A confiabilidade da escuta da criança como prova da verdade judicial

Abstract

In this paper, an observation is made on the reliability of the listening of a child as evidence of judicial truth. For this, it starts from a historical legal rescue that explains the evolution of the concept of childhood until it reaches the actual definition, which attributes to the child the characteristics of being a subject of rights and a being in development, and entitled to full protection. As a part of its rights, they conquered the right of its voice, the right of manifesting and being heard, even on the legal scope. In order for this to happen, different listening methods were employed, which each have different techniques, purposes and professionals. From this, the way in which children are being heard is questioned through considerations about how this voice is being received in judicial processes involved by an idea of truth that can be harmful. It reflects over the reception of the narrative of the children, about their place over the making of decisions and over the violences that might be present when being heard, searching for the judicial truth