Judicial Protection

China’s judicial procedure attaches great importance to the protection of juveniles’legal rights and interests，on which there are many important laws containing special provisions.To the juveniles who break the law and commit crimes，China adopts the policy of education，help and reform and adheres to the principle of relying mainly on education while making punishment subsidiary.

While handling criminal cases concerning juveniles，public security organs，people’s procuratorates and people’s courts take ful consideration of juveniles’physical and mental characteristics，respect their personality and dignity，and safeguard their legal rights and interests.

Before criminals are tried，public security organs，people’s procuratorates，people’s courts and judicial administrative organs detain juveniles separately from adults；and juveniles who serve a sentence decided by the people’s court are separately imprisoned from adult criminals and are treated differ-ently.All criminal cases of persons aged 14 and 15 are not tried publicly by the people’s court；and in general，criminal cases of persons aged 16 and 17 are not tried publicly.Before a criminal case of a teenager is judged，it is stipulated that the press，films，TV prograrms and public publications should not reveal the teenager’s name，home address，photo and other identifying data.

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