Newsroom on Children's Rights

Published on 1 December 2022
Tender call for the provision of national consultancy services on training, awareness raising and child participation in Ireland
The Council of Europe is currently implementing the Project “Barnahus Ireland: Supporting the implementation of the Barnahus model in Ireland”. It is co-financed by the EU Structural Reform Support Programme and implemented in close cooperation with EU DG Reform and the Irish Department of...
Published on 1 December 2022
Tender call for the provision of national consultancy services on legal review and legal training in Ireland
The Council of Europe is currently implementing the Project “Barnahus Ireland: Supporting the implementation of the Barnahus model in Ireland”. It is co-financed by the EU Structural Reform Support Programme and implemented in close cooperation with EU DG Reform and the Irish Department of...
Published on 23 November 2022
Tender call for provision of event management, catering, and audio-visual equipment in Ireland
The Council of Europe is currently implementing the Project “Barnahus Ireland: Supporting the implementation of the Barnahus model in Ireland”. It is co-financed by the EU Structural Reform Support Programme and implemented in close cooperation with EU DG Reform and the Irish Department of...
Barnahus model helps children who suffered sexual abuse from feeling like victims for a second time, say Council of Europe leaders
Ahead of the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse marked on 18 November, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe,...
Towards Barnahus in All European States; Ensuring the rights of every child
As every year since 2015, the Council of Europe celebrates the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (18 November). This year’s theme of the European Day is “Getting it right: ensuring child-friendly justice through Barnahus structures in Europe”....
Spain Barnahus project kicks off
On 26 October 2022, the kick-off meeting of the Council of Europe/European Union project “Strengthening child-friendly justice through effective co-operation and coordination among different Barnahus-type services in the regions of Spain" took place on the premises of the Spanish Ministry of...
Roundtable to discuss legal and training gap analysis in the context of Barnahus takes place in Helsinki
On 28 September 2022, a Roundtable was organised in Helsinki to present the two Analyses developed under the joint European Union/–Council of Europe project “Ensuring child-friendly justice through the effective operation of the Barnahus-Units in Finland”. Representatives from the EU DG Reform,...
Minister of Justice hosts the 4th Advisory Group meeting of Juvenile Justice project in Slovenia
On 17 October 2022, the Minister of Justice, H.E. Dominika Švarc Pipan, hosted the fourth Advisory Group meeting of the European Union/Council of Europe Joint Project on Improving the juvenile justice system in Slovenia in Ljubljana and thereby strengthened the commitment of the Ministry of...
Andorran National Action Plan for Children and Adolescents is launched in a high-level Roundtable in Strasbourg
On 14 October 2022, a Roundtable to present the National Action Plan for Children and Adolescents in Andorra took place in Strasbourg. The National Action Plan is the culmination of over two years of fruitful co-operation between the Council of Europe’s Children’s Rights Division and the Andorran...
Fact-finding mission for Barnahus Spain project takes place in Madrid and Tarragona
On 5 October 2022, representatives of the Council of Europe-European Union (DG REFORM) joint project “Strengthening child-friendly justice through effective co-operation and coordination among different Barnahus-type services in the regions of Spain” met in Madrid with the Spanish authorities to...
The European Court of Human Rights launches its new Knowledge Sharing platform
The Knowledge Sharing platform (ECHR-KS) of the European Court of Human Rights was opened to the public on 18 October 2022. Its mission is to share Convention case-law knowledge with all legal professionals and the general public across Europe with the aim to strengthen the Court's subsidiary...
Extended deadline: 17 October 2022 -Tender call: consultancy services for the implementation of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027)
The Council of Europe, under its new Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027), will implement a number of activities in the field of children’s rights. In this context, the Council of Europe is looking for up to 40 consultants to support the implementation of the Strategy, who have strong...
Dublin conference discusses rights and the best interests of the child in parental separation and care proceedings
Considering the voice of children and young people in determining their best interests in family courts during parental separation and care proceedings is the focus of an international conference taking place in Dublin on 3 October under the Irish Presidency of the Council of Europe. The Minister...
Tender call for the provision of national consultancy services on Juvenile Justice in Slovenia
The Council of Europe is currently implementing the European Union/Council of Europe Joint Project “Improving the juvenile justice system in Slovenia”, (Component I). It aims at supporting the Slovenian authorities with the ongoing juvenile justice reform to improve their system in line with the...
Time to measure change with the CP4Europe Project!
On 27 September 2022, in the framework of the Joint European Union/Council of Europe Project CP4Europe, adults and children from its 5 country Partners (Czech Republic, Finland, Iceland, Slovenia, and Portugal) met with Council of Europe experts Gerison Lansdown, Roberta Ruggiero and Cath Larkins...
Putting children at the centre – synergies between Council of Europe and EU in protecting children’s rights
The Council of Europe’s Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2022-2027 (the Rome Strategy) and the EU Strategy for the Rights of the Child share common vision and objectives, focusing on the participation of children, integrated systems for child protection and child-friendly justice, said the...
Challenges of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children addressed in a 77th UN General Assembly side event
On 21 September 2022 at 14:00 (CET), the Council of Europe co-organises a virtual side event in the context of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations, on the Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children. The conference, organised by the Republic of Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates...
Tender call for the provision of national consultancy services on training, awareness raising and child participation in Spain - NEW DEADLINE
The Council of Europe is currently implementing the Project “Strengthening child-friendly justice through effective co-operation and coordination among different Barnahus-type services in the regions of Spain”. It is co-financed by the EU Structural Reform Support Programme and implemented in...
Tender call for the provision of national consultancy services on legal review and legal training in Spain - NEW DEADLINE
The Council of Europe is currently implementing the Project “Strengthening child-friendly justice through effective co-operation and coordination among different Barnahus-type services in the regions of Spain”. It is co-financed by the EU Structural Reform Support Programme and implemented in...
Extended deadline: 7 October 2022 - Tender call concerning consultancy services for a Mapping study on the development of the Barnahus model across Europe
The Council of Europe, under its Project on “Protecting children from human rights violations of all forms and in all settings”, will undertake a Mapping study on the implementation and development of the Barnahus model across Europe. The study aims at understanding the impact and use made of...


