Our demand for child-friendly hearings
The participation of the child is likewise the focus of the latest edition of “undKinder” magazine from the Marie Meierhofer Institute for the Child (MMI). Our guest article takes a detailed and comprehensive look at the topic from a legal perspective. We tackle the most important points of the article “Schutz des Kindes durch Partizipation” (Protecting children through participation) and present them to you over the course of three blog articles.
Children are complete people
«Kinder sind ganze Menschen» – Children are complete people – is the title of the latest edition of “undKinder” magazine from the Marie Meierhofer Institute for the Child (MMI). The edition is devoted to the topic of participation and we have contributed a guest article titled “Protecting children through participation”. In our previous blog post we discussed participation as a concept and process. This time, we would like to focus on the best interest of the child.
Protection through participation
Every year in Switzerland, over 100,000 children and young people come into contact with the legal system. All of them have the right to participation. Far too often, however, this right is disregarded and children and young people are not heard when decisions that affect them are being made.
For us, every day is Children's Rights Day
Dilan has known for a long time that he wants to live with his father. Since his parents separated, he has lived with his mother and her boyfriend. There are constant arguments at home, the new partner has rejected Dilan and has acted violently. Often, lots of alcohol is involved. Caught in the middle is Dilan, and he is only 9 years old. How can he assert himself against his mother’s wishes and move in with his father?