CHILD FRIENDLY JUSTICE
OUR PURPOSE
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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Key legal principles and texts
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children.
To guide and encourage the implementation of the rights enshrined in the CRC, the Committee on the Rights of the child published General Comments.
General Comment 24 on children’s rights in the child justice system (2019) (which replaces General Comment No. 10).
Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on child-friendly justice
The Council of Europe has created various standards and guidelines in the field of child friendly justice. These standards aim at improving the justice system and adapting it to the specific needs of children.
The most important resource developed in 2019 by the Council was the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on child-friendly justice. These guidelines are a practical tool based on existing international and European standards which governments are encouraged to use as a basis for their law reform in the area of child friendly justice.
European Union
The European Parliament and the Council adopted two leading directives to protect children and impose safeguards in the field of child friendly justice:
Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support, and protection of victims of crime