Children in Europe: Issue 17 – Twenty Years of Children’s Rights

Twenty years after the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by all EU countries, Children in Europe celebrates the anniversary and asks what has this meant in Europe, examining successes and failures in making the Convention a reality for Europe’s children. It asks Maalfrid Grude Flekkoy - the world’s first ombudsman for children, together with the UK’s children’s commissioners, to reflect on what is required to make children’s rights meaningful at a local, national and EU level. And it looks at a new player in the rights field, the EU itself which after many years of ignoring children has now committed to promote and protect children’s rights.