Leave No Child Behind -European Parliament Resolution on Children’s Rights

  Strasbourg 26 November 2019     Today the European Parliament adopted with a strong majority a Resolution on Children’s Rights to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Righ...

1 in 7 of the new Parliament is now a Child Rights Champion!

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No child is born terrorist

  There are hundreds of European children of ISIS/Daesh fighters, living in conflict areas in Syria and Iraq. Some of them are in refugee’s camps facing enormous risks and discrimination, while others are detained in terribl...

European Parliament elections: Citizens urged to vote for children

Brussels – 4 April 2019Interviews available on request Citizens given opportunity to vote for ‘Child Rights Champions’ in European elections. MEP candidates sign to prote...

International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers: Statement of Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, European Parliament Coordinator and Spokesperson on Children’s Rights

A Child is first and foremost a child. On International Day Against the use of Child Soldiers, I think about millions of children whose lives have been shattered by conflicts around the World. Let us not for...

Press statement on the SeaWatch 3 from the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights

The European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights is following with dismay and deep apprehension the situation of 47 people, including 13 unaccompanied children, in the rescue ship SeaWatch 3 stranded in the Mediterranean Sea few miles away from the Sicilian shore, as...