Access to Justice for Children

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Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia: Jan is going to the court/; Jana is going to the court/. When you have to go to the court as a witness/. Ljubljana, 2010.

Available at:

http://www.sodisce.si/znanje/publikacije/

(last accessed 23rd March 2015).

The judiciary of Republic of Slovenia published three children friendly booklets about different proceedings in the court and about possible roles of the children in these proceedings. Booklets are prepared for the children of different age groups (from 5 to 8 and 9 to13) and are made in the basis of experiences of the judges at their work. The books are very children friendly and describe how all court employees should treat children. But they do not only help children but also the judges that they can better approach the child’s life world.

 

 

 

 

The Slovene Association of Journalists, Središče ZIPOM – Centre for advocacy and information on the rights of children and young people at the Association of Friends of Youth, the Human rights Ombudsman and the Slovene Press Agency: Guidelines on reporting on children. Ljubljana, 2014.

Available at:

http://www.varuh-rs.si/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/Razni_dokumenti/Smernice_za_porocanje_o_otrocih_1.pdf

(last accessed 23rd March 2015).

What are the rights of children involved in media reporting? Can we disclose their personal data when reporting on them? When are we allowed to do that? How are journalists and editors to protect children’s dignity and their personal data when they prepare and publish on children? These and similar questions are given answers by authors who provided guidelines that touch on reporting on children as participating in legal and other proceedings.

 

 

UN Convention of the rights of people with disabilities: international treaty on the rights of people with disabilities: an easy-to-read guide of Comvention / eds. Cveto Uršič … et al., Ministry of labour, family and social affairs, 2008.

Available at:

http://www.mddsz.gov.si/fileadmin/mddsz.gov.si/pageuploads/dokumenti__pdf/konvencija_invalidi_lahki_vodnik.pdf

(last accessed 23rd March 2015).

An easy-to-read guide on the rights in the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities, published by Lahko berljiv vodnik po Konvenciji o pravicah ljudi z oviranostjo, ki ga je izdalo the Ministry of labour, family and social affairs.

 

 

Ministry of justice: Recommendations – Conversation with a child with the help of videoconferences and other technical gadgets/. Ministry of justice. Ljubljana, 2011.

 

 

 

Jenkole, M. A special report of a project – advocate the children’s voice. Human rights obmudsman. Ljubljana, 2013.

The report brings forward the analysis of cases of child-advocacy, among whom there are also children with mental disabilities that was prepared within the project Ombudsman – the voice of the child under Human Rughts Ombudsman.

 

 

 

Social protection institute of Slovenia (2011), Children and adolescents with severe behavioural problems – analysis of current situation. Final report. Ljubljana: Social protection institute of Slovenia.

The report deals with the problem of guidance and placement of children and adolescents with severe behavioural problems into care systems. Due to the lack of systemic determinants of care for them, they are torn between system of care, health, education, social and internal affairs. The intention of the project was therefore to establish the number of such children and adolescents and to find out what has been happening with them within the care systems.

 

 

 

Darja Zaviršek in Katarina Gorenc, Šolanje in zaposlovanje otrok in odraslih, ki se težko učijo – lahko branje, Modra, YHD, Ljubljana, 2007.

Available at:

http://www.zveza-slepih.si/rikoss/lahkobranje.pdf

(last accessed: 23rd March 2015).

An easy-to-read booklet is the continuation of the national report on the possibilities of people with intelectual disabilities to pursue schooling in mainstream schools in find real, paid and meaningful employment. It is intended for people with learning disabilities in order to provide them with information on how toclaim their rights and what they involve, the booklet is also intended for their family and other people close to them, who support them and want to enforce their independent life and quality of everyday life. It is also intended for all professionals in education, social services, health and politicians so they would understand the basis of principles of everyday life. The authors also draw attention to the bad side of living in an institution. Due to mental disabilities there are a lot of children in Slovenia who are placed in institutions and frequently they are not asked where and with whom they wish to live.