Covid-19 has had a huge impact on society globally. By April 2021, one million people in Europe had died due to the Covid-19 virus. Although research has confirmed that deaths of children from Covid-19 are rare, governments in many states, nations an

ENOC Position Statement on « Violations of the Human Rights of Children on the Move in the context of pushbacks » Adopted by the ENOC 25th General Assembly, 29 September 2021 Find the Statement here. The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children

Open Letter of support to the Human Rights Defender Armenia in the context of a proposed amendment to the constitutional law on the Human Rights Defender 12 April 2021 Dear Mr. Mirzoyan, The Human Rights Defender (HRD) of Armenia is a full member of

15 February 2021 We, the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC), strongly calls on the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to adopt the European Commission’s proposed temporary derogation to the ePrivacy Directive, which woul

ENOC is looking for an expert to support its 2021 thematic work on « COVID-19: learning for the future », with the aim of assessing the impact of states’ responses to COVID-19 on children’s rights in Europe. In collaboration with ENOC, the contracted

ENOC is looking for an expert on children’s rights with extensive knowledge on Child Rights Impact Assessment to lead and support its joint initiative with UNICEF on a multi country impact assessment of COVID-19 states’ measures on childr

In 2020 ENOC mainly focused on the topic of Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) by exploring how and to what extent CRIAs have been developed and conducted in the different ENOC member countries and regions. The work on CRIA has been led by the Off

The COVID-19 pandemic has confronted us with an unprecedented situation that has affected and will continue to deeply affect children’s lives worldwide. In its Statement on Children’s Rights in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, ENOC and its membe

Open Letter on the emergency situation of migrant children trapped in camps at the border between Greece and Turkey and on the Greek Islands As we are facing an unprecedented health crisis and as COVID-19 infiltrates every aspect of our lives we shou

While we all try to adjust to an unprecedented situation affecting countries worldwide, Ombudspersons and Commissioners for Children across Europe face a new challenge: how to continue upholding children’s rights in the current context of restr