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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Guardianship is a vital safeguard for children’s right to be heard. New on @opiniojuris.bsky.social: an analysis of the role of guardians in supporting children’s participation and access to justice 🔗https://opiniojuris.org/2026/07/13/the-role-of-guardians-in-ensuring-childrens-right-to-be-heard/

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings continue to face gaps in access to justice across the EU. At our recent event, we presented the new @icjurists.bsky.social report highlighting both persistent challenges and promising solutions. 📘 Read the report: www.icj.org/wp-content/u...

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Join us on 24 June (15:00–17:30 CET) for an online international expert panel. We will discuss how to improve access to justice for children with disabilities & the role of intermediaries across Europe. 🧑‍⚖️ Panels + live Q&A 👉 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0e6fcf...

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If in Brussels on 23 June, join us at this event on access to justice for children, when they are suspects or accused in criminal proceedings - with excellent speakers from the EU, international bodies and national practitioners! Register by 12 June!

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

For anyone working to support children with disabilities in proceedings - a useful resource just published by @icjurists.bsky.social: mapping barriers to participation in Europe. ➡️Left to Discretion: Child Victims with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice Systems in Austria, Romania and Serbia

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

📢Join us at the event: Children in Criminal Proceedings: Access to Justice for Suspects and Accused 📍 European Parliament, Brussels 📅 23 June | 🕒 15:00–18:00 CET 👉 Register by 12 June: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/6JDhDxyx7r ⚠️ Limited places — confirmation will be sent by email

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Glad to be at the ECRE AGC today, engaging in discussions on the EU Pact implementation, and the upcoming monitoring of the procedures, accountability and the role of CSOs.

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The newly published @icjurists.bsky.social Compendium on the child’s right to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings provides: 👉relevant international human rights standards & 👉effective strategies and good practices 🔍 www.icj.org/resource/eu-... #RightToBeHeard #ChildVOICE

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

📢Children should have access to legal assistance in legal proceedings 🚩Access to legal assistance is crucial to ensure that children’s rights are respected and protected in legal proceedings 💡Explore more good practices in the @icjurists.bsky.social Compendium: www.icj.org/resource/eu-...

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

📢 @icjurists.bsky.social has published a Compendium of strategies and good practices to support professionals, policymakers and civil society in ensuring the child’s right to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings, fostering child-sensitive legal systems 🔍 www.icj.org/eu-strategie...

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EU: Strategies and good practices for ensuring the child’s right to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings | ICJ

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners have published a Compendium, Ensuring the child’s right to be heard and to parti

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

📢 Missed our webinar on inclusive participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings? 🎥 Watch the session on access to justice and procedural accommodations for persons with disabilities in criminal proceedings with @kbabicka.bsky.social 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVUm...

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

📢The @icjurists.bsky.social has published a new Guide on Strategic Litigation to engage lawyers and CSOs in strategic human rights litigation challenging immigration detention of children 🔍 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi... #EndChildDetention

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EU: ICJ publishes strategic litigation guide on children and immigration detention | ICJ

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has published the Guide on strategic litigation for lawyers and civil society organizations: Strate

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Register to the @icjurists.bsky.social event on protecting children in migration in the EU. The newly published guide will be presented, alongside effective strategies to protect migrant children from detention 📅12 February 🕚11:00-12:15 ✍Register forms.office.com/e/GkTQxLgA4v

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🎥Zuzana Pavelková, lawyer at the Organization for Aid for Refugees, reflects on legal assistance for migrant children in the Czech Republic, where children with family with can be detained in closed centers for up to 90 days 👉 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi... #EndChildDetention @icjurists.bsky.social

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Don’t forget to register for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on inclusive participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings 📅 Wednesday 14 January 🕚 11:00-12:30 CET ✍ Register here: forms.office.com/e/6FgdDQtGkL 🗣️ Ruth Farrugia & @kbabicka.bsky.social

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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...

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Greece: ICJ and ECRE call the European Committee of Social Rights to ensure Greece’s compliance with migrant and refugee children's rights | ICJ

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) have submitted comments to the European Com

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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🌎🌍

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

@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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🔊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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🔊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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

„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.

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

✨🔊 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!

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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...

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

"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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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.

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

📣 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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

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”

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

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.

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

⚖️👧🧑 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.

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European Partnership for Democracy @epd.eu · 16/04/2025

#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. 🧵

The Next Rule of Law Report: More Action, Less Reaction

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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...

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🎙️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.

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

“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.

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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...

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

⚖️ 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

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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

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Karolína Babická @kbabicka.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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

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