Children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on right to information and advice

Here you can find comparative information on children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on right to information and advice for all the EU28 Member States on the basis of information collected from national and international databases. The data is available on e.g: - Statutory provision on the right of child (suspected) offenders to information in a child-friendly format - that takes into account any special needs of the child - about rights, charges and procedures from the child's first contact with a competent authority; - Availability of information in a child-friendly format for child (suspected) offenders about rights, charges and procedures in police stations and other competent authorities across the country; - Evidence (e.g. via reporting ) that child (suspected) offenders understood their rights, the charges brought against them for the criminal justice process; - Evidence (e.g. via reporting ) that child (suspected) offenders understood the procedures for the criminal justice process; - Proportion of children who understood their rights; - Proportion of children who understood the charges made against them; - Proportion of children informed of the procedures; - Proportion of children who had a lawyer present during interviews; - Proportion of children who had a parent or other responsible adult present during interviews; - Statutory provision on the right of child victims, the holder of parental responsibility or other legal representative to information about rights and procedures from the child's first contact with a competent authority.