Question: in some jurisdictions juvenile courts are part of

title: Juvenile court
text: On a global scale , the United Nations has implemented reforms as it relating to juvenile courts and juvenile justice as a whole . Rules and regulations have been implemented to protect the children 's rights , more specifically creating guidelines for punishment . Movements towards less punitive measures or agencies have been a trend in this regard . For example , in the United Nations general assembly , there was a proposal that `` no child or young person should be subjected to harsh or degrading correction or punishment measures '' . Many Western countries have been condemned for not put these policies into practice nor differentiate the youths from adults in procedure or punishment . The United Nations believes that youths should have less harsh punishment and be deferred to more community supportive programs like tribunals or courts geared towards young people . In Western Europe , there are many countries also criticized and looked at by the United Nations for the disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minorities in the juvenile court system of the racial and ethnic minority being over-represented .