A two-day Regional Round Table Conference on Effective Implementation of law relating to Juvenile Justice will be held at Bhopal on February 28 and March 1, 2015 at Hotel JehanNuma Palace.

This regional conference is being organised by Supreme Court Committee and High court Committee on Juvenile Justice; hosted by High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh with support of UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh.

This conference is to promote learning from across the States and to develop strategies for effective implementation of the JJ Act. The Regional Conference of the north-eastern (at Guwahati), eastern (at Cuttack), southern (at Chennai) have been held in 2014, and northern regional conference was held at lucknow in 2015.

Justice Madan B lokur, Judge Supreme Court of India, Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, Chief Justice High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Justice RS Jha, Chairperson of Juvenile Justice Committee, High court of Madhya Pradesh and Trevor Clark, Chief, UNICEF Madhya Pradesh will be speaking at the inaugural of the two day conference.

The participating States in this conference include Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. members of the High Court Committee on Juvenile Justice, Principal Secretaries of WCD, labour and Home and representatives of Judicial and legal bodies, civil society organisations, and academia will be participating from these States.

The aim of this conference is to strengthen key areas under Juvenile Justice Act, such as effectiveness of Child Welfare Committees, Juvenile Justice Boards, Institutions under JJ Act, and providing effective legal aid to children. The conference will come out with strategic recommendations to improve the implementation of law relating to Juvenile Justice and strengthen accountability of stakeholders.