The Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, implementing the European Commission funded Project \u201cLegal aid for children in criminal proceedings: developing and sharing best practices\u201d (LA CHILD), organised the 6-hour long online trainings \"Ensuring the rights of suspected and accused minors in criminal proceedings\" on the 26th of November. It should be noted that the virtual event was attended by more than 150 interested participants.<\/p>\n
During the event, the results of the Project were introduced and presentations on the most relevant issues of protection of children in criminal proceedings were given by attorney Liutauras Luko\u0161ius, judge of Vilnius City District Court Migl\u0117 Suchankien\u0117, associate professor of Vilnius University dr. Gintautas Sakalauskas and prof. dr. Ilona Laurinaityt\u0117, Audron\u0117 Bedorf, Senior Advisor to the Office of the Ombudsman for Protection of Children's Rights, dr. Agn\u0117 Limant\u0117, dr. Simonas Nikartas and dr. R\u016bta Vai\u010di\u016bnien\u0117 of the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences. The speakers' presentations focused on the issues of deviant behaviour at a young age, the criteria of child-friendly justice, the aspects of ensuring quality legal assistance to children, and the implementation of individual assessment of suspected and accused children in criminal proceedings. The trainings also covered the psychological aspects of interviews with juvenile suspects and accused persons, current issues in the practice of pre-trial judges and the experiences of lawyers.<\/p>\n
Bendras projekto \u201eTeisin\u0117 pagalba vaikams baud\u017eiamajame procese: gerosios praktikos formavimas ir sklaida (LA CHILD)\u201c \u00a0tikslas yra prisid\u0117ti stiprinant vaik\u0173, kurie yra \u012ftariamieji ar kaltinamieji baud\u017eiamajame procese, procesini\u0173 teisi\u0173 apsaug\u0105 ir skatinti nuosekl\u0173 Direktyvos 2016\/800 \u012fgyvendinim\u0105 ES valstyb\u0117se nar\u0117se. Projektas pagrindin\u012f d\u0117mes\u012f skiria vaikams teikiamos teisin\u0117s pagalbos klausimams ir jos kokybei.<\/p>\n