From 31 January to 1 February 2017, Terre des hommes Hungary and its partners from Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands, organized a study visit to Paris, France for legal practitioners from the project countries. The study visit was organized as part of the “Procedural Rights of Juveniles Suspected or Accused in Criminal Proceedings in the EU” project. 

Terre des hommes and Child Protection Hub for South East Europe invite you to join the webinar on procedural rights of juveniles suspected or accused in criminal proceedings in the EU.

The objective of the project is to develop and deliver capacity-development for multidisciplinary professionals around child-friendly practices in the area of diversion - based on empirical evidence in four countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Romania. The project will be implemented with the participation of experiential young people who will provide input and feedback on all elements of the project, based on their own views and experiences in the justice system. A public awareness campaign will also be launched in order to sensitise the public about the advantages of alternatives to detention.

April 1, 2016: Young people's groups visited the office of the Hungarian ombudsman to learn about the role and work of the Ombudsman in protecting the rights of children. They were greeted by three colleagues of the Ombudsman and held inter-active discussions with the children, answering their questions.

As part of the project "Procedural Rights of Juveniles Suspected or Accused in the EU" project partners have developed three E-Digests on the three pertinent EU directives. This one concerns the right to interpretation and translation.

As part of the project "Procedural Rights of Juveniles Suspected or Accused in the EU" project partners have developed three E-Digests on the three pertinent EU directives. This one concerns the right to interpretation and translation.

October 12-13, 2015, Budapest, Hungary: Project partners from Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and the UK came together to plan the project and discuss important ethical and implementation issues around the new project 'Right(s) Court for Children'.

The objective of the project is to raise awareness of children on their rights in civil, administrative and criminal judicial proceedings, including children in conflict with the law as (suspected) offenders, witnesses and victims and to promote and support child-friendly justice practices.

The overall objective is to ensure that foreign children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings benefit from the procedural guarantees they are entitled to  as per directives 2010/64, 2012/13, 2013/48 (right to interpretation and translation, right to information,  and right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings.