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Children's access to justice has emerged as an important topic in
the children's rights domain. While there has been increasing
attention paid to child-friendly justice internationally, there has
been relatively little research in this area. This book, with
contributions from researchers and practitioners, explores the
meaning, practice and challenges of children's access to justice
and contributes to a deeper understanding of what access to justice
means to children, how they experience it and what it should look
like in practice. It seeks to define access to justice in a global
way, by addressing current challenges, asking new questions and
providing answers to existing problems. One of the main areas of
focus is children's participation in legal proceedings, which
critically explores how children are heard in family law, criminal
law and child protection procedures. Special challenges faced by
groups of children, such as indigenous children, are brought to
light. The roles of different actors in justice, including judges
and lawyers, but also institutions such as independent child
commissioners and schools, and how they can improve children's
access to justice are explored. The book also highlights structural
obstacles to children's participation that can be explained by
country-specific situations and the attitudes of adults towards
children. Many of the contributions are based on empirical
research, bringing forth the voices of actors of justice and
children themselves. While many of these contributions are
county-specific, the book clearly demonstrates how challenges to
children's access to justice are universal in nature.
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