The LA Child project publishes guidelines to improve legal aid for children in conflict with the law

In the past month of October, the LA Child project published guidelines on legal aid for children in conflict with the law, which offer a series of recommendations and best practices aimed at supporting the work of professionals who have an impact on legal assistance for young people throughout the EU.

In the words of Benoît Van Keirsbilck, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and director of Defence for Children International Belgium, this guide “demonstrates sufficiently that one does not improvise oneself as a ‘child´s lawyer’ and that this function is certainly much more complex than many other services provided by lawyers.”