Issue description:
Twenty years after the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by all EU countries, Children in Europe celebrates the anniversary and asks what has this meant in Europe, examining successes and failures in making the Convention a reality for Europe's children.
It asks Maalfrid Grude Flekkoy - the world's first ombudsman for children, together with the UK's children's commissioners, to reflect on what is required to make children's rights meaningful at a local, national and EU level. And it looks at a new player in the rights field, the EU itself which after many years of ignoring children has now committed to promote and protect children's rights.
Contents:
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: a short guide
The Norweigan Ombudsman- a first for children
The Brazilian Constitution: another first for children
Children in Europe- with rights
Children's voices on children's rights
Poverty of participation: listening to young children in Belgium
Living and learning children's rights: from national to local in Croatia
The art of promoting children's rights in Greece
Let's give voice to children: listening to children in Poland
Children's natural rights