DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide Specific group: Foreign nationals children CHECK: ʺʺ Specific information and access to lawyer / legal assistance and to interpretation, translation of official documents, existence of information (including internal rules, complaint mechanisms Guidelines, etc.) in a language of the child understanding CRC 37.d, 40.2.b.ii | RAJJ 7.1, 15 | BOP 11, 17-18 | GPJD 7.1, 15.1 | RPJDL 18.a, 24, 60-61, 78 | CRC - GC No 10 §49, 52, 81, 82, 92 | SMR 120 | ECHR 6 | EPR 23.1-6, 37.4, 98 | ERJO 105.4, 120.1-120.3 | GCFJ IV.C.28, 30, IV.D.2.37, 39, 41, IV.E.75, 77, V.d, f, §8, 46, 67, 101, 103, 104 | CPT/Inf (2009)27, IV, 97 | CPT/Inf (2015)1, V, 98 | ECtHR Dushka v. Ukraine (No 29175/04); Salduz v. Turkey [GC] (No 36391/02); Soykan v. Turkey (No 47368/99); Panovits v. Cyprus (No 4268/04); Adamkiewic v. Poland (No 54729/00) C. (POLICE) CUSTODY, PREVENTIVE DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY, REMAND, ETC. Is the deprivation of liberty of children in custody, on remand (before being tried) limited to exceptional circumstances for the shortest possible duration and is it respectful of the presumption of innocence and of the dignity and personal integrity? ASK: Director | Staff | Children OBSERVE: ʺʺ The room where the child is held, see its size, the equipment and material conditions ʺʺ The overall environment of the facility, see whether there are only children or children and adults, if there boys and girls, younger and older children, on remand and convicted, etc. CHECK: ʺʺ Individual file, see the duration of the child stay, medical record ʺʺ Duration, see whether the duration is prolonged beyond 24 hours ʺʺ Location, see whether the facilities are adapted to children; whether children are separated from adults and from convicted children 96