Child-friendly justice standards and their implementation in Ukraine (non-criminal aspects)

This publication summarises results of the research, conducted in 2019, on compliance of courts and guardianship authorities with the child-friendly justice standards in Ukraine. The monitoring was performed as part of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine project “Supporting Civil Society Trial Monitoring” in co-operation with Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, the NGOs “Centre for Policy and Legal Reform” and “Human Rights Vector”. The report provides recommendations to address the identified issues by codifying legislation on children’s rights and producing a law on child-friendly justice; developing training programmes for judges, lawyers, custody and guardianship authorities’ representatives on child-friendly justice standards, as well as a ensuring court buildings and courtrooms are designed with due considerations for needs of visitors with children. Available in Ukrainian language.