Justice and Consumers

This video highlights the progress in the implementation of the EU Strategy on the rights of the child. The Commission has put in play many actions announced in the 2021 Strategy. This aims to ensure the protection of all children, puts forward actions to better protect all children to help them fulfil their rights and to place them right at the centre of EU policy making.

This video shows how a group of young people from a school in Dublin, Ireland, contributed to the creation of Your Digital Principles by advising on the language, visual style and some examples used in the booklet.

The European Commission published two new sets of guidelines for education policymakers and for school leaders and educators respectively, to help them address the challenges related to wellbeing and mental health of both young people and teachers.

The webinar takes place on 26 June, from 9:30 to 10:30. The European Commission (DG EAC) - in cooperation with the Belgian Presidency of the Council - will present the results of the pilot data collection on the inclusion of displaced children from Ukraine in EU Member States’ education systems in 2023-2024. Please register before 24 June.

On 26 June, the European School Education Platform will run a webinar on how schools can reduce stress and enhance teacher wellbeing, e.g. through practical strategies that help integrate wellbeing into the daily routines of teachers.

The European Comission published a brochure to highlights EU’s achievements in supporting youth related issues including, education, employment, health, and environmental initiatives since the start of the current European Commission mandate in 2019.

The project is part of the European Child Guarantee Flagship, which facilitates the implementation of concrete actions and policies to prevent and combat child poverty and social exclusion, with specific attention to children experiencing disadvantages. It was supported by the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) and implemented by by the OECD with Ireland’s Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. It provided recommendations to improve the governance, monitoring and evaluation of child and youth policies.

On 3 July, Eurochild will host an international hybrid conference on the topic of mainstreaming children’s rights into decision-making through the use of child rights impact assessments. This conference is part of Eurochild’s EU-funded Building Children’s Futures project, in partnership with Ireland’s leading organisations and government representatives for children rights.

Check out the first newsletter of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC).

Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child (UNCRC) says that children have the right to rest, relax and play. This year, on 11 June, we celebrated the first ever International Day of Play, which aims to champion the importance of children having fun.

In April 2024, the Council of Europe published a Guide to children’s participation in decisions about their health, which aims to provide answers and food for thought and pursues efforts to promote a child-friendly, participatory approach to care and research.