1The competent bodies in cases involving the child victim and/or witness, shall be particularly careful in order:

ato treat the child victim or witness of the criminal offence with care, kindness and sensitivity which respect their dignity throughout the process, considering their personal situation and immediate and special needs, age, gender, disabilities, where applicable, and maturity;

bto protect privacy of the child victim or witness. Interference in the private life of the child, if necessary, must be at the lowest possible level defined by the law in order to ensure the necessary evidence of the criminal process;

cto take all the measures to bind any participant administering justice for children, who has information concerning the child victim or witness, to maintain confidentiality of the entire information obtained in the course of duty and/or during performance of duty;

çto publish information about the identity of the child witness or victim only upon permission of the court.

2The rules concerning intimate and medical check-up of the child victim or witness are foreseen in article 82 of this Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, provided it does not contradict this Code.

3Violation of paragraph 1, letter “c” of this article shall constitute a criminal offence according to the Criminal Code.