🚨Unaccompanied children must never be placed in asylum border procedures The @icjurists.bsky.social, @savechildreneu.bsky.social & @supportkind.org call on EU Member States to implement the new Asylum Procedures Regulation in a manner that guarantees the rights of children 👉 icj.org/eu-unaccompa...

Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar with Kateřina Radová (Czech Government’s Office before the ECtHR) & Michail Christodoulou (ECtHR Registry), sharing first-hand practical insights on litigation before the @echr.coe.int against the detention of migrant children #EndChildDetention

Today @icjurists.bsky.social held a session in Tashkent on women’s rights, non-discrimination & CEDAW, stressing States’ duty to protect women and girls from violence and to ensure equal access to justice. Launching #16Days of Activism campaign. #WomensRights #CEDAW #HumanRights #Uzbekistan

📢Don’t forget to register for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigation before the ECtHR - Immigration detention and alternatives to detention of children 🗓️ 28 November 🕚 11:00–12:30 CET ✍️ forms.office.com/e/9UDCgJnrHR

Register for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigating children’s rights in immigration detention before the ECtHR. Learn how to bring a case and explore litigation strategies to end detention of migrant children 🗓️28 November 🕚11:00-12:30 CET ✍️ forms.office.com/e/9UDCgJnrHR

On 13-14 November, the @icjurists.bsky.social brought together experts and legal professionals from Austria, Czechia, Malta, the Netherlands and Slovakia to exchange good practices ensuring effective participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings 👉 www.icj.org/eu-children-...

For practical guidance on the rights of persons with disabilities in criminal proceedings, check out the @icjurists.bsky.social & @validityfoundation.bsky.social ’s Model Disability Rights Benchbook: www.icj.org/resource/mod... #ChildVOICE

What are the rights of children with disabilities in legal proceedings? Exploring access to justice and procedural accommodations under international and EU law with Karolína Babická @icjurists.bsky.social & Simona Florescu @validityfoundation.bsky.social #ChildVOICE

Day 2: Spotlights on inclusive strategies & good practices for professionals working with children with disabilities! Participants from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Austria & the Netherlands discuss effective procedural accommodations and remedies #ChildVOICE @icjurists.bsky.social

Day 1 of @icjurists.bsky.social workshop focuses on the need for procedural accommodations for children with disabilities in legal proceedings. Support from intermediaries, interpreters & other professionals ensures that children are heard and can effectively participate #ChildVOICE

Kicking off the @icjurists.bsky.social workshop on inclusive justice for children with disabilities! Practitioners will dive into international legal frameworks and disability-inclusive practices for children in legal proceedings. #ChildVOICE

The @icjurists.bsky.social & @theecre.bsky.social submitted comments to the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to ICJ and ECRE v. Greece case 🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights 👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...

Latvia’s planned withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a worrying step backwards ⚖️The @icjurists.bsky.social warns that a withdrawal would reverse protections for women & girls, undermine Latvia’s compliance with human rights obligations and contradict EU values 🔍 www.icj.org/latvias-plan...

🎥💻🗣️ @icj-eca.bsky.social Join us on the 27th for this webinar on the protection of #children's #rights in the criminal justice system #discrimination #pretrialdetention #childlaw #childrensrights #ChildRightsMatter #ProtectChildren #NoToChildDetention #JusticeForMinors #humanrights #socialjustice

The @icjurists.bsky.social, together with 55 civil society organizations, calls on the @ec.europa.eu to act after Slovakia adopted constitutional amendments undermining EU law, the rule of law, and human rights. Read the open letter: www.icj.org/slovakia-the... #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #Slovakia

How can litigation before the @echr.coe.int protect migrant children from being detained? The @icjurists.bsky.social & @gcrefugees.bsky.social workshop explored strategies and implementation of judgments. Read more: icj.org/eu-litigatin... @hfhrpl.bsky.social @airecentre.bsky.social

How are @echr.coe.int judgements implemented? Participants discuss advocacy at national level to enhance the impact of litigation in the Czech Republic, Belgium, Malta, Greece, Bulgaria, and Poland #EndChildDetention @icjurists.bsky.social @gcrefugees.bsky.social @airecentre.bsky.social

