Paying the Price: Violations of the Rights of Children in Detention in Burundi

Publisher:
HRW
Publication Date:
15 March 2007
Tags:
Burundi, Children and Youth, Human Rights, Corruption, Legal and Judicial Affairs

At the end of 2006, just over 400 children between the ages of 13 and 18 were incarcerated in Burundian prisons, the majority of them awaiting trial. Countless more children were held in communal holding cells and police lock-ups, pending possible transfer to the prisons. In most regards children are treated as adults in both courtrooms and prisons and children’s rights as guaranteed under international law are rarely respected.

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