Children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on legal counsel and representation
Description
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.
Resources
| Name |
Format |
Description |
Link |
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53 |
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https://data.europa.eu/euodp/repository/ec/dg-justi/criminal-justice/masterlist/Masterlist.xlsx |
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33 |
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https://data.europa.eu/euodp/repository/ec/dg-justi/criminal-justice/EU-Summary-Report-crim.pdf |
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53 |
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https://data.europa.eu/euodp/repository/ec/dg-justi/criminal-justice/comparative-tables/Theme14_Legal-counsel-and-representation.xlsx |
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53 |
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https://data.europa.eu/euodp/repository/ec/dg-justi/criminal-justice/headline-indicators/Headline_indicators.xlsx |
Tags
- rights
- authority
- representation
- statutory-provision
- legal-obligation
- children
- interrogation
- legal-counsel
- victims
- defence-mechanism
- criminal-judicial-proceedings
- comparative-information