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
News Online 9 March 2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF
In the framework of the joint Council of Europe - European Union Structural Reform Support Programme (DG REFORM) project âSupport the Implementation of Barnahus/Childrenâs House in Sloveniaâ phase II,
a Virtual Study Tour for members
of the Slovenian Parliament
took place on 9 March 2021. The aim of the study tour
was to raise awareness of the lawmakers on existing Barnahus good practices and models in view of the Slovenian Law on Barnahus being tabled currently in the parliament.
The representatives of the Slovenian authorities had the chance to get in-depth knowledge about the models in Norway, Iceland and Linköping (Sweden). The Leaders of these three Barnahuses made an overview of the legal basis, structure and fun