News Strasbourg 6 April 2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF
26 March 2021, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Law on Child Protection in Criminal Proceeding and their comprehensive treatment in Barnahus (
Zakon o zaščiti otrok v kazenskem postopku in njihovi celoviti obravnavi v otroškem domu), or the Barnahus Law, the first of its kind in Europe. The Law was approved unanimously by 83 present MPs.
The law defines the framework for setting up the first Barnahus or Children’s House in the country in 2021. Moreover, it underlines the Republic of Slovenia’s commitment to strengthen and uphold the protection of children against any forms of violence in line with international standards and obligations, including the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of