Children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on legal counsel and representation

Here you can find comparative information on children in criminal judicial proceedings - comparative information on legal counsel and representation for all the EU28 Member States on the basis of information collected from national and international databases. The data is available on e.g: - Statutory provision on the right to legal representation at all stages of the proceedings; - Existence of mandatory defence mechanism; - Percentage of children who have waived their right to a lawyer; - Statutory provision on the right of children (offender, victim and witness) to free legal aid; - Percentage of children questioned by the police in the absence of either a parent/trusted person or lawyer present; - System in place to assign automatic free legal aid to children, without conditions; - Children involved in criminal proceedings who received free legal aid in a 12 month period.