EU’s Human Rights Commissioner: children are the future of any society
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights has used his latest quarterly report to press home the message that children ‘are the future of any society’. Nils Muižnieks is the human rights figurehead of the...Read more
EU ‘toolkit’ to engage young people in decision-making
Eurochild, an EU-supported network of children’s rights champions, has published a new ‘toolkit’ aimed at helping involve children and young people in the decision-making processes affecting their lives. It is likely to be particularly useful for...Read more
Child rights bodies call for new approach to EU migrant detention
A number of children’s rights advocacy bodies have joined a group of 53 organisations across Europe in raising concerns over proposed new Council of Europe rules for the administrative detention of migrants. The group says that a fundamentally...Read more