We are dismayed by the veto of EU Child Rights Strategy at yesterday’s meeting of EU Justice Ministers.
All 27 EU countries have signed up to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Children’s rights are indivisible and cannot be cherry-picked. All rights belong to all children.
We count on the French EU Presidency to gather support of all EU Countries and commit the EU Council to protecting rights of the child.
Eurochild celebrated the European Commission’s proposal of the EU Strategy of the Rights of the Child earlier this year. It is a strong comprehensive framework for the protection of the rights of the child. In particular, it took account of the voices of children themselves.
Learn more about the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the children’s consultation
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