Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027) of the Council of Europe took place in Rome, organised by the Council along with the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers.
This new strategy lays out six primary objectives, one of which is “child-friendly justice for all children”. The strategy breaks down a series of key challenges and measures with respect to this objective, both to successfully implement the current standards and to foster new advances in child-friendly justice. Similarly, it also focuses on ways to facilitate the participation of children themselves in this process.
The launch event represented a valuable opportunity for numerous high-level representatives of EU Member States and of other international organisations to express their commitment to the Strategy, additionally introducing their respective visions with respect to the implementation of the rights of the child in the next six years.
Among the participants there were Ombudspersons, civil society representatives and international experts in this field, as well as young people from different member states of the Council of Europe who had contributed to the preparation of the Strategy.