Dokumenty - Think Tank - Európsky parlament

Briefing - Child-friendly justice - 24-03-2025

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Every child has rights and deserves protection. It is estimated that around 2.5 million children in the European Union come into contact with the justice system every year. This can be a very stressful and even harmful experience for a child, who may participate in criminal proceedings as either a victim, a witness or a perpetrator. Children can also be parties to civil proceedings such as divorce, custody or adoption procedures, as well as administrative procedures, for example those related to nationality or migration. Because of children's especially vulnerable position, the EU and international organisations such as the United Nations and the Council of Europe are pushing to develop justice systems that are child friendly. Child-friendly justice systems guarantee respect for and implementation of children's rights to the highest possible degree and take account of the maturity of the child and the circumstances of the case. Since the roles children can play in such proceedings and the nature of the proceedings themselves can vary, children may face different issues. However, some rights and needs are universal. For example, children need to be respected and protected. They also have a right to be heard, either directly or through a representative; to be informed and communicated with in a language that they understand; and to receive a speedy response. The Barnahus model is an example of good practice for dealing with children in the justice system, especially child victims, as it provides the child with a coordinated and effective response. Legislation and policy in the EU has addressed the issue, and more work is underway. For example, the work on the recast of the Victims' Rights Directive may provide even more rights to child victims.

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Štúdia - Forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children: Responses and accountability measures - 06-12-2023

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:00:00 GMT

On 13 November 2023, a workshop was organised on behalf of the Human Rights Subcommittee focusing on the forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia, which has taken place since 2014 and vastly intensified since the full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022. Ukrainian, EU and third country diplomatic and political efforts to stop the deportations and repatriate children were looked at, along with initiatives by the civil society. The workshop examined the investigations and cases brought before national and international jurisdictions against state actors and individual perpetrators. Challenges on political, legal and practical fronts were scrutinised, leading to recommendations for what the EU could do to help bring the children back. One of the experts shed light on the situation of civilians in the occupied Ukrainian territories more generally. This report brings together the background briefings prepared for the workshop and a summary of the debate with Members, academics, experts from the civil society and EU representatives.

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V stručnosti - Online age verification methods for children - 15-02-2023

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Protecting children online is becoming increasingly vital. For over two decades, there has been a limited range of online age verification methods available to protect children from accessing online content unsuitable for their age. A number of countries are introducing legislation and/or codes of practice to address this situation. At EU level too, there are increasing efforts in this regard, with a code of practice in the pipeline. Challenges abound, however, in the areas of privacy, monitoring and the need to improve parents' and children's digital skills.

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V stručnosti - Research for CULT Committee - Influence of social media on the development of children and young people - 01-02-2023

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:00:00 GMT

This At a glance note summarises the study examining research on the impact of pervasive social media use on children's and young people’s development. Acknowledging the many benefits children gain from being connected through social media, this study focuses on problematic use and the potential harm that may arise from content, contact, conduct and contract risks. Solutions are considered in light of EU policy and regulatory developments with particular reference to ensuring that children are protected, safe and empowered when they go online.

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Briefing - Child Guarantee National Action Plans - 27-10-2022

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:00:00 GMT

The European Child Guarantee, adopted on 14 June 2021, aims to ensure that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the following key services: 1) early childhood education and care, 2) education (including school-based activities), 3) healthcare, 4) nutrition, 5) housing. Member States were required to submit national action plans for the implementation of the Child Guarantee by 15 March 2022. By mid-October 2022, 15 plans had been submitted. The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan set a 2030 target of reducing by 15 million the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including at least 5 million children. The European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) includes earmarking of 5%for action to tackle child poverty for Member States with child poverty rates above the EU average.

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Hĺbková analýza - 40 years of the Hague Convention on child abduction: legal and societal changes in the rights of a child - 06-11-2020

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 23:00:00 GMT

This in-depth analysis has been commissioned by the European �Ϸ��վ’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee in the context of the workshop to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. It looks into the implementation of the 1980 Convention, as regards the respect of autonomy of parts, validity of agreements and mediation, and describes, from a practitioner’s point of view, how the parents and children see the process. The paper concludes that in order to protect the interest of the child, the 1980 Convention should be maintained with restricted exceptions, but more should be done in terms of prevention. The new measures should include, in particular, harmonisation of the relocation proceedings and principles, enforceability of mediation agreements, and increasing of the autonomy of the parties through the inclusion of residence and custody plans in prenuptial agreements.

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Štúdia - The Future Relationship between the UK and the EU following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU in the field of family law - 23-10-2018

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:00:00 GMT

This study, commissioned by the European �Ϸ��վ’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Legal Affairs, explores the possible legal scenarios of judicial cooperation between the EU and the UK at both the stage of the withdrawal and of the future relationship in the area of family law, covering the developments up until 5 October 2018. More specifically, it assesses the advantages and disadvantages of the various options for what should happen to family law cooperation after Brexit in terms of legal certainty, effectiveness and coherence. It also reflects on the possible impact of the departure of the UK from the EU on the further development of EU family law. Finally, it offers some policy recommendations on the topics under examination.

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Hĺbková analýza - The current state of family mediation in the European Union - 30-11-2010

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:05:38 GMT

This note traces the development of family mediation in the European Union and the existing opportunities in the light of the Mediation Directive and other European provisions to render this amicable means of solving disputes more effective for the benefit of the users and society in general.

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Hĺbková analýza - Cross-border exercise of visiting rights - 30-11-2010

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:05:38 GMT

The right of access is a key aspect of the basic right of contact between parents and children. The inadequacy, in many cases, of relevant means of enforcement throws up major problems with regard to cross-border rights of access in particular. Multilateral conventions are concerned primarily with the recognition and efficient implementation of decisions by national courts. The EU considers that it needs to enact its own legislation in the realm of family and succession law, as elsewhere: legislation which, in its field of application, will supersede the multilateral conventions. As well as being concerned with the recognition of decisions, this legislation should place more emphasis on the establishment of international institutions and machinery to assist in negotiating and making arrangements for cross-border visiting rights.

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