Abstract

CARRETTA MUNOZ, Francesco. Lights and shadows of the Gesell chambers in the justice of the chilean family. rev.ces derecho [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.1, pp.118-142. ISSN 2145-7719.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesder.9.1.7.

This text explores the problems that have arisen in the Chilean family justice with the implementation of special rooms -called Gesell- to listen to children in a confidential hearing. These relate to the fact that the resource may not be being used optimally by its operators, for a number of reasons ranging from its genesis to the lack of a uniform protocol for its use. The investigation is gestated with the starting point is a qualitative study based on interviews with family judges in Chile.

Keywords : Salas Gesell; the right of the child to be heard; family court proceedings and childhood.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )