The project embeds a child rights-based approach into national judicial systems to ensure children are heard and can participate meaningfully in legal proceedings, especially in cases of sexual abuse and exploitation. It will build the capacity of 400 justice professionals - judges, prosecutors, lawyers, police inspectors, and psychologists - through trauma-informed, gender-sensitive, and inclusive training. Tools and processes will be co-designed with children, incorporating their lived realities. The project fosters cross-border learning and systemic change, aiming for long-term sustainability through institutional integration and policy uptake. How these are achieved Key activities include coordination, ethical and legal compliance, and risk management; needs assessment through lifeworld analysis, legal mapping, and identification of trauma-informed gaps. The project promotes effective implementation of child-friendly justice principles, aligned with the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, Directive 2012/29/EU, Directive 2011/93/EU, and the Lanzarote Convention. Portugal will serve as a test bed for piloting participatory tools, training approaches, and institutional practices that can be scaled across Member States. By training justice professionals and involving children in design and evaluation, the project reinforces child participation, institutional capacity, and the EU’s goals for inclusive, rights-based justice systems.

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