EMPOWERING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: UNVEILING THE IMPACT OF “CLEAR-RIGHTS” FOR QUALITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE Cover Image

EMPOWERING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: UNVEILING THE IMPACT OF “CLEAR-RIGHTS” FOR QUALITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE
EMPOWERING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: UNVEILING THE IMPACT OF “CLEAR-RIGHTS” FOR QUALITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Author(s): Marine BRAUN, MARCOS AMARAL DE BARROS
Subject(s): Civil Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sociology of Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: child justice; children’s rights; legal aid; pro bono legal assistance; child participation;

Summary/Abstract: The CLEAR-Rights project focused on access to justice and child-friendly legal assistance for children suspected or accused of crimes in child justice proceedings. The project’s main objective was to build the capacity of justice professionals and decision-makers in Europe on issues related to quality and specialised government legal aid, and pro bono legal assistance for children, especially in the five EU countries where the project was implemented by the following organisations: Terre des hommes Regional Hub in Hungary (Tdh Hungary), Defence for Children International Belgium (DCI Belgium), Alliance of Lawyers for Human Rights (France) (AADH), PILnet (Hungary), Defence for Children ECPAT the Netherlands (DCI-NL) and Terre des hommes Romania (Tdh Romania). Based on the project’s final evaluation, this article draws a brief analysis of the CLEAR-Rights intended results and achieved impact.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-33
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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