Article 4 establishes the right of the victim to understand and to be understood. This right includes investigative and other preliminary stages. Communication with the victim have to be in a clear, simple and accessible language. Despite this, if the victim is under guardianship the communication will be held with his or her guardian or support person. In addition, the victim may be accompanied by a person of his choice from the first contact with authorities and officials. Article 26 establishes measures for victim protection when the victim is a minor or a person with disability in need of special protection. In this case: The statement of the victim during the investigation, will be recorded and it could be reproduced during the trial. The statement could be made with the support of experts. Our Penal Code in article 25 (reviewed in 2015) determines that a person with disability in need of special protection is a person with a disability who, whether or not he has a legal capacity to act, requires assistance or support for the exercise of his legal capacity and for making decisions regarding his person, his rights or interests because of a permanent mental or intellectual impairment. 2.- Do you have examples from your country on: a. how procedural and age-appropiate acommodations are provided and applied including protocols and other guidelines; Plena inclusion Asturias, a member of Plena inclusión, is developing a project with the family court of Oviedo (Juzgados de familia). They are making judicial summons and sentences in easy to read versions, in order to guarantee that the person can understand what the sentence establishes.
Article 4 establishes the right of the victim to understand and to be understood. This right includes investigative and other preliminary stages. Communication with the victim have to be in a clear, simple and accessible language. Despite this, if the victim is under guardianship the communication will be held with his or her guardian or support person. In addition, the victim may be accompanied by a person of his choice from the first contact with authorities and officials. Article 26 establishes measures for victim protection when the victim is a minor or a person with disability in need of special protection. In this case: The statement of the victim during the investigation, will be recorded and it could be reproduced during the trial. The statement could be made with the support of experts. Our Penal Code in article 25 (reviewed in 2015) determines that a person with disability in need of special protection is a person with a disability who, whether or not he has a legal capacity to act, requires assistance or support for the exercise of his legal capacity and for making decisions regarding his person, his rights or interests because of a permanent mental or intellectual impairment. 2.- Do you have examples from your country on: a. how procedural and age-appropiate acommodations are provided and applied including protocols and other guidelines; Plena inclusion Asturias, a member of Plena inclusión, is developing a project with the family court of Oviedo (Juzgados de familia). They are making judicial summons and sentences in easy to read versions, in order to guarantee that the person can understand what the sentence establishes.
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