Child-Friendly Justice: Fundamental Principles and Their Interpretation by International Human Rights Protection Bodies
The article deals with principles set in the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Child-Friendly Justice (consideration of the child’s best interests, child’s participation in a decision-making procedures in all matters affecting him/her, respect for dignity, protection from discrimination, supremacy of law) as interpreted by documents adopted by various United Nations bodies and in the European Court of Human Rights judgments. The difference between the child-friendly justice and a juvenile justice (the context in which a creation of a specialized procedures for children is basically considered in Russia) is highlighted by the author.