Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?

Child-friendly justice has its focus on on the effective participation of children in justice systems. During the past decade the concept, grounded in international children’s rights, has become meaningful for justice systems in Europe and beyond. Despite its flaws and gaps, it has the potential of...

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Main Author: Ton Liefaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bergen 2020-11-01
Series:Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Online Access:https://boap.uib.no/index.php/BJCLCJ/article/view/3188
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description Child-friendly justice has its focus on on the effective participation of children in justice systems. During the past decade the concept, grounded in international children’s rights, has become meaningful for justice systems in Europe and beyond. Despite its flaws and gaps, it has the potential of making justice systems more accessible for children, including the (juvenile) criminal justice system with its particular complexity. However, in order to understand its true potential more research is needed. This article elaborates on the concept of child-friendly justice and sheds light on a research agenda around its core elements.
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spelling doaj.art-6eb8a00bf6b94276b993ff0becddc7c22022-12-22T03:18:42ZengUniversity of BergenBergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice1894-41832020-11-018110.15845/bjclcj.v8i1.3188Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?Ton Liefaard0Leiden UniversityChild-friendly justice has its focus on on the effective participation of children in justice systems. During the past decade the concept, grounded in international children’s rights, has become meaningful for justice systems in Europe and beyond. Despite its flaws and gaps, it has the potential of making justice systems more accessible for children, including the (juvenile) criminal justice system with its particular complexity. However, in order to understand its true potential more research is needed. This article elaborates on the concept of child-friendly justice and sheds light on a research agenda around its core elements.https://boap.uib.no/index.php/BJCLCJ/article/view/3188
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Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?
Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
title Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?
title_full Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?
title_fullStr Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?
title_full_unstemmed Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?
title_short Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?
title_sort child friendly justice and procedural safeguards for children in criminal proceedings new momentum for children in conflict with the law
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