The Council of Europe is organising a series of activities in collaboration with the Council of Baltic Sea States on handling child evidence.
The first activity was a meeting organised in Tallinn, Estonia 19-20 February, 2015 discussing issues around the handling, protecting and testing of evidence from children in legal proceedings within States in the Baltic Sea Region.
This meeting will be followed up to support implementation at national level of the child-friendly justice standards. More information will be uploaded on this web-site.
Presentations
Children’s evidence in the Baltic Sea Region
Handling, protecting and testing evidence from children in legal proceedings in the Baltic Sea Region: Presentation of the comparative study
Sweden: Ms Anna Kaldal, Associate Professor in procedural Law, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University
Children’s Houses – A child friendly model
Iceland: Mr Bragi Gudbrandsson, General Director, Government Agency for Child Protection, Reykjavík
– Ms Astrid Johanne Pettersen, Executive Director, The Children’s House Statens Barnehus, Oslo
– Ms Tone Davik, Police Superintendent / senior specialist, National Criminal Investigation Service (KRIPSOS), Oslo
Sweden: Mr Carl Göran Svedin, Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/IKE, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping
Ensuring a child-friendly environment for the interview
Denmark: Mr Steen Birkedal, Special Consultant on Children’s Welfare, National board of Social Services, Copenhagen
Lithuania: Ms Eglė Kavoliūnaitė-Ragauskienė, Head of Legal System Research Department Law Institute of Lithuania, Vilnius
Sweden: Ms Asa Landberg, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Enskede
Preparing and conducting the interview
Finland: Ms Julia Korkman, PhD, Investigative Psychologist, Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki
Latvia: Ms Vita Kalote, Head of Prevention Unit, Kurzeme Regional Board, State Police of Latvia, Liepaja
Sweden: Ms Malin Källstörm, Detective Superintendent, Swedish Police Authority, Stockholm
The timing and number of interviews
Estonia: Ms Brit Tammiste, Adviser, Analysis Division, Criminal Policy Department, Ministry of Justice, Tallinn
Norway: Mr Lars Meling, Senior Advisor, Police Department, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Oslo
Sweden: Mr Pär Stihl, Chief Detective Inspector, Institute of Police Education Linnaeus University, Växjö
Ensuring probative value of children statements
Germany: Mr Thomas Meysen, Director, German Institute for Youth Human Services and Family Law, Heidelberg
Representing the child and defending its interest
Denmark: Mr Morten Holland Heide, Lawyer, Head of Section Criminal Law Division, Ministry of Justice, Copenhagen
Iceland: Ms Hrfena Fridrikdsottir, Associate Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Russian Federation: Mr Yury Zudov, Deputy Director, Department for Legal Aid and Judicial Cooperation, Ministry of Justice, Moscow
Parallel civil and administrative proceedings
Estonia: Ms Leanika Tamm, Judge, Viru County Court, Ida-Viru maakond
Iceland: Mr Bragi Gudbrandsson, General Director, Government Agency for Child Protection, Reykjavík
Sweden: Mr Carl Göran Svedin, Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/IKE, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping