Publications

At the Crossroads of child-centred criminal and welfare proceedings

At the Crossroads is a legal briefing which explores the considerations for when criminal justice proceedings intersect with child protection proceedings in cases, particularly when they involve child victims of violence. Experience shows that there is a need for close collaboration among stakeholders and professionals involved in both child protection and criminal justice proceedings in order to identify opportunities for both immediate and more long-term change.

Child participation tool

To facilitate Barnahus and similar setups to hear about how children experience their service, PROMISE has developed a Child Participation Tool. The tool focuses on the child’s experience of Barnahus, including the travel to Barnahus, their experience in Barnahus, coming home from Barnahus and potential follow up or mid-to-long term treatment in Barnahus or by a mobile Barnahus team.

Interagency agreement template and guidance

This Template and Guidance offers inspiration for drafting an interagency agreement, which formalizes multidisciplinary and interagency (MDIA) team collaboration between agencies involved in Barnahus. It is based on the Barnahus Quality Standards, notably standard number 2, and is inspired by interagency agreements from Barnahus in Europe and Child Advocacy Centers in the United States.

Considerations for evidence recording at the Barnahus

There is much more to recording interviews at a Barnahus than setting up a system and hitting record. To best perform its role, a Barnahus must comply with local/international rules and regulations of evidence recording, and be able to produce a recorded interview that holds up to scrutiny in court.

Compendium of Law & Guidance relevant for Barnahus

Policy makers, legal, social and law enforcement professionals and stakeholders can use this compendium, alone and with the other PROMISE resources, to link their work with the relevant legal provisions for child victims and witnesses of violence at European Union (EU), regional and international level.

Enabling Child-Sensitive Justice – the success story of Barnahus in Europe (2017)

Enabling Child-Sensitive Justice (2017) is an overview of how the Barnahus model has emerged and gradually expanded in Europe. It documents how government officials, practitioners, advocates and entrepreneurs have promoted the model, unyielding even when confronted with doubts, obstacles and adversities. It analyses how they succeeded in this process and identifies the principle factors and dynamics that enabled them to innovate practice.

Advocacy tool for promoting progress on Barnahus in Europe

This guidance aims to help you develop national and regional advocacy strategies to promote progress on Barnahus. It discusses what progress means and looks at where we are today in Europe. It provides a step by step approach to creating an advocacy pathway in your country and sets out calls for action for key stakeholders such as Governments, authorities and agencies, services providers and advocates.

Involving children in case management

Offering professionals in Barnahus and similar models, food for thought for safe and meaningful child participation in case management.

Promise Procedural Safeguards Resources

The Promise Resources on Procedural Safeguards gather information, experience and reflections on the application of procedural safeguards for child victims required under EU law during criminal investigations and court proceedings in Barnahus.