On Day 2, Karolína Babická @icjurists.bsky.social, Nuala Mole @airecentre.bsky.social and Santiago A. Canton @icjurists.bsky.social explored mechanisms to litigate immigration detention of children - the European Committee of Social Rights, the CJEU, UN Treaty Bodies & special procedures

Experts from @echr.coe.int, @icjurists.bsky.social, @gcrefugees.bsky.social, @hfhrpl.bsky.social, @airecentre.bsky.social & Czech Government Office share procedural & strategic know-how on litigating children’s rights in (alternatives to) immigration detention cases 💡Valuable takeaways for lawyers

At today’s workshop, Santiago A. Canton, @icjurists.bsky.social General & former Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, explores the Commission’s jurisprudence on migration and asylum. A comparative approach supporting lawyers fighting child detention🌎🌍

📢 Launch of the @icjurists.bsky.social & @gcrefugees.bsky.social workshop on litigation before the @ecchr.bsky.social 🔎Protecting migrant children from detention & rights violations in alternatives to detention 🚫 #EndChildDetention

Live webinar: Mikiko Otani @icjurists.bsky.social & Isabela Atanasiu @ec.europa.eu shed light on the international legal framework and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration regarding the right of migrant and refugee children to be heard and participate in legal proceedings #ChildVOICE

@icj-eca.bsky.social 📣 Join our webinar on procedural rights of #migrant & #refugee #children in #legal proceedings, where we'll explore intl & #EU frameworks ensuring children’s effective participation. ✍️Get registered: forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag #ChildsRights #VoiceOfTheChild #RightToBeHeard

📣Join us for a webinar on procedural rights of migrant and refugee children in legal proceedings. Together, we will explore international and EU frameworks ensuring their effective participation! 🗓️7 October 🕚11:00-12:30 CET ✍️ forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag #ChildVOICE @icjurists.bsky.social

The @icjurists.bsky.social and partners actively organize exchanges🤝, deliver trainings📚, and produce resources📝 for lawyers, helping them better defend cases of migrant children and protect them against detention #EndChildDetention 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4mj...

📢On 16-17 September, @icjurists.bsky.social hosted a workshop in Brussels. Professionals shared good practices on guardianship, legal aid & child participation to ensure justice systems put children first! #ChildVOICE 👉 www.icj.org/eu-procedura...

Wrapping up with group discussions on how to make asylum and migration procedures more child-friendly in Austria, Czechia, Malta, the Netherlands & Slovakia. Collaboration among practitioners is essential to meeting children’s needs! #ChildVOICE @icjurists.bsky.social

Day 2 starts in Brussels with Frankie McClean from @theecre.bsky.social sharing insights on children’s access to legal assistance & guardianship when subject to immigration detention. #ChildVOICE #EndChildDetention @icjurists.bsky.social

At today’s workshop, Mikiko Otani @icjurists.bsky.social Commissioner & former Chair of the UN CRC Committee reminds us: “When children's rights are affected by proceedings, they have a right to child-friendly information, to share their views, and to know how those were considered in decisions”

What ensures that children can express their views in asylum & immigration proceedings? Day 1 features Mikiko Otani (@icjurists.bsky.social), Rebecca O’Donnell (Child Circle, European Guardianship Network), and Isabela Atanasiu (@ec.europa.eu) on international & EU frameworks #ChildVOICE

Kicking off a 2-day @icjurists.bsky.social workshop on migrant and refugee children’s procedural rights in legal proceedings. Professionals working with children will explore international & EU standards to ensure children’s voices are heard #ChildVOICE

Check out @icj-eca.bsky.social & partners' online webinar on #litigation before @UNCRC #ChildRights regarding #ImmigrationDetention & alternatives to #ChildDetention 👉 youtu.be/TqHBb4ogV_s 📽️ Full session, co-funded by the #EU, available here 👇 shorturl.at/100oz #RELEASEproj #EndChildDetention

📢 On 23 July, @icjurists.bsky.social and partners intervened in M.S. v. Malta before the @echr.coe.int, stressing States’ obligations to uphold the non-refoulement principle and protect LGBTI asylum seekers from arbitrary detention & degrading treatment 🔗Read more: www.icj.org/ecthr-icj-an...

