Paying the Price

Violations of the Rights of Children in Detention in Burundi

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I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Government of Burundi

To United Nations (UN) Agencies working in Burundi, including the Integrated Office of the United Nations in Burundi (BINUB)

To International Donors

III. Methods

IV. Background

Political context

Children in conflict with the law

Orphans and child labor

Crimes related to the war

V. Failings in the Criminal and Penitential Systems

Ill treatment and forced confessions

Delays in the justice system

Violations of the right to counsel and ability to prepare a defense

VI. Conditions of Incarceration

Violation of the right to dignity and hygiene

Lack of separation from adults

Sexual violence and prostitution

Lack of proper food and nutrition

Lack of access to education

VII. Recent Government Action

The draft penal law

Presidential initiatives to release prisoners

VIII. International Support for Prisons and Justice

The United Nations’ role

IX. National and International Legal Standards on Children in Conflict with the Law

Safeguards in detention

Due process

Access to fundamental rights in detention

X. Annex: Analysis of Mpimba Interviews

XI. Acknowledgements

March 2007 Volume 19, No.4(A)