少年司法领域中儿童面临着法律挑战，尤其是那些被指控违犯刑法的未成年人。国际法规定，国家在处理罪错少年时应遵循一定的原则和标准。本研究旨在展示和分析处理过程中所面临的法律挑战，然后提出对应的解决方案。该研究以案例分析为主。采用问卷和访谈等形式直接从受访者处收集基础数据；该研究的信息资料还包括国际、区域间和国内的一些法律文书；此外，学者著作和政府文件作为次要数据也发挥着作用。研究发现，桑给巴尔在少年司法领域有着非常全面的立法，基本遵循了国际法的有关规定。然而司法领域的执行却并没有实现上述规定，这主要是因为桑给巴尔地区存在着少年法院数量不足、受过专业训练的人员有限和罪错少年的康复机制贫瘠等问题。最为重要的是，桑给巴尔地区的人民并不知道少年司法。基于以上，本研究提出如下建议：首先，司法机关应该在法庭上选择维护未成年人权益的特别法；其次，政府应该尽最大努力提高人民对于少年司法的认识；此外，加强国际合作也十分重要。

Children in Juvenile Justice really facing the legal Challenges especially those who are below the age of eighteen years who are accused of breaching criminal law. International law has placed some principles and standards to be complied by State when dealing with offending children. This study aiming to show and analyses the legal Challenges and then suggest the proper solution toward the Problem. The study applied case study design. Questionnaires and interview were used to collect primary data direct from the respondents. Several instruments, international, regional and domestic were consulted to get some information on the study. Writings of scholars and government documents were also visited for secondary data. The research found that Zanzibar has very comprehensive legislation that to the large extent replicate the requirements of international law on juvenile justice. However, it was revealed that to the large extent the law is not realized by the juvenile justice stakeholders. The existence of only few Children Court in Zanzibar, insufficient numbers of trained legal professionals and poor mechanism for rehabilitation of delinquent juveniles are factors, among others, to substantiate the minimum implementation of the law. On top, people are not aware of the juvenile justice in general. In this regard, this study put some recommendations including the Government should elect the special lawyer who represent the Children before the Court of Law, awareness creation among the people is to be urgently maintained by the government and international cooperation is also of vital importance