Finding the right balance between promoting children’s right to participate in procedures that affect their lives and protecting them from harm remains a challenge in the field of justice. Member States address this in various ways, including by setting minimum age requirements for certain...

Starting from the concept of harmonious development, children's needs, love and protection in a stable family environment, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, support services provided by the state, both for them and for their families, it becomes essential for the state to intervene...