - African governments, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, non-governmental organisations, United Nations bodies, academic institutions and development agencies - should speed up the fulfilment of access to justice for children. “Many African countries now have laws and standards to protect children in the justice system, but that’s not enough. Efforts to enhance children’s access to justice have lacked a sustained, multi-pronged and systematic approach, and children’s rights have been insufficiently embedded in justice systems,” said Mr. Alex Kamarotos, DCI’s Executive Director. “Access to justice is a fundamental enabler of other children’s rights, but it cannot be achieved in isolation. Now is the time for implementation. ,” said Kamarotos. We need a systematic and coordinated approach at the local, national, regional and international levels to best serve the needs of all children seeking justice.” The third day of the conference was a regional consultation for the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty. Participants from governments, civil society, academic institutions, and other practitioners met to discuss pathways leading to and conditions of detention, as well as alternatives and non-custodial measures. “The opportunity to engage with government officials and leading regional experts on deprivation of liberty across the continent during the conference has been a highly valuable contribution to the Global Study,” Kamarotos said. The full text of the Call to Action can be downloaded here. Photos of the conference can be downloaded here ENDS About the conference: Spotlighting the Invisible: The Continental Conference on Access to Justice for Children is jointly organised by ACPF and DCI and is being held at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8-10 May 2018. Media representatives are welcome to cover the conference and the launch of the new report. If you can not make it in person, you can follow @AfricanChildFrm and @DCISecretariat using #ChildJusticeAfrica where we’ll post regular press releases and updates. For more information go tohttps://www.childjusticeinafrica.info/   About ACPF: African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) is an independent, not-for-profit Pan-African centre of policy research and advocacy centre on the African child. It was established in 2003 out of concern about the situation of the African child and the need for Africans to recognise their responsibility to collectively ensure the realisation of all rights to all children. More info at http://africanchildforum.org/   About DCI: Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child in 1979 to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). More info at https://defenceforchildren.org/ #ChildJusticeAfrica @AfricanChildFrm @DCIsecretariat   ------------------------------------------------------------ For further information please contact Martin Atkin – Communications Consultant Email: martin@funnelweb.org. | Call +44(0)779 544 3607 | Skype: martin atkin

New report shines spotlight on invisible scandal of child justice in Africa

Defensa de Niñas y Niños - Internacional, DNI Internacional 

y el Child African Policy Forum

CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE

FOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA MAY 8-10 2018

French version
PRESS RELEASE

New report shines spotlight on invisible scandal of child justice in Africa

Addis Ababa, 8 May 2018. A major new report aimed at galvanising action on children’s access to justice in Africa was launched today at a conference attended by child rights experts, representatives of governments, policymakers, lawyers, academics and journalists.
Spotlighting the Invisible: Justice for Children in Africa reveals how thousands of children across the continent are denied access to justice and paints a distressing picture of discrimination, inadequate funding, poor training, unaccountable traditional justice systems and slow progress on children’s rights.

The Continental Conference on Access to Justice for Children in Africa – organised by Africa Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and Defence for Children International (DCI) - brings together some of the leading experts in the field. Over the next three days they aim to produce a Plan of Action to further improve children’s access to justice in Africa.

The report shines a spotlight on three key areas including the fundamental principles and standards of child-friendly justice; “informal justice mechanisms” - religious, traditional or community-based systems which operate outside the statutory legal framework; and certain groups of children who are more at risk including girls, children with disabilities, refugees and orphans.

“It is distressing that in 2018 African children are being let down by an unfair, inconsistent and discriminatory justice system,” said Dr Assefa Bequele, ACPF’s Executive Director. “Despite some limited progress in recent years, we need urgent action to protect children, ban inhumane punishments and bring an end to the detention of children across the continent.”

“We call on governments to collaborate and consult with all those involved in children’s rights and the justice system across Africa to ensure all children have access to child-friendly justice,” said Alex Kamarotos, DCI’s Executive Director. “Access to justice is one of the fundamental human rights and the ability to access justice is a cornerstone for the protection of all children’s rights. Unfortunately, despite some limited progress in recent years, the right to access to justice remains one of the more neglected rights in Africa.”

The study also highlights the plight of thousands of children who are detained in prisons, detention centres, rehabilitation centres and other institutions across Africa. “Data on children in prisons is hard to come by, but the number of child prisoners is definitely in the thousands, and some statistical calculations suggest that it could be as high as 28,000,” said Dr Assefa. “In any case, whatever the numbers, no child should be kept in prison.”

“Detention is a clear violation of children’s rights standards, and our priority must be to put an end to this harmful practice,” said Kamarotos. “However, many more children are denied access to justice. Inhumane practices such as corporal punishment are still considered acceptable punishments in some countries in Africa, and even in the formal justice system, some children - especially girls, children with disabilities, trafficked children and orphans - risk torture, sexual abused and violence.”

Addressing African governments, Dr Assefa said “We can not wait for tomorrow. We need urgent action to protect children, ban inhumane punishments and bring an end to the deprivation of liberty of thousands of children across the continent. The future of our continent is dependent on the full realisation of the rights and wellbeing of our children today.”


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For further information please contact Martin Atkin – Communications Consultant

Email: martin@funnelweb.org. | Call +44(0)779 544 3607 | Skype: martin atkin


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About the conference: Spotlighting the Invisible: The Continental Conference on Access to Justice for Children is jointly organised by ACPF and DCI and is being held at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8-10 May 2018. Media representatives are welcome to cover the conference and the launch of the new report. If you can not make it in person, you can follow @AfricanChildFrm and @DCISecretariat using #ChildJusticeAfrica where we’ll post regular press releases and updates. For more information go to https://www.childjusticeinafrica.info/

About ACPF: African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) is an independent, not-for-profit Pan-African centre of policy research and advocacy centre on the African child. It was established in 2003 out of concern about the situation of the African child and the need for Africans to recognise their responsibility to collectively ensure the realisation of all rights to all children.

More info at http://africanchildforum.org/


About DCI: Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child in 1979 to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). More info at https://defenceforchildren.org/



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