The rights of children as they move across the frontiers of Europe are the focus of a new paper aimed at border officials.
Children in Migration, Fundamental rights at European borders summarises the main safeguards of...Read more
Freedom from violence for all children, equal opportunities and social inclusion, access to technologies and their safe use, child-friendly justice and child participation.
Adopted just over two years ago, on 23 February 2022, these the key objectives of the Council of Europe Strategy for the...Read more
The rights of children as they move across the frontiers of Europe are the focus of a new paper aimed at border officials.
Children in Migration, Fundamental rights at European borders summarises the main safeguards of...Read more
A group of 18 young California residents has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for ‘intentionally’ discriminating against American children by allowing the release of dangerous levels of climate change-causing greenhouse gas pollution (Reuters)
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As world leaders prepare to debate the future of the planet at COP28, children and young people have already made clear their priority needs – better education and a say in policies affecting their lives.Read more
A concentration of greenhouse gases, rising sea levels, and warming, acidifying oceans – these represent a clear threat to children’s health, and even their right to life. The UN World Meteorological Organisation warned recently of...Read more
“Each year on November 20, we mark World Children’s Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty...Read more
European Parliament members have come together to agree on a proposed EU regulation ensuring parental rights are recognised across the EU independently from how a child is born.Read more
With thousands of children now either killed, injured or homeless, children’s charity UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, and for sustained and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance.
Over the past 18...Read more
As we count down to our eagerly-awaited Child in the City World Conference in Brussels in November, child professionals from across the globe are preparing to join us and share their knowledge.Read more
KidsRights, the global children’s rights advocate, is using ‘edutainment’ to try and help young children actively help to change their own futures.Read more
Children’s charity UNICEF says that by the end of 2022, a record 43.3 million children lived in ‘forced displacement’. Put another way, they have been abruptly removed from their homes.Read more
Soaring global temperatures are harming the health of our children, restricting their education and making them anxious about the future, says the Save the Children charity.Read more