Stručni rad
BARNAHUS – Children's house in Slovenia; Comprehensive concept of treatment of a child victim of sexual abuse in the criminal proceedings
Neža Miklič
; Police Academy, Police College, Ministry of the Interior, Slovenia
Sažetak
In 2022, the first children's house the primary goal of which is the comprehensive treatment
of child victims or witnesses of criminal offences, will begin operating in Slovenia. The newly
formed Protection of Children in Criminal Procedure and their Comprehensive Treatment in
children's House Act stipulates that a forensic interview with a child victim of a sexual offence
shall be conducted in the Children’s house with the assistance of an appropriate expert for criminal
proceedings or in cases of urgent pre-trial investigation. (Miklič, 2021a) Thus, the criminal
proceedings are aimed at avoiding additional unnecessary interrogations and thus causing
victimisation due to the proceedings themselves and approaching the welfare of the injured child.
(Miklič,2021b)
Despite the proximity of the opening, the professional public is not adequately acquainted
with the European concept of Barnahus, which will be approached by the first children's house in
Slovenia in its operating model. Due to the lack of key information, misconceptions and unrealistic
expectations have formed, which will complicate the idea of the children’s house operation for a
child who would need treatment in the children's house at the stage of disclosure of abuse and at
the time of reporting to the competent authorities, and for experts who daily meet children, victims
of abuse, as well as for professionals employed in the house.
Ključne riječi
Barnahus; children’s house; investigation; forensic interview; criminal proceedings; urgent pre-trail investigation
Hrčak ID:
265889
URI
Datum izdavanja:
18.11.2021.
Posjeta: 394 *