Recent Interventions
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Results 6 to 10 out of 22.
2018
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25/07/2018 - Summary
- Separation of newborns from their mothers due to lack of adequate identity data
The Ombudsman received complaints concerning newly born infants who were not delivered to their mothers upon their leaving hospital after childbirth, because the mothers did not have proper identification. The infants remained at hospital and were later placed in institutional care where they remained for long. The Ombudsman suggested to the Ministry of Health that they should find a way not to interrupt the infant’s biological and legal bond with the mother, by assisting the latter in the process of issuing identity documents. Law 4554/2018, which was subsequently adopted, includes regulations to record births by mothers without identification documents and register the infants within hospitals, in order to put an end to this harmful practice. -
14/06/2018 - Summary
- Reunification of alien minors, housed in a shelter, with their mother who was released from prison
A non-governmental organization (NGO), which deals with the support of prisoners and ex-prisoners, reported to the Authority that an alien mother was prevented from communicating and reuniting with her two minor children who, at the time of her detention, were housed in a child protection shelter, following the public prosecutor's order. The investigation of the case showed that the impediment was mainly due to errors and shortcomings in the entry in civil records of the two infants who were born in Greece. Another serious issue was that the mother’s deadline to leave the country had expired, which resulted in her illegal stay. Because of the above problems, the prosecutor rejected the reunification request, and the competent consulate did not issue travel documents for the family to return to their homeland.
2017
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14/11/2017 - Press release
- ENOC cooperation and policies for the protection of rights and the social integration of refugee children
The need for focused policies, multi-faceted measures and European cooperation for the protection of rights and the social integration of refugee and immigrant children has been highlighted by the 23 European Children’s Ombudspersons, in their meeting in Athens, hosted by the Greek Ombudsman in collaboration with UNICEF, financed by the European Commission. -
31/10/2017 - Press release
- ENOC 2017 Position Statement on a "Comprehensive Relationship and Sexuality Education: the right of children to be informed"
On the occasion of ENOC 21st Annual Conference and General Assembly meeting held in Helsinki, Finland, in September 2017, ENOC members unanimously adopted a statement to express their recommendations on the right of children to be informed about relationships and sexuality education. The 2017 ENOC position statement is now available in English (http://enoc.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ENOC-position-statement-on-CRSE.pdf) -
13/10/2017 - Summary
- Issue of primary school qualifications for foreign minors
The social service of a Child Protection Institute turned to the Ombudsman after finding that the local primary school, schooling a number of foreign minors hosted by the Institute, was not treating them as normally registered students. The Ombudsman noted that, on the basis of the existing legislation, children of third-country citizens residing in the country are registered in public schools even lacking supporting documents. The positive outcome of the intervention of the Ombudsman coincided with the recent adoption of an explicit provision on the matter.
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