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

Glad to be able to present the @icjurists.bsky.social Disability Rights Benchbook at the workshop with #justiceactors and national experts today! www.icj.org/resource/mod...

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...

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🌎🌍

@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

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

🔊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

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

✨🔊 Highlight from our #webinar on litigation to the #CJEU, where we discussed litigation strategies to end detention of #MigrantChildren. 🎥 The full recording's live on our #YouTube channel at youtu.be/E6VIjAa8yvw. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the tools for protecting migrant children!

Missed the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigation before the CJEU? Watch the full recording now! The webinar looks at litigation strategies to protect migrant children from detention including preliminary rulings and infringement procedures 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6VI...

👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️Another @icjurists.bsky.social workshop brought EU judges together to discuss justice for children - calling for stronger safeguards, regular sentence reviews, proper individual assessments & mandatory training. Read more: www.icj.org/eu-judges-di... #JuvenileJustice #ACCESSproject

Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar: Gruša Matevžič from @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social explores how infringement proceedings can support strategic litigation by sharing examples from Hungary on pushbacks, access to asylum and attacks on civil society, plus practical guidance for action

"The regulations will help ensure physical accessibility of the courts, ensure that the procedures prescribed, also put in place the aspirations, the requirements and accommodation of people with different types of disabilities," - Wilson Macharia, Legal Adviser at @icjurists.bsky.social

In a joint statement, @icjurists.bsky.social, @fidh-official.bsky.social, and @amnesty.org call for a transparent process by the @coe.int's Committee of Ministers in developing the draft Statute for the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine.

On this second day, lawyers, judges, social workers and experts discuss national challenges, available child-friendly procedures and best practices in Austria, the Czech Republic, Malta, the Netherlands and Slovakia

📣 Friendly reminder: Public participation is still open for the upcoming webinar on litigation to the CJEU, hosted by @icj-eca.bsky.social 🖋️ Registration will be closed after 14 May. Don't miss out! — register now to receive the link! 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #ChildrensRights #ChildsRights

How can we ensure the voices of children are genuinely heard? @icjurists.bsky.social Commissioner and former judge Martine Comte raises: “Children can express themselves in many ways, and it's crucial to talk to them and to explain things to them, even when they are very young”

Still a long way to improve the right to effective #participation of #children in proceedings across the #EU. At @icjurists.bsky.social workshop in Brussels today, discussing w/ justice actors the role of a #representative of a child, the #RightToBeHeard in proceedings, and systemic #inequalities.

⚖️👧🧑 On 22 April, @icjurists.bsky.social and partners launched a series of online workshops for lawyers, judges, prosecutors & law enforcement, social workers & probation officers on ensuring access to justice for children in criminal proceedings, under the #ACCESSproject.

#Policy💬 ⚖️ The next @ec.europa.eu's #RuleOfLaw Report will be a key test of the new Commission’s ability to address the challenges to democratic institutions brought by the 2024 events. Explore the checklist for an effective report, made by a group of 32 expert organisations. 🧵

How can litigation before the CJEU protect migrant children from detention? The @icjurists.bsky.social workshop in Luxembourg brought together national lawyers & EU experts to understand and discuss preliminary ruling and infringement procedures Read more: www.icj.org/eu-enhancing...

🎙️At the opening, @icjurists.bsky.social's Vice President Radmila D. emphasized the vital role #womenjudges play in strengthening #justice systems & promoting #equality. She commended the gathering as a significant opportunity to discuss the important issue of gender representation in the judiciary.

“The poverty in Europe today has a face of a woman, and of children” - extremely interesting overview by @deschuttero.bsky.social on how systemic discrimination does not allow families for generations to leave the poverty cycle at the @coe.int conference.

1/ One of the sessions today is on Combating #Childpoverty & Promoting #socialexclusion. These are huge issues in Europe & ones that the @coe.int as a whole is increasingly focusing on. These #childrights challenges have been huge concerns of the European Committee of #SocialRights for many years.

Looking forward to speaking about @icjurists.bsky.social collective complaints to the @ecsr.bsky.social on behalf of marginalized groups of children at the @coe.int conference! @icj-eca.bsky.social To follow the session on child poverty this morning register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

⚖️ During this 2nd day of the workshop, experts are focusing on infringement proceedings! How can legal practitioners challenge non-implementation of EU law? @ec.europa.eu @theecre.bsky.social @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social

From age assessment to transit zones, Stavros Papageorgopoulos, Senior Legal Officer at @theecre.bsky.social, is analyzing cases of migrant children: “the #CJEU provides strong arguments for lawyers in domestic litigation!” @icjurists.bsky.social

This afternoon - Magdalena Ličková on the impact of the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social #preliminaryrulings on EU Member States national proceedings and laws, with the example of the Torubarov case, where a national legal remedy was created by the #CJEU. @icjurists.bsky.social #RELEASEproject

💡Deep dive into preliminary questions before the CJEU! Legal experts are discussing best practices for drafting and presenting cases with CJEU Referendaire Igor Taccani, and Grusa Matzevic from @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social #ForumforHumanRights

Glad to be in Luxembourg today for the @icj-eca.bsky.social workshop on strategically litigating immigration #detention of #children - Igor Taccani @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social explaining the preliminary ruling procedure @icjurists.bsky.social

Yesterday, the ICJ delivered a statement on barriers to political participation for persons with disabilities during the CRPD Committee’s Day of General Discussion.

Mikiko Otani @icjurists.bsky.social Commissioner talks about the focus on special protection for #children in the international legal framework, and the recognition of children as #RightsHolders. #ACCESS project

Today we are starting the Roundtable on #AccessToJustice for children in criminal proceedings with #AmbassadorsOfChange from six EU Member States #ACCESSproject www.icj.org/wp-content/u... @icjurists.bsky.social

📢ICJ & 60+ CSOs urge the EU to step up & fill the global aid gap left by the U.S. aid freeze & the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule. Millions of lives are at stake. To the full appeal👉🔗 icj.org/wp-content/u... #EUAid #GlobalAid

#Vacancy Administrative Assistant - Join our international team in #Brussels @icjurists.bsky.social! Fluency in French and English required #Apply now - applications assessed on a rolling basis! www.icj.org/wp-content/u...

Latest attempt by Italian govt to send asylum seekers to Albania fails - euobserver.com/migration/ar... Unlike the author I do not assume that the Italian govt will *always* fail though - there might be an attempt to change EU law, for instance

The Greek Ombudsman concludes that 8 (!) senior Greek Coast Guards have engaged in criminal offences during the Pylos shipwreck. This is a very serious conclusion. If human lives are worth anything to Greece and the Commission, urgent action and follow up is needed. www.politico.eu/article/gree...