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Key Articles in the Languages of Project Partners (other than English)
Slovenia
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:
(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:
(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.
Spain
Campoy Cervera, Ignacio y Palacios, Agustina, “Childrenwithdisabilities: general reflectionandrealizationinSpain”, Estudios sobre el impacto la Convención Internacional sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad en el Ordenamiento jurídico español, Dykinson, Madrid, 2010.
This report covers the situation of children with disabilities in Spain.
Manzanero, A. L., Recio, M., Alemany, A., y Cendra, J. (2013). Assistance to victimswith intellectual disabilities. Madrid, Fundación Carmen Pardo-Valcarce.
This resource provides a first approximation to the proceedings with victims with intellectual disabilities in the legal and forensic context.
Report Save the Children, Spain, Infancia y Justicia. Una cuestión de derechos (Children and Justice. A Matter of Rights),
available at
http://www.savethechildren.es/ver_doc.php?id=153,
(last accessed 18 December 2014).
Police Guide and Protocol for intervention with persons with Intellectual Disability, the Technical Unit of the Judicial Police of the Civil Guard and psychologists of the Carmen Pardo-Valcarce Foundation, (2012),
available at
http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Temas/Justicia_y_Discapacidad/Actividades/relacionados/Guia_de
(last accessed 18 December 2014).
This guide includes interview methods and strategies to improve communication with persons with intellectual disabilities.
Romania
Center for Legal Resources.
available at
http://www.crj.ro/lagarele-de-langa-tine/
(last accessed 6 March 2015).
This website describes a seminar that aimed to train experts on monitoring residential institutions for people with disabilities.
Lithuania
lt, Specialiųjųporeikiųvaikųugdymas: teisėsirrealijos (04 November 2010).
Available at
(last accessed 5 January 2014).
This is an article on an online forum for children, their families and educators.
LIetuvos Teismai,
available at
http://www.teismai.lt/lt/mokymas/teiseju-mokymai/
This describes a judicial training course that covers some aspects of the participation of children and people with mental disabilities in court.
This describes a judicial training course that covers some aspects of the participation of children and people with mental disabilities.
Unicef, Vaiko teisiø konvencijos, Įgyvendinimo vadovas (2002).
Available at
(last accessed 5 January 2014).
This report discusses the right to education for children. This is an implementation guide for the Convention on the Rightsof the Child in Lithuania.
Paramos vaikams centras,
Available at
(last accessed 4 March 2015).
This organization provides training regarding the participation of children with mental disabilities.
Latvia
Metodiskieieteikumi – „Vadlīnijasbērnu un pusaudžuattīstībasizvērtēšanai”, (2013)
available at
http://visc.gov.lv/specizglitiba/dokumenti/metmat/vadlinijas_attistibai.pdf
(last accessed 18 December 2014).
Methodical guidelines on the assessment of the development of children and adolescents that could be useful for various specialists willing to learn more about working methods with children with autism, intellectual disabilities and mental health issues.
Projekta “Izglitojamoarfunckcionaliemtraucejumiumatbalstasistemasizveidearhivs”
available at
http://visc.gov.lv/visc/projekti/projekti_old/esf_specizgl_old.shtml
(last accessed 18 December 2014).These guidelines give information on the development of support systems for students with functional disabilities
Profesionālās kvalifikācijas pilnveides izglītības programmas speciālo zināšanu bērnu tiesību aizsardzības jomā apguvei 40 akadēmisko stundu apmērā paraugs,
available at
http://www.bti.gov.lv/in_site/tools/download.php?file=files/text/Pielikums_tiesnesi_40.docx
(last accessed 4 March 2014).
Hungary
ÉFOÉSZ, Hírlevél, Sikerrel Zárult az Éfoész és a KIM Közös Rendőrképzése,
Available at
http://www.efoesz.hu/index.php?m=text&id=137
(last accessed 4 March 2015).
This newsletter describes a training carried out in Hungary with police, the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice and an advocacy organization for people with intellectual disabilities.
Mária Herczog, Gyermekjogokrólfelnőtteknek [On children’s rights for adults]. CSAGYI, 2009,
available at
http://www.csagyi.hu/images/stories/projektek/archiv/vanjogod/gyermekjogokrol_felnotteknek.pdf
(last accessed 30 July 2014).
This book devotes a separate chapter to particularly vulnerable groups of children including children with mental disabilities and also creates a dialogue with the reader by asking questions worthy of consideration.
GyurkóSzilvia, Gyermekbarátigazsságszolgáltatás – a paradigmaváltásszükségességéről [Child-friendly justice – on the need of a paradigm shift]. UNICEF s.a.,
available at
(last accessed 23 July 2014)
UNICEF Hungary’s Legal Director’s clarifies the reasons for them malfunctioning of the Hungarian justice system concerning children’s cases, and provides recommendations based upon international law.
Gruiz Katalin, Értelmifogyatékosszemélyekjogaiésakadálymenteshozzáférhetőségeazinformációhoz [Rights of people with intellectual disabilities and their access to information]. Presentation. Hungarian Down Foundation, 2011,
available at
http://web.downalapitvany.hu/sites/default/files/MAK-KER_tanf.pdf
(last accessed 30 July 2014)
Czech Republic
Maroš Matiaško, Metodologie a lidská práva: jak postupovat při hodnocení dodržování lidských práv,
available at
(last accessed 2 March 2015).
This publication describes how to measure human rights violations.
Office of the Public DefenderofRights, ‘Setkání s dozorovými státními zástupci’ [Meeting the public prosecutors] (Office of the Public DefenderofRights, 8 October 2013)
(last accessed 6 February 2015).
This resource describes a seminar held on monitoring compliance on children’s rights in educational facilities and how to communicate with children who live in institutional settings.
Alena Kolářová, Jan Machuta and Lenka Jarošová. Specializační kurz pro policisty s profesní specializací, Výslech dětského svědka – oběti mravnostní trestné činnosti, Ministry of Interior, the Department of the Prevention of Criminality, Prague,( 2013).This workbook informs police on how to communicate with children about their rights.
Bulgaria
Budzinska, (2012) How to hear the child in the court proceedings: Manual for experts who participate in the hearing of juvenile witnesses. Social Activities and Practices Institute.
Child Witness – Legal Aspects According to Bulgarian Legislation. Social Activities and Practices Institute.
Обучават съдии и прокурори за “Съдебно изслушване на деца-жертви на насилие’’
available at
http://www.nij.bg/News/News.aspx?lang=bg-BG&PageID=480&newsid=210&archive=true
(last accessed 4 March 2015).
This provides information about NGO training of judges regarding the participation of the child in judicial proceedings.