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The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation as victims or witnesses in criminal cases. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Brazil.
Eduardo Rezende Melo, Hugo Gomes Zaher
The paper has an introductory section to briefly explain the role and commitment of the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on the improvement of the Justice System, the importance of a transnational judicial dialogue and the involvement of its members in a collaborative research on child participation in family and protection matters. The article presents a comparative analysis of the 35 national contributions in this research, offering a compendium of the data collected from each country, based on the issues specified in a common questionnaire. A general photo gallery of the spaces and ambiences where children are heard in Court and the questionnaire used in the research are attached to the paper.
Eduardo Rezende Melo
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation in family and protection matters. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in the United States of America
Hiram E. Puig-Lugo
Child participation has been defined as a process of listening to the child, taking him/her seriously, and turning his/her ideas and suggestions into reality. This author strongly believes that children should have the right to participate in decision making, especially over policies that affect their health, wellbeing and development. The main trusts of this review therefore are among others to do the following: To act as a reminder to individuals, organizations and governments that child’s rights actually exist, and need to be respected, to act as a reference resources for organisations(both government and non-government), and to ensure self-assessment with compliance. A Child for this purpose is defined as a person between the ages of 5-17yrs. Child’s rights can be protected through so many ways including; by involving a child in any activity concerning them. Involvement means ensuring that the Child is present at the venue of the event, and that the child actively contributes to the proceedings, and also by giving him/her the right of fair hearing in any activity concerning him/her. Child Participation must excludeChild “manipulation”, Child “decoration” and Child “Tokenism.” During child participation, Staff and volunteers should be properly trained to work with children, Adults should ensure a safe and child-friendly atmosphere, Venues should be clean, with healthy snacks or meals, Children should be separated by age groups, and in the event that a child becomes injured, extremely upset or reveals information that requires follow-up support, the organizers must have the proper resource-contracts at hand. When a child feelshe/she is taken seriously, and his/her opinions respected by others; he/she gains more control over his/her live and begin to develop hope for their future. In order to make participation simple, provide as much information and explanation as the child needs, use a range of ways to provide information by using simple language or graphics, and giving plenty of notice of meetings to everyone involved. The major challenge facing any child participation program and indeed any USAID supported program during reporting is to convince him/her beyond doubt that the target audience actually participated in that program. This is the duty before the Program Officer. This he accomplishes through what is called“evidential reporting”. The Monitoring &Evaluation Officer should be able to accurately complete the appropriate project forms, appropriately capture pictures related to the project events (with informed consent), and progressive pictures of the condition of the child or project; before, during, and after intervention.There should be proper documentation ofprogressive observation of the child’s or project’s condition; before, during and after intervention, if possible with video coverage. Finally, during an assessment process, the child should be involved also.Using qualitative method often yields a better result for the researcher. Once a good discussion guide is developed, an older child should be properly trained on how to conduct the group sessions, while an adult watches as the activity director from the background.
Nwizugbe-Ezenwa Uchenna
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation in family and protection matters. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Québec, Canada.
Mélanie Roy
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation in family and protection matters. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Ontario, Canada.
Mona Paré
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation in family and protection matters. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Ecuador.
Lucila Yanes
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation in family and protection matters. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Mexico.
Reyna Mince Serrano, Sara Patrícia Orea
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation in family and protection matters. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Bolivia.
Ana Maria Villa Gómez
The paper is part of a collaborative research organized by the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (AIMJF/IAYFJM) on child participation in family and protection matters. The article explains the legal, institutional and procedural aspects of child participation in the Justice System in Panama.
Kathia Ponce
