The report of the 4th meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Rights and the Best Interests of the Child in Parental Separation and in Care Proceedings (CJ/ENF-ISE) held on 13-14 December 2021 is now available.
At this meeting, the experts examined a preliminary draft legal instrument on the protection of the best interests of the child and their rights in situations of parental separation and care proceedings.
The experts also held an exchange of views on a proposed methodology to carry out the child consultations on its work and agreed on the program and working methods of the Committee for the next biennium in order to complete its work in accordance with its terms of reference.