United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines)

A/RES/45/112View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1990.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

18 topics

Children Community Participation Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Crime Prevention Experts Guidelines Information Dissemination Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Justice Languages Manuals Recommendations Social Research Standards Training Programmes Written Communications Youth

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs

Notes with satisfaction the substantive work accomplished by the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control and the Secretary-General in the formulation of the guidelines for the prevention of juvenile delinquency;

Expresses appreciation for the valuable collaboration of the Arab Security Studies and Training Centre at Riyadh in hosting the International Meeting of Experts on the Development of the United Nations Draft Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, held at Riyadh from 28 February to 1 March 1988, in co-operation with the United Nations Office at Vienna;

Adopts the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency contained in the annex to the present resolution, to be designated “the Riyadh Guidelines”;

Calls upon Member States, in their comprehensive crime prevention plans, to apply the Riyadh Guidelines in national law, policy and practice and to bring them to the attention of relevant authorities, including policy makers, juvenile justice personnel, educators, the mass media, practitioners and scholars;

Requests the Secretary-General and invites Member States to ensure the widest possible dissemination of the text of the Riyadh Guidelines in all of the official languages of the United Nations;

Requests the Secretary-General and invites all relevant United Nations offices and interested institutions, in particular the United Nations Children’s Fund, as well as individual experts, to make a concerted effort to promote the application of the Riyadh Guidelines;

Also requests the Secretary-General to intensify research on particular situations of social risk and on the exploitation of children, including the use of children as instruments of criminality, with a view to developing comprehensive countermeasures and to report thereon to the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders;

Further requests the Secretary-General to issue a composite manual on juvenile justice standards, containing the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules), the United Nations Guidelines on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines) and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty,86 and a set of full commentaries on their provisions;

Urges all relevant bodies within the United Nations system to collaborate with the Secretary-General in taking appropriate measures to ensure the implementation of the present resolution;

Invites the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights to consider this new international instrument with a view to promoting the application of its provisions;

Invites Member States to support strongly the organization of technical and scientific workshops and pilot and demonstration projects on practical issues and policy matters relating to the application of the provisions of the Riyadh Guidelines and to the establishment of concrete measures for community-based services designed to respond to the special needs, problems and concerns of young persons, and requests the Secretary-General to co-ordinate efforts in this respect;

Also invites Member States to inform the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Riyadh Guidelines and to report regularly to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control on the results achieved;

Recommends that the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control request the Ninth Congress to review the progress made in the promotion and application of the Riyadh Guidelines and the recommendations contained in the present resolution, under a separate agenda item on juvenile justice, and keep the matter under constant review.

I.FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

A.FAMILY

B.EDUCATION

C.COMMUNITY

D.MASS MEDIA

V.SOCIAL POLICY

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