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Despite the significant progress made worldwide in ensuring legal identity, today 150 million children under the age of 5 (approximately 2 out of 10) remain invisible because they are not registered at birth. The new Unicef Report “The...
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...
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 National Office against Racial Discrimination (Unar), the Unicef Office for Europe and Central Asia in Italy and the Italian Committee for Unicef have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding to promote an inclusive culture...
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 position statement on climate justice adopted at the Network's General Assembly on 21 September is now online on the website of the European Network of Advocates for Children and Adolescents (ENOC). The position statement is a short...
An estimated 10 million children were displaced by weather-related shocks in 2020 alone. Approximately one billion (almost half of the world's 2.2 billion children), in contrast, live in 33 countries considered to be at high risk due to...
Ensuring an alternative life for minors from families rooted in organized crime contexts: this is the goal of the memorandum of understanding signed on November 5 by the Minister of Education, University and Research Lorenzo Fioramonti...
The Children and Adolescents version of the Report of the Italian Government to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (reference period 2008-2016) is produced by Istituto degli Innocenti of Florence as part of the activities...
The Third and fourth reports of the Italian Government on the condition of childhood and adolescence in Italy were sent to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in the original English version on 22 January 2009. The Italian...
Al centro dell'analisi di questo volume è la figura del Garante per l'infanzia. L'Italia è uno dei pochi Stati dell'Unione europea a non avere un Garante nazionale, o, in alternativa, figure di Garanti regionali istituiti in tutte le...
The second report to the United Nations presented by the Italian Government on the application in Italy of the Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasises that improving the lives of children and supporting their right to...