Overview
- During a visit to the Potsdam district court, Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig called for improved safeguards for minors who testify.
- Brandenburg has piloted a child‑appropriate interview room since 2024 where statements are recorded and later shown in main hearings to spare children from facing the accused.
- Interviews take place in a setting tailored to children, often with a trusted companion present, and are supported by psychosocial process accompaniment.
- Authorities plan to introduce similar rooms at additional courts in Brandenburg following the model's trial phase.
- Hubig, drawing on her past experience as a judge, stressed preventing retraumatization and reviewed the room's design and technology alongside state justice minister Benjamin Grimm.