Towards Full Implementation of the Cartabia Reform. What Role Does the Special Administrator Play in the Minors’ Interests?

In legal proceedings, the special administrator is the professional who is...

The right of a minor to be heard in the light of the Cartabia Reform. 

Every minor has the right to be heard in all matters concerning them and procedures in which they are involved. First and foremost,...

A minor is an individual whose personal identity is not yet fully formed and may be subject to conditioning. For this reason, safeguarding personal identity in the digital age is governed by multiple layers of protection.

To...

In recent years, the issue of climate change has been included in the international agenda, as reflected in the work of the 28th UN Conference of the Parties (Cop 28) held in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December 2023.

One of...

Participation of children and young people in the democratic life

The concept of participation has changed over time, undergoing a real evolution which makes it possible, today, to identify this practice with a...

Promoting the skills of young people to encourage their independence: a legal framework

As of 2014, the 15th of July has been recognised as World Youth Skills Day.

By doing so, the UN General...

The rights to play and social interaction of children and young people: a legal framework

Play and social interaction are also essential human rights, long recognised for every single child, boy and girl. At an...

The right to food and food security as fundamental rights of the children: a legal framework

One of the internationally guaranteed human rights is the right to food, acknowledged for the first time in Article 25...

How to evenly balance the right to emotional stability with the best interests of the child?

The grandparents' right to maintain a relationship with their grandchildren and to support them in...

Sports and gender discrimination. Beyond the stereotypes: the participation of girls

In Italy, sporting activity is regulated by the state and the regions in a residual manner, so that its management is...

The right of access of the non-custodial parent

How to protect the best interests of minors in private meetings

The issue addressed in the judgment of 10 November 2021 by the European Court of Human...

Children and young people's right to education: a legal framework

The right to education is an undeniable human right to be placed within the framework of...

Protection of minors' rights in civil, administrative and family law proceedings: an in-depth overview of the law

It is hard to dispute that since the approval of the Convention on the Rights of Children and...

The best interests of children: the protection of rights in civil, administrative, and family proceedings

Do the best interests of children always take precedence, even in cross-border disputes?

Advances and developments in participation and listening to children: a legal framework

Child participation in the society in which they live and in the decisions that affect them represents one of the most...

The right to access one's own origins. The mother's right to be forgotten prevails over the adoptee's right to know his or her origins.

The biological mother's alleged inability - by reason of her...

A survey of draft laws under discussion in Parliament on preventing and combating the abuse and mistreatment of children in the educational and school environment

Violence against children can take very...

Migrant children and adolescents, refugees, asylum seekers, both accompanied and unaccompanied: the rights and protections. A legal framework

Being a migrant, refugee or asylum-seeking child leads to the...

The right to health as a priority for the present and the future: a legal framework
April 7 marks World Health Day, an annual international event that is celebrated to draw attention to a topic of concern to...

Testimony of the child at the preliminary investigation stage. Evidentiary proceedings and forms of protection for children.

What protection is provided for the testimony of children in criminal proceedings...

Access to information: between rights and protection. A legal framework

Ensuring access to safe...

Children's rights in the digital environment

Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment no. 25, CRC/C/GC/25 of 2 March 2021, Children's rights in relation to the digital environment

During its...

The year 2020 marks twenty-five years since the historic World Conference on Women in Beijing, which was undoubtedly an event of great significance and which laid the foundations for new challenges aimed at achieving...

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016: on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and...