Children's Right to Information in Barnahus

• The child’s right to information is part of the child’s fundamental human right of participation and access to justice according to the CRC. The child’s right to information is also stated in the Swedish national guidelines for Barnahus and in Swedish national law. The child´s right to information is, however, connected to both legal dilemmas and dilemmas in practice. In this chapter, we discuss children’s right to participation from a child rights perspective in a criminal investigation in Barnahus.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Juridik -- Juridik och samhälle (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Law -- Law and Society (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Juridik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Law (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Barnahus

Nordic

Scandinavia

Child protection

Multi-agency working

Criminology

Criminal Justice

Council of Europe

Children

Young people

Policy

Practice

Children’s rights

Art. 12 CRC

Participation

Information

Principle of self- and co-determination

Best interest of the child

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kap (subject category)