The justice system for children in Morocco is cited among the best practices worldwide, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Morocco, Speciose Hakizimana, said Monday in Skhirat.
“UNICEF welcomes with great satisfaction the operationalization of territorial child protection mechanisms, which represent an important step marking the territorial declination of the integrated public policy of protection”, said Hakizimana at the opening of the national Conference on the protection of children in contact with the law: state of play and perspectives.
The UNICEF team has worked with the Public Prosecutor’s Office and other national stakeholders to establish a holistic approach to justice for children, focused on respect for children’s rights and in line with international standards, she stressed, noting that UNICEF and Morocco are linked by a strategic partnership in favor of child protection.
One example is the implementation of the justice reform charter and the integrated public policy for child protection, she noted, highlighting the result achieved in enabling over 70% of children in conflict with the law to benefit from alternative measures to detention.
This commitment to children has helped to improve the quality, coverage and access of vulnerable children and families to prevention services and responses to all forms of violence against girls and boys living in Morocco, she stressed.
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