The 1st Leading Organization in Judicial referral approach outside the Legal System of the Sudan No. (1)

In a restorative justice framework achievement and child right in line with law to enjoy his right according to the International rights standards of the child rights & Beijing Rules, Riyada Volunteer Center works in full coordination with family, child and child prosecutor protection units to achieve the restorative justice and referral outside the judiciary system.
Referral outside the Judicial referral system: it a therapeutic community entrance planned with the participation of formal and informal structures with the aim to find trouble shooting of delinquent children who refer to community advice and are considered prosecution and detention alternatives and realized with (referral outside the Judicial System) and disputes settlement.

Because the community advice and restorative justice are more effective in term of cost of detention and it reduces the light crimes , less serious, block the justice system, detention centers and allowed the supplies to focus on offenders with repeat and high risks.
As advice is more comprehensive, encourage the victims participation, defender, delinquent ,law officers, local community representative and any other individuals affected by crime who might have participation in procedures.

The community advice requires human and financial sources furthermore, than professionals less profiles in most misinformation mechanism according to the assessment professionals in Juvenile Justice or multidisciplinary team and provisions, for example, oral or written apology to the victim , written article of the cover up or traces of the committed crime, symbolic/non-monetary compensation to the victim ,agreement to school/training attendance on occupational skills, inclusion of child offender in referral /community advice plan in agreement.

It is operation in which the child offender and , the victim, and individual of its co-sponsors communities to negotiate the damage could they have of offender commitment and how to reconcile these damages and how the child was prevented the recurring delinquency.
Where was the beginning in applying transferring approach outside the judicial system of Riyadah Volunteer Center since 2013 to 2021 and the program is still going on in the state of Khartoum.
Since the beginning had been experienced in many different Sudanese states such as Khartoum , North Darfour, West Darfour, Mid Darfour , South Darfour, Blue Nile and White Nile.

Where Riyadah Volunteer Center at that time, within civil community organizations role framework has applying referral Form outside the Judicial System as children issues advocacy mechanism by training 2466participants in the following subjects:
Referral System outside Judicial System.
Social Psychological support skills
Code of Behavior
For seven days by (72hrs) of training each training chain.

Community protection Committees, Police Teachers, Ministry of Health, Legal, Mayors, sheikhs, Social and psychological researchers, resistance committees, Ministry of Social Development, Organizations acting in childhood care representatives, and public information officers.

Negotiation the referral concept outside Judicial System.
Identification of referral, community advice, and its provisions. Advocacy
How to solve problems far from the judiciary
Negotiation of referral provisions and how to reconcile children and enticing them to treat.
Explanation of Child Law and concept of children referral in line with the Law.
Establishing the concept or approach of referral outside the Judicial system from a legislative point of legal, and practical view and then making groups, interventions and negotiation to benefit more.

First: Coordinate to work and standardization of and procedures between competent judicial bodies
Several coordination workshops have been established to negotiate many issues of referral matter in participation of child prosecutors, Family and child protection units, Juvenile Courts, the child’s national council, some competent organizations, Voluntary protection committees then negotiating and challenges and gaps, and the workshops came up with several recommendations most notably:
1: The importance of coordination between Judicial Bodies orderly, and standardization the work between in referral program outside the Judicial System.
2: Approval of referral, supervising, checking and updating Regulations( Regulations of referral outside Judicial System).
3: A legislative, and regulatory framework must be established to referral as well as to order and organizing the community mechanism and the competent bodies that carry out the referral outside the Judicial System to be part of its Juvenile’s Justice bodies founders.

4: the international, national and regional standards of Juveniles justice (8 standards in regulations) must be accompanied in referral outside Judicial System.
5: To appoint legal assistants affiliated with Juvenile’s Public Prosecution to supervising the referral committees and following up therein.
6: To approve volunteers of referral committees and appointing their supervisor in prosecution and protection units by juvenile’s counsel, Ministry of Work & Social Development in social researchers and social workers.

7: Setting limited for bodies to which the child referred(Institutions, committees, individuals) by which the prosecution guided.
8: Issuance of ID’s by the (competent) Judiciary to legal assistants.
9: The necessity of Civil Community Organizations contribution to the implementation of outside judicial referral system program (outreach programs, training, financial and material support).

10: Existence of Assistants devices to help the referral outside judicial program.
11: To increase the Juveniles Justice Institutions (Juvenile’s Prosecutors, Family and Child Protection Units)
12: Standardization of procedures and setting up standardized Referral Forms agreed to between departments, Prosecutors, and Juvenile’s Courts.