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Urgent need to protect Ukrainian children in migration from sexual abuse
Lanzarote Committee
25 March 2022
Strasbourg
Children in vulnerable situations, such as unaccompanied children and missing children, are at a higher risk of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, noted the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote Committee in its Statement on protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse resulting from...
Commissioner urges protection of humanitarian needs and human rights of people fleeing war in Ukraine
Commissioner for Human Rights
25 March 2022
Strasbourg
“All member states should strengthen their efforts to coordinate – both at domestic and European levels – and scale up support for the response to the humanitarian and human rights needs of people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Medium and long-term planning is urgently needed to ensure...