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Role of Police in Developing.

Juvenile Justice System in Pakistan

Juvenile justice system is still a dream for many Asian countries. Despite the fact that almost all
of the Asian nations have signed the Conventions on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other
landmark protocols and guidelines, the requisite infrastructure, training, commitment, skills and
resources are still not enough to develop a viable and productive juvenile justice system in the
under-developed countries of Asia. One major hurdle is that in most of Asia, the political and
criminal justice systems are semi-democratic, colonial and authoritative in nature. Here the
police and prosecution are more powerful than probation and social welfare departments. Most
of the criminal justice pillars are under the Home or Interior Ministries instead of the Ministry of
Justice or Human Rights. In view of this, the police in KPK Province launched a few initiatives in
collaboration with other stakeholders, for developing an indigenous model of juvenile justice
system. Police was the most rigid to sensitize on these human rights issues. However, with a
continued commitment of a group of officers and other local and international stakeholders,
they made a major break-through by introducing a new data collection system on juvenile justice
indicators in the province, establishing the first of its kind of Police Child Protection Centre in the
city, giving training to more than 5000 policemen on juvenile justice and children rights, and
establishing a child rights wing in one of the police training colleges. Many reports are published
and training material is developed which received greater applause from the government
officials as well as the general public and media. The judiciary has appreciated the social services
provided so far in the police child protection centre. The example is followed by other provinces
and other departments and donors. The training material so produced is also utilized by other
police colleges and training institutes. These best practices were studied by the author as a Case-
study under the new research methodology of I2S (Implementation and Integration Sciences)
during a course in the Australian National University in 2010. Some good points for initiating an
indigenous juvenile justice system can be found in this study. Though, Pakistan has still not
developed a complete and independent juvenile justice system, yet many good steps have been
now taken now by different departments and stakeholders in this direction, no doubt the police
in front in this case.

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