Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Africa The African Children’s Charter at 30: What Implications for Child and Family Law?
- Albania Domestic Violence Law in Albania
- Australia Taking Family Violence Seriously: Adjusting the Court Process to Improve Access to Justice
- Belgium Defederalisation of Youth Protection in Belgium
- Brazil The Regulation of Homeschooling in Brazil
- Canada Cross-Border and Retroactive Child Support
- China Marriage and Family Law in China in the Civil Code Era
- China The Adult Guardianship System in the Civil Code Era of China
- England and Wales Treatment for Children Suffering from Gender Dysphoria: A Polarised Debate
- France A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2020
- Hong Kong Desperately Seeking Legislative Reform
- Ireland The Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Rights in Ireland
- Israel The Judicial Parental Order as a Means of Recognising Same-Sex Parenthood
- Italy New Rules for New Grandparents
- Japan Recent Family Law and Succession Law Reform in Japan
- Kenya Kenyan Kadhis’ Courts and their Application of the Islamic Law of Divorce and Distribution of Property at the Dissolution of Marriage
- Korea Allocation of Parental Authority after Divorce in Korean Family Law
- New Zealand How New Zealand Courts Approach Difficult Hague Convention Cases
- Norway The New Norwegian Inheritance Act
- Poland The Reform of the Civil Status Records Act in Poland and Discussion of Directions of its Amendments
- Puerto Rico A New Civil Code and the Revision of Family Law
- Serbia Legal Aspects and Challenges of Intentional Parenthood in Serbia
- Slovenia The Role of the Slovene Public Notary in Property Relations between Partners under the (New) Family Code
- Trinidad and Tobago The Reform of Child Justice in Trinidad and Tobago: From an Oxymoron to Child Justice Principles
- Index
Trinidad and Tobago The Reform of Child Justice in Trinidad and Tobago: From an Oxymoron to Child Justice Principles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2022
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Africa The African Children’s Charter at 30: What Implications for Child and Family Law?
- Albania Domestic Violence Law in Albania
- Australia Taking Family Violence Seriously: Adjusting the Court Process to Improve Access to Justice
- Belgium Defederalisation of Youth Protection in Belgium
- Brazil The Regulation of Homeschooling in Brazil
- Canada Cross-Border and Retroactive Child Support
- China Marriage and Family Law in China in the Civil Code Era
- China The Adult Guardianship System in the Civil Code Era of China
- England and Wales Treatment for Children Suffering from Gender Dysphoria: A Polarised Debate
- France A Chronicle of French Family Law: 2020
- Hong Kong Desperately Seeking Legislative Reform
- Ireland The Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Rights in Ireland
- Israel The Judicial Parental Order as a Means of Recognising Same-Sex Parenthood
- Italy New Rules for New Grandparents
- Japan Recent Family Law and Succession Law Reform in Japan
- Kenya Kenyan Kadhis’ Courts and their Application of the Islamic Law of Divorce and Distribution of Property at the Dissolution of Marriage
- Korea Allocation of Parental Authority after Divorce in Korean Family Law
- New Zealand How New Zealand Courts Approach Difficult Hague Convention Cases
- Norway The New Norwegian Inheritance Act
- Poland The Reform of the Civil Status Records Act in Poland and Discussion of Directions of its Amendments
- Puerto Rico A New Civil Code and the Revision of Family Law
- Serbia Legal Aspects and Challenges of Intentional Parenthood in Serbia
- Slovenia The Role of the Slovene Public Notary in Property Relations between Partners under the (New) Family Code
- Trinidad and Tobago The Reform of Child Justice in Trinidad and Tobago: From an Oxymoron to Child Justice Principles
- Index
Summary
Résumé
Trinité-et-Tobago a accepté sa responsabilité pour effectuer une réforme de la loi sur la justice pour les mineurs. Celle-ci a entraîné des changements significatifs dans le texte même ainsi que dans la pratique. Cependant, le processus n’est pas encore achevé et l’âge de la responsabilité pénale a besoin d’une réforme urgente. L’importance que le gouvernement a accordée à la justice pour les mineurs est clairement démontrée par le changement radical d’organisation judiciaire qui est passée d’une juridiction prenant la forme d’un tribunal sommaire à un tribunal pour enfants, correspondant à une haute cour d’enregistrement. Ce changement est intervenu avec la promulgation de la loi de 2016 sur la famille et des enfants. La loi prévoit que le personnel de la Cour devrait posséder une formation, une expérience et un tempérament appropriés, permettant un traitement holistique des mineurs délinquants. Il peut se prononcer sur une grande variété d’affaires impliquant un enfant. Trinité-et-Tobago dispose enfin d’un Tribunal des affaires familiales unifié. La loi reconnaît maintenant ce que les praticiens de la justice pour mineurs ont toujours su, à savoir qu’un enfant en difficulté signifie une famille en difficulté. Lespoir d’un avenir meilleur pour les enfants est même visible dans les chambres du Parlement.
INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE STAGE
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, like all countries of the world apart from the United States, has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Following ratification, Trinidad and Tobago participated in the Caribbean Conference on the Rights of the Child, titled ‘Meeting the Post-ratification Challenge’, held in Belize City in 1996. Belize was, incidentally, the first Caribbean country to ratify the CRC, which it did on 2 May 1990. Its ratification enabled the CRC to acquire the required number of ratifications to come into force. At the end of the Belize conference, Trinidad and Tobago signed the Belize Commitment to Action on the Rights of the Child, under which Caribbean governments made several pledges, including one to ‘REVIEW AND REVISE the relevant laws, policies and programmes to FULLY comply with the LETTER and THE SPIRIT of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.’
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- International Survey of Family Law 2021 , pp. 451 - 470Publisher: IntersentiaPrint publication year: 2021