Justice News

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 Strasbourg-based court ruled that the Bulgarian authorities did not violate the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment in its substantive dimension, but that they breached its procedural limb by failing to use all the available investigation mechanisms to shed light on the facts of the case.

The Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography Dubravka Suica sent a letter on behalf of the European Commission to the National Network for Children and all over[…]

This policy brief focuses on children’s rights in justice systems

The event brought together lawyers and jurists from the country working on cases involving children

We, from the National Network for Children and the following partner organizations, sent our agreed position to all a number of ambassadors from the European Union on the draft law[…]

“You Have the Right to Care and Protection!” informs children and young people about their right to live in a supportive family environment

The purpose of the leaflets aimed at parents or legal guardians is to facilitate the right of children in conflict with the law to have their parents or legal guardian informed of the situation they are in

Through this partnership, Dentons has committed to provide Eurochild and its members across Europe with ongoing operational and strategic legal assistance on a pro bono basis.

The directive on special safeguards for children starts to apply

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.