77^th MEETING OF THE DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE

May 13-15, 2002
Montevideo, Uruguay

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CD/RES. 18 (77-R/02)

 INTEGRAL PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF YOUTH OFFENDERS

THE DIRECTING COUNCIL: 

HAVING SEEN  

The annual report presented by the Director General of the Inter-American Children’s Institute (CD/doc. 8-02); 

CONSIDERING:   

1. That, based on high principles, and in the framework of the international Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international provisions, the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN) is making commendable efforts to systematize the different lines of thought and action pursued within the Member States of the OAS;

2. That the problems of youth offenders have a direct relationship with  the predominance of adolescents from socially excluded, poor, and marginalized sectors, with little or no involvement in education or work, for whom active public policy and nongovernmental initiatives is poorly developed;

3. That it is necessary to take into account the evolutional stages of youth in the framework of the reform of criminal law;

RESOLVES: 

1. To urge the IIN to continue focusing to the greatest possible extent on the problem of integral protection of the rights of youth offenders.

2. To keep the Directing Council informed in this regard, and to report to that body at its 78^th meeting on this topic.