I was concerned with what juvenile justice policies there were in China. I found this article about a new juvenile justice network that has recently started up. A network of legal professionals concerned with juvenile justice issues was launched at a July ceremony in Beijing, with the symbolic click of a mouse to open the group's website, www.kidsandlaw.com. The Network currently draws together some 70 lawyers, judges and researchers from around half of China's provinces and municipalities. As well as sharing information and experience, the Network plans a number of concrete activities. These include a telephone legal advice service for youngsters, a school based legal education campaign, and the establishment of an information centre for the protection of children's rights and interests, aimed at meeting the information needs of professionals in the fields of public security and law. Concerned that this new scheme should take a positive attitude to children's rights rather than a merely punitive approach to juvenile offending, Save the Children in July held a training workshop in child rights for the legal educators. The organisation is now collaborating with education, public security and legal authorities in a pilot project in four middle schools, to develop effective and participatory legal education methodologies. Activities have included visits by school students to a juvenile detention centre and a 'Summer camp legal forum', in which 32 students participated in role play and other training exercises to equip them as peer educators in their schools.
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