CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS

Aras Kramar, Slađana

doi:10.25234/dosd/36809

Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2025.

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CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS

Slađana Aras Kramar orcid.org/0000-0002-8908-775X ; Pravni fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Trg Republike Hrvatske 14, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska

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APA 6th Edition

Aras Kramar, S. (2025). CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS. Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, 2 (2), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/36809

MLA 8th Edition

Aras Kramar, Slađana. "CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS." Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, vol. 2, br. 2, 2025, str. 39-56. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/36809. Citirano 11.07.2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Aras Kramar, Slađana. "CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS." Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu 2, br. 2 (2025): 39-56. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/36809

Harvard

Aras Kramar, S. (2025). 'CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS', Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, 2(2), str. 39-56. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/36809

Vancouver

Aras Kramar S. CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS. Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu [Internet]. 2025 [pristupljeno 11.07.2026.];2(2):39-56. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/36809

IEEE

S. Aras Kramar, "CHILD AND FAMILY DISPUTE: ON THE METHOD OF EXERCISEOF FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS", Dijete i obitelj u suvremenom društvu, vol.2, br. 2, str. 39-56, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.25234/dosd/36809

Sažetak

The aim of the paper is to analyse the methods of exercising a child’s right to express his or her views in Croatian law, taking into account the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Child-Friendly Justice, as well as the normative frameworks and practices of selected European countries (Germany, the Netherlands, and England). The paper also discusses the child’s right to a special representative in procedural legal situations involving disputes between parents on matters of parental care. The focus of the analysis is on theoretical issues and on practical aspects of implementation, particularly with regard to the scope and content of the actions undertaken by the special guardian as the child’s representative. A central question addressed is whether the special guardian represents the child’s best interests or the child’s expressed views. Research shows that children are marginalised by advocating the principle of the best interests of the child, which is often invoked to prevent the child from being heard altogether. The final part of the paper presents a summary synthesis of the main research results and certain projections for the future aimed at f approaching a justice system that is genuinely child-friendly. In the Croatian context, if the expert teams of the Croatian Institute for Social Work are to be guided by the best interests of the child, they should adopt an interpretation consistent with international and European standards on participatory rights of the child, that the special guardian, acting as the child’s representative, represents the child’s views and conveys them to the court.