🔊Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar with Hind Riad, lawyer from Progress Lawyers in the E.B. et al. v. Belgium case before the UN CRC Committee, who provides practical tips for litigation: how to lodge an individual complaint against the detention of a migrant child? #EndChildDetention

🔊Live webinar with Mikiko Otani, @icjurists.bsky.social Commissioner & former Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, who is sharing insights on the Committee’s approach to rights of children in migration context with a wide range of professionals! #EndChildDetention

Missed the webinar on “The Role of the Representative and the Child’s Right to Be Heard in Legal Proceedings” previously? 🔴🎥 The full webinar recording is now available on our YouTube channel. @icj-eca.bsky.social #ChildRights #AccessToJustice #LegalRepresentation #EULaw #HumanRights

📣Participation is open for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigation before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The panel will explore procedural and strategic aspects of litigating the rights of children in immigration detention ⏳Register: t.co/1EiXZomNrJ

The @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on the role of the child representative in legal proceedings is available to watch! Experts explore how international and EU legal framework ensures the best interests of the child and their right to be heard in judicial proceedings🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2o6...

📝On Monday, @icjurists.bsky.social submitted comments to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Draft General Comment No. 27. We call for child-sensitive justice systems that ensure all children's rights are justiciable and embedded in international law. 🔗Read more: icj.org/icj-submissi...

📣 Join @icj-eca.bsky.social for a webinar on Litigation before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and explore the procedural & strategic aspects of litigating the rights of children in immigration detention before the UN CRC. 🗓️ 24 July 🕚 11:00-12:30 CET ✍️ forms.office.com/e/Qqw56WpivR

Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar: after an overview of international frameworks, Laura Stelzer from the @ec.europa.eu dives into the child’s right to be heard under EU law! How can we ensure that children's voices are genuinely taken into account? #ChildRights #RightToBeHeard

Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar: Nuala Mole from the AIRE Centre and Anna Sležková from Forum for Human Rights explore how the child’s representatives ensure the right to be heard in proceedings by presenting international standards and case-law #ChildRights #RightToBeHeard

📣 Participation is still open for the webinar on the role of the child’s representative in proceedings. The panel will explore international & EU frameworks ensuring that children are heard! 👉Don't forget to register: forms.office.com/e/cAckeDmuXR

How can litigation before the UN Treaty Bodies and the European Committee of Social Rights protect migrant children from detention? The @icjurists.bsky.social convened lawyers and experts in Prague to share experience-based tips and to discuss litigation strategies 👉 www.icj.org/eu-ending-ch...

📣 [Webinar Alert] Join @icj-eca.bsky.social —along with EU-wide experts and practitioners for a webinar on the role of a representative and the child’s right to be heard in legal proceedings on 18 June 2025! ✍️ Register before 15 June: forms.office.com/pages/respon... #ChildRights #RightToBeHeard

💡 @kbabicka.bsky.social from @icjurists.bsky.social and Maroš Matiaško from Forum for Human Rights share lessons learned from collective complaints litigation brought before the European Committee of Social Rights

Litigating before the @coe.int European Committee of Social Rights: on this second day of the workshop, Vice-President Tatiana Puiu walks us through collective complaints, litigation tips & case-law in migration-related area

Yesterday marked the first day of our workshop on Litigation before the UN Treaty Bodies and the European Committee of Social Rights, bringing together inspiring voices and meaningful discussions. Here’s a glimpse of the energy and engagement in the room! 📸💭 #UNCRC #ChildRights @icj-eca.bsky.social

„The UN CRC and its General Comments should be more known among lawyers and judges and other practitioners.“ Thank you to lawyers sharing their past litigation to the UN #CRC against the Czech Republic, Belgium and Spain, and for discussing litigation strategies to UN Treaty bodies.

We are discussing today with #EU lawyers the use of the lesser known international mechanisms – the UN #CRC and the @coe.int European Committee on Social Rights – to protect #children from #detention @icj-eca.bsky.social @icjurists.bsky.social