Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan (1999)

 



Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan

By 

Vikram Parekh, 

Human Rights Watch (1999)



Vikram Parekh, in “Prison Bound: The Denial of Juvenile Justice in Pakistan,” published by Human Rights Watch, writes that despite its limited resources, the juvenile court under Nilofer Shahnawaz appears to uphold international and domestic juvenile justice standards more effectively than most criminal courts in Pakistan. He further acknowledged that she ended the use of solitary confinement for the children, and provided them with vocational training.

https://www.hrw.org/report/1999/11/01/prison-bound/denial-juvenile-justice-pakistan

https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/pakistan2/

https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/Prison_Bound/Ej3oZB3XypUC?hl=en&gbpv=0


https://www.hrw.org/reports/pakcr99o.pdf

Mrs. Nilofar Shahnawaz is mentioned in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, and on page number 36, 99, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 119, 138, 139 and 140,  


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