Two years after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty [2009], the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’) has become a point of reference commonly used in the development of EU policies. The Charter is of great interest not

This report deals with the response of political institutions to the obligations to children which followed from the adoption by the UN of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. In the two succeeding decades there have been considerable differ

In February 2010 TNS Qual+ conducted a Qualitative Eurobarometer study on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Justice amongst young people in all 27 Member States of the EU. The study consisted of 170 focus groups and looked at the

Recent years have witnessed widespread acknowledgement in both academic and policy circles that children deserve a special focus in poverty measurement. It is now generally accepted that children have different basic needs from adults and are harder hit,

An agenda for reinforcing children's rights in the EU by putting the principles included in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights into action. It lists 11 actions that the Commission will take over the next years to protect children’s rights, including p

This is the first EU-wide survey to ask immigrant and ethnic minority groups about their experiences of discrimination and criminal victimisation in everyday life. In total- 23,500 immigrant and ethnic minority people were surveyed in face-to-face questio

This survey (Flash Eurobarometer 235: The Rights of the Child) was conducted to determine how much young people aged 15-18 years knew about the Rights of the Child, the extent to which these rights were protected and which actions should be taken as a pri

This Flash Eurobarometer survey on “The Rights of the Child” (No 273) requested by the Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security, was carried out in May 2009, and is part of a trend survey. The results of the previous wave were published in 20

This report is divided into two parts. Part 1 explores key challenges facing children in the EU today. It also describes the EU’s current approach to children, and identifies a number of weaknesses, including limited legal bases in the EU treaties, relati

This book documents the experiences, achievements, limitations and recommendations of FREELAVA, a local non-governmental organisation, in piloting a community-based diversion programme in Cebu City, the Philippines. The diversion programme seeks to preven

The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the legal and political status of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) in the EU-countries and in Norway. The main focus will be those EU-countries, plus Norway, which has submitted their S