The FNUJA – National Federation of Young Lawyers’ Unions, meeting in Congress in Grenoble from May 13 to 16, 2026, follows in the footsteps of the CGLPL – General Controller of places of deprivation of liberty and a number of caregivers, by demanding in a motion the establishment of a legal status for children hospitalized in psychiatry. Excerpts.
The FNUJA DEMANDS the establishment of a legal status for children hospitalized in psychiatryapplicable both to children admitted to psychiatric care without consent and to those admitted to “free care” by decisions of its
legal representatives or the children’s judge, in order to guarantee effective respect for their dignity and rights
and fundamental freedoms;
She CALLS FOR a reform of the public health code providing for:
● The mandatory delivery of written, adapted and accessible information to the hospitalized child about their
rights and remedies upon admission,
● The systematic collection of the child’s wishes upon admission, as long as they are able to express their wishes
will, whatever their age,
● The establishment of systematic judicial control, by the magistrate in charge of control of
depriving and restrictive measures of freedoms in the field of care without consent, for any
psychiatric hospitalization of a child, within a maximum of 12 days following hospitalization, and
compulsory assistance or representation by a lawyer;
● The absolute prohibition of the use of isolation and restraint for children,
● the ban on the reception of any child in adult care services,
● The effective guarantee of the right to education during the period of hospitalization,
● The appointment of an ad hoc administrator in the event of conflict of interests between the child and his or her
legal representatives
Read the motion
