United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (2013), para. 158
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(b) Enabling children who are detained, arrested, suspected or accused of, or charged with a criminal offence to contact their parents or guardians at once and prohibiting any interviewing of a child in the absence of his or her lawyer or other legal aid provider, and parent or guardian when available, in the best interests of the child;