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Eurochild convention marks 20 years of fighting for child rights
Child poverty led the agenda at the annual convention of Eurochild, the European Union’s leading child rights umbrella organisation.Read more![swisscurfew](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/swisscurfew-128x128.jpg)
Swiss town’s night curfew on children ‘violates their rights’
Children’s charity UNICEF says a night-time curfew imposed on youngsters by a Swiss town is a violation of their basic rights.Read more![53788806383_c7804ef3c0_c](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53788806383_c7804ef3c0_c-128x128.jpg)
European Child Guarantee – what has it delivered so far?
Children’s rights regulators from across the EU have met in Brussels to mark the third anniversary of the European Child Guarantee and highlight the work being done in all their respective countries.Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RomachildrenCoE-128x128.png)
The International Day for the Protection of Children
The Council of Europe (CoE) marked the International Day for the Protection of Children (1 June), which is observed in several countries, by reiterating its commitment to protecting children’s rights and wellbeing, both in the...Read more![I love Europe](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/I-love-Europe-e1529915283131-128x128.jpg)
Historic EU directive puts onus on large companies to focus children’s rights
Large companies operating in the European Union face could be sued or fined if they fail to consider child rights when doing their ‘due diligence’ in their global supply chains.Read more![European_Court_of_Human_Rights](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/European_Court_of_Human_Rights-128x128.jpg)
Belgian school religious symbol ban ‘does not breach child rights’
A European court has ruled that a Belgian regional ban on religious symbols in schools does not breach children’s rights.Read more![fireearthCOP27](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fireearthCOP27-128x128.jpg)
US judge throws out youth-led climate lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by 18 young people who claim the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discriminates against children by issuing permits for fossil fuel projects that release too many climate-warming pollutants. District Judge...Read more![I love Europe](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/I-love-Europe-e1529915283131-128x128.jpg)
EU border officials given new guidance on protecting migrant children
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![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RomachildrenCoE-128x128.png)
Council of Europe takes stock of work protecting children’s rights since 2022
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![CouncilofEuropemigrantsshutterstock](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CouncilofEuropemigrantsshutterstock-128x128.jpg)
New guidance for EU border officials on protecting migrant children
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![MassachusettsPollution](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/MassachusettsPollution-128x128.webp)
EPA pollution permission discriminates against kids, new climate lawsuit says
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) The...Read more![COP28](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/COP28-128x128.png)
‘A seat at the table with our voices heard’ – what children want COP28 to deliver
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![52049375958_fafb0c1512_c](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/52049375958_fafb0c1512_c-128x128.jpg)
Eurochild General Assembly – membership now tops 200
Eurochild, the EU’s leading child rights umbrella organisation, now has no fewer than 200 members spanning 40 countries.Read more![childrightsshutterstock](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/childrightsshutterstock-128x128.png)
Six ways children’s rights can help create a cleaner, healthier planet for all
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![_DSC7108_landscape](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UN0584692-128x128.jpg)