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Proc 9512ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9512

National Youth Justice Awareness Month, 2016

President Obama proclaimed October 2016 as National Youth Justice Awareness Month, calling attention to juvenile justice reform, racial disparities in the system, and the need for rehabilitation over incarceration for youth. The proclamation highlights past administration actions but issues no new binding directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 81 FR 69379

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of October 2016 as National Youth Justice Awareness Month

Near term (90d)

  • Observance period for ceremonies and community activities during October 2016

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document is purely commemorative with no enforceable obligations; 'call upon all Americans' is hortatory language typical of ceremonial proclamations
Proclamation 9512: National Youth Justice Awareness Month, 2016 · Executive Orders