WP3 PROCEDURAL JUSTICE ACROSS INSTITUTIONS AND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Leader: Ingrid Rindal Lundeberg; Co-leader: Heidi Moen Gjersøe
Researchers: Bjørn Hallstein Holte, Torbjørn Gundersen and Halvor Hanisch

WP3 is founded on the conviction that the services and institutions to be examined within PATHWAYS are not solely subject to national legislation, but also deeply rooted in human rights frameworks such as the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. WP3 will investigate these interacting services as manifestations of human rights protection and analyse movements between services, services interactions and discretionary decisions as matters of procedural justice (Tyler, 2016). WP3 will focus on three situations where procedural justice comes into play: (i) the role of NAV and child welfare services at the point of transitions and aftercare; (ii) decisive encounters in the correctional justice chain; (iii) encounters in respite care where justice is brought into question. Given the emphasis on procedural justice, WP3 highlights young individuals’ ability to participate in the decisions shaping their lives. In doing so WP3 will illuminate procedural blind spots and contribute towards a more equitable access to justice for children and young people.