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The pursuit of the implementation of child-friendly justice in the EU conforms to the core values of the European Union. This article provides an overview of EU activities on child-friendly justice and points to a need to focus on implementation aspects: on the collection of data to underpin, measure and monitor implementation at regular intervals, and on the value and benefits of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary cooperation and coordination, including training.
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In accordance with the 2010 Guidelines on child-friendly justice of the Council of Europe.
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This article is based on a presentation given at the conference Child-friendly justice organised by ERA in cooperation with the Law Society of Northern Ireland on 7–8 March 2013 in Belfast.
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Tuite, M. The way forward: the implementation of the EU Agenda for the rights of the child. ERA Forum 14, 543–556 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-013-0320-1
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