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Ensuring Fair Trial In Cases Of Children In Conflict With The Laws: The Tanzanian Paradox’, Lucky Mgimba

Lucky Michael Mgimba

The Issue of managing or dealing with children coming into conflict with the law has historically haunted nations and Tanzania is no exception. Although there have already been important headways, much remains to be done in ensuring a child friendly justice system in Tanzania. This work comes in place to analyze the legal and institutional framework under the International, regional and national (Tanzanian) levels; with a view of determining as to how much consistent are they with the accepted legal standards. It however ends by recommending a Child friendly justice system which aims at restorative justice.