On Wednesday April 7th 2021, a Facebook Live Event by the Network for Children’s Rights about the proposed new bill regarding shared custody, was met with great interest, multiple shares and active participation of our online audience, which was reflected by the over 380 Facebook comments. The constructive discussion that ensued, focused on all […]
Who We Are
Our new logo. A new beginning while staying loyal to our principles. A new beginning in which we want you with us!
Three features, one meaning. A child with open arms, the whole world fits in its embrace. NCR started out as a group of people at first, it later became an organization and today an official body with specialized programmes in 5 different spaces for every child, teenager and young person. Each logo perfectly represents the […]
Joint Announcement: New Pact on Migration and Asylum
On 23 September 2020, as part of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the European Commission tabled legislative proposals aiming at an in-depth reform of the EU asylum acquis, in conjunction with the package of proposals presented in 2016.1 This note provides an overview of recent jurisprudence of the Greek administrative courts on the […]
Greece launches national tracing and protection mechanism for unaccompanied children in precarious conditions
Tuesday, 6th April 2021 Joint Press Release The Special Secretary for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Arsis, METAdrasi and the Network for Children’s Rights, have today launched a Mechanism to rapidly identify unaccompanied children […]
Children’s Homes: Three organizations ask, three experts explain
A child in Greece is called to testify up to 14 times to the appropriate state bodies about a traumatic experience of abuse, either it is physical or sexual, in the context of a report and its subsequent judicial investigation. As a result of this practice, children endure immense hardship trying to report their traumatic […]
Open letter about the Greek Recovery and Resilience Plan
To Deputy Minister of Finance, Theodoros Skylakakis CC: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras The European Commission Recovery and Resilience Task Force (RECOVER) Athens, Tuesday 23rd March 2021 Open letter about the Greek Recovery and Resilience Plan: opacity and lack of participation Dear Mr. Minister, The signatory Civil Society Organisations would like […]
Open Letter: “All children have the right to go to school. Do not take that away from them”
OPEN LETTER: “ALL CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO SCHOOL. DO NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM”. TO: The Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis The Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Niki Kerameus The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli The President of the European Commission, […]
Shared Custody: Considerable active participation on our FB Live Event for the proposed bill
On Wednesday April 7, a Facebook Live Event by the Network for Children’s Rights about the proposed new bill regarding shared custody, was met with great interest, multiple shares and active participation of our online audience, which was reflected by the over 380 Facebook comments. You can watch the whole discussion on “Shared Custody: […]
Media interview for the Lyrics Competition “If we sing them to you”
Our rights become songs The media interview regarding the lyric composition competition for children and adolescents conducted by the Network for Children’s Rights (NCR). A different lyric competition was presented by NCR in an online media interview organized on Thursday the 28th of January 2021 and coordinated by the documentary film maker Giorgos Avgeropoulos. It […]
Our rights become a song
Lyric composition contest by the Network for Children’s Rights “What if we sing about them?” Could this finally be the solution for everyone to understand the rights of children and respect them in practice? The Network for Children’s Rights organizes a lyric composition contest for all children. Our goal is to make songs about the […]