National Network for Children
The juvenile justice system offers mainly punitive measures, but not enough restorative practices. With punishments and institutionalization, our country often produces young people with persistent antisocial behavior, missing out on[…]
The second edition of the LexTalks legal discussion forum of the National Network for Children and the Legal Aid Network of the NNC is coming up. LexTalks 2023: CRIME AND[…]
At the beginning of 2023, the Legal Aid Network of the National Network for Children, through the international coalition Eurochild, initiated the filing of a collective action against Bulgaria before the[…]
Should tech companies, online digital platforms and social networks continue to apply end-to-end encryption on their platforms to protect the privacy of their users or should they be obliged to[…]
To help civil society organisations, experts working with children, state structures, and activists, the National Network for Children has just published the document “The rights of child human rights defenders:[…]
From July 24 to August 1, 2023, the coordinator of the Network for Legal Aid to the National Network for Children participated in a professional legal exchange in the USA[…]
On 5 July 2023, the National Assembly Committee on Labour, Social and Demographic Policy voted FOR the draft law amending and supplementing the Family Code, aimed at reforming the adoption[…]
The National Network for Children won a case under the Access to Public Information Act against the Ministry of Health. The subject of the lawsuit is the Ministry’s response to[…]
On June 23, 2023, within the “Justice” panel of the Annual Meeting of the National Network for Children, the Legal Aid Network (LAN) of the NCD presented its achievements from[…]
On May 30, 2023, the Legal Aid Network participated in a regular session of the Council for the Implementation of the Updated Strategy for Continuing the Judicial Reform. The subject[…]
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued a decision in the case of A.S.E against Bulgaria (A.S.E v. Bulgaria; complaint no. 53891/20), in which the Network for Legal[…]
On May 16-17, the National Network for Children participated in informational meetings in Brussels with dozens of civil organizations from all over Europe, implementing projects under the EU programs DAPHNE[…]
In April of this year, changes to Instruction No. 8121з-78/24.01.2015 on the procedure for detention came into effect.
The National Network for Children and the Legal Aid Network of the National Network for Children were heard during a session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the[…]
The Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) has issued new guidelines to municipalities prohibiting the publication of detailed information about individuals who have been subject to “public reprimand.”
The project will also support the implementation of the National Program for the Prevention of Violence and Child Abuse
Experts from National Network for Children and its Legal Aid Network were invited by the State Agency for Child Protection to become part of the interdepartmental working group “Prevention of[…]
The forum will again bring together lawyers and experts in the field of children’s rights from all over the country
New report finds 33% of European countries can prosecute children above the age of criminal responsibility for offences committed while under the age of criminal responsibility.
Together to #ENDviolence Solution Summit Series Ending corporal punishment of children: two high-level conferences Corporal punishment – always a breach of children’s human rights – is the most common form[…]
The National Unified Register on Violence against Children project aims to support and improve data collection on violence against children in Bulgaria. It is implemented in partnership by the National[…]
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The child participation guarantees children rights and suppose that children not only share their opinions freely, but also they are active participants in community and social processes, related to child-adult bonding, to acquire communication competence and to empower children.
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The National Network for Children’s annual report evaluates as in school whether the government and administration have fulfilled their commitments to the children in the last year.
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The National Network for Children founded the Golden Apple Awards to distinguish the contribution of public figures, ordinary people and organization, working to improve Bulgarian children live and welfare.
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The Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign aims to support national efforts to develop child protection systems that strengthen families and ensure high-quality family and community-based alternative care for children, by leveraging EU funding and policy and building capacity in civil society.
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The main objective of the project, funded by the Velux Foundation, is to establish four Centers for children’s rights and piloting services aimed at children in conflict and in contact with the law.
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Help us to build the House for Children. It will be a new, modern, contemporary House for Children from across the country. A place for events and training center for development of skills that will be needed TOMORROW in order our children to be successful people and leaders.
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Following the best practices in Iceland, the project aims to pilot comprehensive program of care in 3 countries – Bulgaria, Portugal, Cyprus in direction of recognition and empowerment of children and their parents and authorities leaving out the position of inert following the pattern of violence and initiate a process of self-awareness of personal own value of the youngest members of our society.
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The foster care is an opportunity for children, deprived of own parents care to grow up in a family environment, to establish an emotional bond with the foster parents, to adopt social behavior models and to develop their potential to live independently.
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