- Date of creation
- EU or national law
- EU law
- Practice area
- Family and child lawFundamental rightsHuman rightsRights of the child
- Languages
- English
- Links to language versions
- Link
- Link to HELP course, once logged into the HELP platform
Description
This HELP course on Child-friendly Justice is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals in the European Union member states (HELP in the EU) aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has developed many legal standards and practical guidelines in the field of child-friendly justice. This entails creating a justice system, which guarantees respect for and the effective implementation of all children’s rights. The implementation of these guidelines, and other aspects of child-friendly justice, is a key priority. Therefore, this course aims at strengthening and harmonising the knowledge of the relevant ECHR and other European standards on child-friendly justice across the CoE member States.
The course is developed in an interactive way and includes various practical exercises to ensure the adequate acquisition of knowledge, skills and values. It consists of the following 9 substantive modules:
- Introduction
- Child-friendly justice
- Non-judicial proceedings
- General elements
- Interaction with children in the judicial system – main challenges, Interdisciplinarity
- Deprivation of liberty
- Violence against children and Migration and asylum.
If you are interested in this course or another, you simply need to register in order to access the website resources. An explanatory document is available to make it easier for new persons to find their way around the site.
To access the course, firstly you need to open yourself an account at HELP website. Once logged in to the HELP platform you can click here to access the course directly.