Drislane on Child Detention, International Law and Ireland - Human Rights in Ireland

Drislane on Child Detention, International Law and Ireland - Human Rights in Ireland: "Article 37(c) of the UNCRC provides that every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults “unless it is considered in the child’s best interests not to do so”. The older International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted by the UN in 1966, states at Article 10(2)(b) that “accused juvenile persons shall be separated from adults”. Rule 13.4 of the Beijing Rules 1985 provides that juveniles held in detention pending trial “shall be kept separate from adults and shall be detained in a separate institution or a separate part of an institution also holding adults”. While the UN Rules for the Protection of Children Deprived of their Liberty 1990 state at Rule 29 that “[i]n all detention facilities juveniles should be separated from adults, unless they are members of the same family"?CRIME AND ITS"TRUE"CAUSES?