Today is World Day Against Child Labour The promotion and protection of the rights of the child is one of the objectives of the EU on which the Treaty of Lisbon has put further emphasis. The Commission launched a study to collect data on children’s involvement in judicial proceedings in the EU that identified the lack of reliable, comparable and official data on the situation of children in the Member States. This deficiency is a serious obstacle to the development and implementation of evidence-based policies and is particularly evident in the context of child friendly justice and the protection of children in vulnerable situations. Making the justice system more child friendly in Europe is a key action of the EU Agenda. It is an area of high practical relevance where the EU has, under the Treaties, competences to turn the rights of the child into reality by means of EU legislation. This report describes the main findings of the 29 contextual overviews produced and information collected in the phase of the study to collect data on children’s involvement in criminal judicial proceedings in the role of suspects/offenders, victims and witnesses. bookshop.europa.eu/children-in-criminal-judicial-proceedings
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:00:01 +0000
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