Child

2025

Access to Justice

Raccomandazioni Bridge the Gap

Queste raccomandazioni nascono all’interno di Bridge the Gap, un progetto di Defence for Children Italia, realizzato in collaborazione con l’Università di Genova e co-finanziato dall’Unione Europea nell’ambito del Child...

2025

Access to Justice

Bridge the gap - Recommendations Paper

These recommendations were developed as part of Bridge the Gap, a project by Defence for Children Italy, carried out in collaboration with the University of Genoa and co-funded by the European Union as part of the Child Friendly Justice Network. The...

2025

Violence Against Children

TransMonEE Analytical Series Where We Live and Learn: Violence against children in Europe and Central Asia

Violence affects children’s emotional, cognitive, and physical development, with long-lasting consequences throughout their lives. The new UNICEF report shows that two out of three children in Europe and Central Asia experience some form of violence...

Quels sont mes droits si j’ai enfreint la loi ? (BROCHURE)

2025

Children Accused, Suspected & Convicted

Quels sont mes droits si j’ai enfreint la loi ? (BROCHURE)

En tant que proches, professionnel·les… vous ne savez pas toujours comment soutenir les jeunes qui ont enfreint la loi (commis un'fait qualifié infraction") se sentent souvent démuni·es ? Ils·elles ne comprennent...

2025

Deprivation of Liberty

YOPE P2P Model - Handbook

In 2025, YOPE developed the P2P model: a methodology of peer support for young people deprived of liberty. Young people who went through the system themselves returned to (juvenile) correctional facilities to discuss themes that were central to their...

Writing to children – A toolkit for judges

2025

Access to Information

Writing to children – A toolkit for judges

This toolkit has been produced to support family judges in writing to children. It applies to private and public law cases. It is not intended to replace judicial discretion or individual practice but is aimed atsupporting judges in this element of their...

2024

Violence Against Children

International Classification of Violence against Children (ICVAC)

With the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, the global community made a commitment to end all forms of violence against children by 2030. Although this drew much needed attention to the importance of preventing and responding to violence...

Protecting the rights of child victims in Europe: A holistic approach - Position paper

2024

Child Victims & Witnesses

Protecting the rights of child victims in Europe: A holistic approach - Position paper

This position paper by the Child Friendly Justice European Network aims to address the challenges child victims face in accessing justice and advocates for a stronger legal framework, particularly revising Directive 2012/29/EU, to better protect child...

Protecting the rights of child victims in Europe: A holistic approach - Executive summary

2024

Child Victims & Witnesses

Protecting the rights of child victims in Europe: A holistic approach - Executive summary

Executive Summary. The position paper "Protecting the rights of child victims in Europe: A holistic approach" aims to address the challenges child victims face in accessing justice and advocates for a stronger legal framework, particularly revising...

2024

Climate Justice

Climate change & Child-friendly justice (CFJ-EN Handbook – 2024 Special Edition)

The first special edition of the CFJ-EN handbook on climate change and child-friendly justice includes a compilation of resources and key legal standards and case law.  

Ending Violence against Children in Detention in the EU: Improved Data Collection in the European Union to Achieve SDG16+ Justice for Children

2024

Deprivation of Liberty

Ending Violence against Children in Detention in the EU: Improved Data Collection in the European Union to Achieve SDG16+ Justice for Children

This Working Paper - Ending Violence Against Children in Detention: Improved Data Collection in the European Union to Achieve SDG16+ Justice for Children - draws on recent research about children’s experiences of violence in European Union detention...

A Storybook about Child-Friendly Justice

2024

Child Participation & Empowerment

A Storybook about Child-Friendly Justice

A book of testimonies, poems and artwork by children in detention or with experience of the justice system.