@incollection{01HGFK7BNDW5V8H2FDDQM8JZ3C,
  abstract     = {{When unaccompanied minors or families with minor children obtain a negative decision on their asylum application in Belgium, they can appeal at the Council for Alien Law Litigation (CALL). Each year, several hundreds of children and young people visit the CALL premises in Brussels for an oral hearing with the judge. Some children merely accompany their parents without taking up an active role in the procedure, others are also heard by the judge. This chapter aims to inspire legal institutions worldwide to install a system of child-friendly justice in appellate asylum cases involving minors. To that end, empirical data from a legal ethnography at the CALL are critically analysed through the lens of children’s human rights. The reader is taken on a virtual guided tour of the CALL premises, with a focus on the spatial aspects of courtrooms and waiting areas. During the tour, the reader meets seven young people between 11 and 15 years old who have recently navigated an appeal procedure at the CALL and share their experiences. Based on these observations, the chapter concludes with a set of recommendations that could help reconcile the spatial and communicative experiences of migrant children with their human rights in legal procedures.}},
  author       = {{Lembrechts, Sara}},
  booktitle    = {{Courtroom ethnography : exploring contemporary approaches, fieldwork and challenges}},
  editor       = {{Flower, Lisa and Klosterkamp, Sarah}},
  isbn         = {{9783031379840}},
  keywords     = {{children's rights,child friendly justice,asylum law,asylum procedures,courtroom,ethnography,MIGR,HRC}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{145--160}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{Towards child-friendly asylum justice}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37985-7}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

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