Todos los proyectos
El Análisis Comparativo Europeo y la Transferencia de Conocimientos sobre Recursos de Salud Mental para Jóvenes Infractores (MHYO), (por sus siglas en inglés) constituye un proyecto innovador y sostenible cuyo objetivo es compartir conocimientos y experiencias en el ámbito de los jóvenes infractores con trastornos mentales. Por lo tanto, desde el año 2009 la Dirección General de Justicia, Libertad y Seguridad de La Comisión Europea ha apoyado al Observatorio Internacional de Justicia Juvenil (OIJJ) en el desarrollo, seguimiento y coordinación del presente proyecto de análisis y comparación entre las organizaciones europeas que comparten un interés común en la situación actual de los niños y jóvenes infractores con problemas de salud mental en Europa. Los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea se enfrentan a dificultades y limitaciones similares cuando se relacionan con instituciones del ámbito de la salud, justicia y del área social. El proyecto tiene como fin crear mecanismos innovadores capaces de generar un cambio y una convergencia, lo que promueve el conjunto de las instituciones para jóvenes infractores así como el sector de justicia en la Unión Europea. Dentro del sistema de justicia juvenil existe una necesidad específica para las instituciones mentales a nivel local, regional y nacional en cuanto a recursos de salud mental para jóvenes infractores, así como, una cooperación mutua entre organismos y agentes con responsabilidades comunes.
The IJJO participated and monitored the European project European Dimensions in Juvenile Delinquency. The objective of this programme, financed by the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission, was to promote efficient indications to define programmes for the prevention of juvenile delinquency by taking into consideration the experiences and results that were obtained in five European countries. In each country and also on a global level, recent phenomena in juvenile delinquency, like cyber-crime and E-bullying, the influence of drug use on crime, youth gangs and finally the exploitation of minor immigrants in crime, were analysed and studied. These topics were also developed during the International Congress on Recent 'Phenomena in Juvenile Delinquency: new penal forms' organised by the IJJO in 2007.
The project Drejc, Drug Related Juvenile Crime JLS/2007/ISEC 500 lasted 2 years, among the specific objective to be achieved, the analysis of drug related juvenile crime aimed to individuate and define: the significant variables for the creation of European Recommendation arising from reflections based on the praxis proposed by partners; the common and shared indicators on legal and operating models of intervention towards the minor; the prevailing crimes where minors are involved through analysis of the criminal activities areas and the dimension of the juvenile involvement; the legal and operating interventions paths of prevention and rehabilitation. The different specific responses depended of course also on the legal framework within which the project’s activities and intervention have been implemented.
As the European agenda entails, the issue of radicalisation and countering violent extremism has increasingly become a priority for every European Union (EU) Member State. The radicalisation of EU citizens, which may go as far as their departure to fight for terrorist and extreme violent organisations such as IS, poses a genuine security threat to the European Union, its member states and neighbouring countries. The project “The prevention of juvenile radicalisation: Promoting the use of alternatives to detention through judicial training” will address the issue of juvenile radicalisation in detention, within and outside the prison system, through the sharing of knowledge and good practices between judicial professionals and actors of several EU Member States (EUMS), especially those drawing on cross-sector collaboration.
As the European agenda and recent events demonstrate, the issues of radicalisation and violent extremism, which may be conducive to terrorism, have increasingly become a priority for most Member States. However, in the midst of the rush to enact counter-terrorism legislation at national and European levels, little if any consideration has been given to the fact that some of the suspected or alleged ‘terrorists’ could be children or underage juveniles. In consequence, the project “Strengthening Juvenile Justice Systems in the counter-terrorism context: Capacity-building and peer-learning among stakeholders” (JUST-2015-JCOO-AG-TERR) aims to address juveniles’ unique situation and their protection under international and European law in the context of counter-terrorism. The project launches in October 2016 and is expected to end approximately in September 2018.