News Item

European Commission’s child rights interservice group meets

FRA was part of the European Commission’s Inter-Service Group on the Rights of the Child meeting that took place in Brussels on 12 September.

In view of the priorities of the new European Commission, the meeting discussed developments regarding child rights.

The focus was on child poverty and the proposal to establish a European Child Guarantee as a tool to fight poverty and ensure access of every child at risk of poverty and social exclusion to basic rights and services, such as education, healthcare, early childhood education and care, decent housing and adequate nutrition.