Children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on legal counsel and representation

Here you can find comparative information on children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on legal counsel and representation 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 to legal representation at all stages of the proceedings;

• Existence of mandatory defence mechanism;

• Percentage of children who have waived their right to a lawyer;

• Statutory provision on the right of children (offender, victim and witness) to free legal aid;

• Percentage of children questioned by the police in the absence of either a parent/trusted person or lawyer present;

• System in place to assign automatic free legal aid to children, without conditions;

• Children involved in criminal proceedings who received free legal aid in a 12 month period.