Justice News

2019 will be the year mostly for the consolidation of results, investing in recurring activities, and to a smaller extent, new ones.

All migrant children and families with children should be housed in non-custodial facilities while their immigration status is processed, MEPs insisted.

The confluence of disability and juvenile justice has not been effectively investigated so far. Hence, the socio-medical committee of CNAPE, the French federation of associations for children, developed a reflection paper on this theme.

The biggest barrier to taking a children’s or human rights approach was seen to be the pervasive anti-human rights agenda and narrative, common amongst some politicians and media.

Special efforts are focused on preventive activities through community service, as well as changing attitudes through campaigns at national, regional and local levels.

The initiative is aimed at promoting the protection of children’s rights, which are among the main priorities of the public mediator.

The project is implemented by the National Network for Children with the financial support of the Velux Foundation.

  The occurrence of abuse and neglect of children in care institutions in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Caucasus has been known to governments for decades, yet few survivors[…]

These same principles are part of the international standards of juvenile justice, as described in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. They are also the main starting point in the reforms set out in the Roadmap for implementation of updated strategy for continuing the judiciary reform.

A special effort of the Hubs will be directed to prevention activities with accent on child abuse, by providing community support services.

The Committee members discussed the child rights situation in Bulgaria.

Our analysis shows that there are still many areas in which reforms are too slow and the will for change is not enough.

We insist that the document should include activity confirming the state’s commitment to close the social – pedagogic boarding schools and to reform homes for temporary accommodation of children and a clear plan on how it will happen in time.

The meeting aimed to open space for discussion and to follow up the progress and development of key NNC themes of advocacy in the field of education and juvenile justice.

The execution of such forum gives Bulgaria a unique chance to present its experience, practice and knowledge in the protection and promotion of child rights.

An important change is the creation of Council for civil society development.

You’re here because you believe that children’s rights are not just something written on paper or fairy tales but that we should apply them every day to every child. Childhood is a very special period of life in which all children need love, care and protection, to be happy and to grow up as the best adults they can be.

The roundtable was devoted to issues related to the system of juvenile justice in the country and the development of foster care as an alternative means of detention of child offenders.

We demand for protection of the rights and minimal standards for foreigners with status of refugees and recognition of the rights of persons, who have received the status of refugee, humanitarian status or temporary protection to benefit family allowances for children.

The agreement aims at improving the cooperation and integration between the both institutions. This will be achieved through periodic information exchange, needed to implement and develop the state policy for child protection, to plan adequate measures and activities to ensure children rights respect.