Title: Preventable tragedy in Panama--unnecessary deaths and rights violations in juvenile detention centers
Description: Based on visits to detention centers, and interviews with detainees and government officials. It includes a legal analysis, which describes Panama's obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, among other international standards, and concludes that Panama has failed to protect the rights of juvenile detainees and has subjected them to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
Subjects: Children, Legal status, laws, Administration of Juvenile justice, Human rights
Places: Panama