Eurochild Child Protection Policy 2024
This Child Protection Policy deals with the protection of children and adolescents as defined by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UNCRC should be taken holistically, providing a comprehensive framework for the protection, provision and participation of all children.
All children and adolescents involved in Eurochild activities, projects and programmes have the right to have their health, safety, dignity, well-being, and best interests considered top priority. They have the right to have their development promoted and safeguarded so that they can achieve their full potential. They must be be valued, respected and understood within the context of their own culture, religion and ethnicity and they have the right to be listened to and to have their views given careful consideration, and to be encouraged and helped to participate in decisions which affect them, including in child protection and safeguarding decisions.
Eurochild aims to implement children’s participation based on the nine requirements for meaningful, safe and inclusive children’s participation:
- Participation is transparent and informative
- Participation is voluntary
- Participation is respectful
- Participation is relevant
- Participation is child-friendly
- Participation is inclusive
- Participation is supported by training
- Participation is safe and sensitive to risk
- Participation is accountable
The Eurochild Children's Council collaborated with an illustrator to create a shorter and child-friendly version of our updated policy, featuring an illustration and a more accessible summary.
