Report on National Invitational Symposium on Youth Justice Renewal : Compte rendu du Symposium national sur invitation sur le renouvellement du système de justice pour les jeunes

Lessons Learned from a Boy in Trouble, Report of the Nunn Commission of Inquiry (2006); • internal correspondence from the Halifax Regional Police Service regarding the YCJA and the Nunn Commission; and • correspondence from Child Welfare League of Canada to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada regarding proposed amendments to the YCJA. [...] Dorothy Ahlgren-Franklin of CACP and Peter Dudding of CWLC each spoke on the purpose of the National Invitational Symposium on Youth Justice Renewal: to consult with people experienced with children and youth in a variety of settings, and in particular with youth at risk, children and youth who have been victimized, youth in conflict with the law and youth in the process of reintegration into main [...] The four core principles of the Convention The rights-based foundation of the are non-discrimination; devotion to the legislation and its attention to the best interests of the child; the right to interests of victims were endorsed by life, survival and development; and respect participants as sound and consistent with Canada’s position internationally. [...] The public needs a better understanding of the workings of the legislation and its relationship to the broader context of social and economic systems, in order to perceive more accurately the purpose, functioning, capabilities and limitations of the YCJA. [...] Similarly, there is a need for better parental and community understanding of the stages of brain development of children and youth, and the effects on the brain from exposure to certain substances, injuries and environmental factors in the community and the home.