The publication "Nobody is Allowed to Harm You - a book for children and young people to help them understand what abuse and neglect means" is dedicated to children and young people, and primarily to children and young people with disabilities, but also to other children. It was prepared as part of the project "Empowering children and young people with disabilities to improve responses to child abuse and neglect", funded by the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia within EIDHR programme, and implemented by the international charity organization Lumos in partnership with Child Rights Centre.

Download the publication here.

Download the report by the Provincial Ombudsman here.

On 22-26 June, the European Roma Youth Forum from Spain and the United Associations of the Balkans from Greece organized a study session of young Roma in the European Centre in Budapest. The session was attended by 35 young people from all over Europe, with an aim to enable young Roma to gain new knowledge about how to involve the members of vulnerable groups in international projects dealing with youth problems.

Vuk Raicevic, a Praxis lawyer, also attended the session and made a statement on that occasion for Radio Belgrade I.

Download the statement here.

Within the series “The Citizen” at Radio Television of Serbia, which is dedicated to the life of national minorities in Serbia, a show about legally invisible persons was broadcasted. At the beginning of the show broadcasted on 16 June 2015, there was a word about a Praxis client, who after years of effort finally managed to get registered in birth registry book and obtain personal documents.

You can watch the show HERE.

On the occasion of the World Day against Child Labour, we would like to draw the attention of the public and competent bodies to the problem of child labour exploitation.

Worldwide, more than 168 million boys and girls are engaged in some form of child labour, which deprives them of the right to adequate education, threatens their health and denies the right to play. According to the estimates of the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 85 million children are exposed to the worst forms of the child exploitation, such as prostitution, pornography and trafficking.

Although the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia prohibits child labour, in line with the international obligations undertaken by signing ILO Convention and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, according to the research conducted by UNICEF in Serbia, 4% of children aged 5-14 are engaged in some form of child labour. The largest number of these children comes from the poorest families, and particularly vulnerable are Roma children, who are very often engaged in labour from an early age.

As the causes of child labour need to be sought primarily in poverty, solving this problem requires a holistic and multidisciplinary approach. The emphasis should be placed on prevention and thus it is necessary to enable available, compulsory, qualitative and completely free education for every child up to the age of acquisition of working capacity.

Today, on the World Day against Child Labour, we appeal to the public, control and state institutions to address the problem of child labour more seriously so that all children equally enjoy the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia and Convention of the Rights of the Child.

We mark the 20th June, World Refugee Day, with a feeling of a great uncertainty over the faith of a great number of migrants passing through our country, lacking protection from violence, discrimination, abuse, maltreatment and insults.

Unaccompanied child migrants are one of the most vulnerable groups. Misdemeanour courts in Serbia proceed upon charges against child migrants for illegal border-crossing, even though numerous international and European regulations state that children cannot be deprived of liberty only because of the lack of migratory status. Furthermore, there have been cases of breaching legal obligations by conducting procedures without the presence of a guardian or an interpreter.

Unaccompanied child migrants are forced to leave their homes, which is sufficient reason for being granted international protection. Regardless of the fact that most migrants do not wish to stay in Serbia, state bodies are obliged to ensure protection of their rights during their stay in our territory and to treat unaccompanied child migrants in accordance with the principle of the best interests of a child.
 

Preuzmite izveštaj: OVDE

On the occasion of the World Day against Child Labour, we would like to draw the attention of the public and competent bodies to the problem of child labour exploitation.

Worldwide, more than 168 million boys and girls are engaged in some form of child labour, which deprives them of the right to adequate education, threatens their health and denies the right to play. According to the estimates of the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 85 million children are exposed to the worst forms of the child exploitation, such as prostitution, pornography and trafficking.

Although the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia prohibits child labour, in line with the international obligations undertaken by signing ILO Convention and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, according to the research conducted by UNICEF in Serbia, 4% of children aged 5-14 are engaged in some form of child labour. The largest number of these children comes from the poorest families, and particularly vulnerable are Roma children, who are very often engaged in labour from an early age.

As the causes of child labour need to be sought primarily in poverty, solving this problem requires a holistic and multidisciplinary approach. The emphasis should be placed on prevention and thus it is necessary to enable available, compulsory, qualitative and completely free education for every child up to the age of acquisition of working capacity.

Today, on the World Day against Child Labour, we appeal to the public, control and state institutions to address the problem of child labour more seriously so that all children equally enjoy the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia and Convention of the Rights of the Child.

Coalition for Monitoring of Inclusive Education has prepared the "Guide for identifying and reporting discrimination in education", which provides information on how to identify and who to report discrimination at local and national level.

Download: Guide for identifying and reporting discrimination in education

Download: HERE