Children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on avoiding undue delay

Here you can find comparative information on avoiding undue delay 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 for the right of a child to have the matter determined without delay by a competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body;

• Existence of a maximum timeframe for a matter to get to trial when it involves a child offender or victim;

• Average time elapsed between arrest and moment a child is brought before a judge for the first time;

• Statutory provision for the prioritisation of cases involving children;

• Average duration of criminal trials involving child witnesses per child witness in first instance courts expressed against overall timeframe;

• Average duration of criminal trials involving child offenders per child offender in first instance courts expressed against overall timeframe.