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EU: Explainer: The European Law Protecting Over A Million Children In Court

15 March 2016

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"On Wednesday, 9th March 2016, the EU Parliament in Strasbourg voted, in an overwhelming majority of 613 votes to 30 (with 56 abstentions), to pass a Directive on special safeguards for child suspects...."

The article highlights five key points relating to the Directive (which will not apply in the UK, Ireland or Denmark): 1. Providing children with a lawyer is now compulsory; 2. Questioning must be appropriate to the child’s age and mental capacity; 3. Parents must be allowed to assist their arrested children; 4. Cases involving children must be treated as a matter of urgency; 5. Children cannot be tried in their absence.

See: Explainer: The European Law Protecting Over A Million Children In Court (RightsInfo, link):

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