{"id":348,"date":"2020-12-08T14:44:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T14:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:19:08","slug":"burundi-youth-justice-champions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/?page_id=348","title":{"rendered":"Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Judith is a third-year law student in the University of Burundi, where she enrolled after being the only girl in her high school. She participated to the 2014 Francophonie contest with the project \u201cPromoting the French language in the face of cultural diversity and integration in the East African community\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her project is to create an association of lawyers called Programme d&#8217;Initiatives pour l&#8217;am\u00e9lioration de l&#8217;acc\u00e8s aux mineurs incarc\u00e9r\u00e9s \u00e0 la justice au Burundi (Program of Initiatives for the Improvement of Access to Justice for Incarcerated Minors in Burundi). It hopes to improve legal assistance and support for minors in general, particularly those who are incarcerated or reincarcerated. It intends to disseminate this association in as many schools as possible, and to encourage the use of alternative measures (community service, suspended sentences) to incarceration for juvenile primary offenders to enable young people in conflict with the law to enjoy other rights, in particular the right to education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Judith-Tumaini.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" width=\"228\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Judith-Tumaini.jpeg 339w, https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Judith-Tumaini-150x300.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Judith-Tumaini-251x500.jpeg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Salvator-Burundi-1-1024x999.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" width=\"307\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Salvator-Burundi-1-1024x999.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Salvator-Burundi-1-300x293.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Salvator-Burundi-1-768x750.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Salvator-Burundi-1-260x254.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/youth.ibj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Salvator-Burundi-1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><figcaption>Salvator Abumeremyi, Burundi <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Salvator is the son of farmers, whose project intends to create a register with all the relevant information on incarcerated minors (age, sex, regions of origin, etc.). It also intends to examine the reasons for the imprisonment of these young people, the way they are treated, whether they are sufficiently protected by the institutions, and to set up a follow-up to identify cases of recidivism and try to understand them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Salvator will provide monthly reports and advocates for substantial reforms with his empirical data and on-the-ground stories in churches, universities, judicial help and civil society groups, and intends to share his findings on relevant websites and news sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judith is a third-year law student in the University of Burundi, where she enrolled after being the only girl in her high school. 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