Karolína Babická
@kbabicka.bsky.social
@icjurists.bsky.social's Senior Legal Adviser, in #Brussels, posts/views are my own.
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Day 1 of @icjurists.bsky.social workshop focuses on the need for procedural accommodations for children with disabilities in legal proceedings. Support from intermediaries, interpreters & other professionals ensures that children are heard and can effectively participate
#ChildVOICE
#ChildVOICE
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Day 1 of @icjurists.bsky.social workshop focuses on the need for procedural accommodations for children with disabilities in legal proceedings. Support from intermediaries, interpreters & other professionals ensures that children are heard and can effectively participate
#ChildVOICE
#ChildVOICE
Glad to be able to present the @icjurists.bsky.social Disability Rights Benchbook at the workshop with #justiceactors and national experts today!
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November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Glad to be able to present the @icjurists.bsky.social Disability Rights Benchbook at the workshop with #justiceactors and national experts today!
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www.icj.org/resource/mod...
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The @icjurists.bsky.social & @theecre.bsky.social submitted comments to the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to ICJ and ECRE v. Greece case
🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
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🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...
Greece: ICJ and ECRE call the European Committee of Social Rights to ensure Greece’s compliance with migrant and refugee children's rights | ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) have submitted comments to the European Com
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November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The @icjurists.bsky.social & @theecre.bsky.social submitted comments to the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to ICJ and ECRE v. Greece case
🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...
🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...
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On Day 2, Karolína Babická @icjurists.bsky.social, Nuala Mole @airecentre.bsky.social and Santiago A. Canton @icjurists.bsky.social explored mechanisms to litigate immigration detention of children - the European Committee of Social Rights, the CJEU, UN Treaty Bodies & special procedures
October 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
On Day 2, Karolína Babická @icjurists.bsky.social, Nuala Mole @airecentre.bsky.social and Santiago A. Canton @icjurists.bsky.social explored mechanisms to litigate immigration detention of children - the European Committee of Social Rights, the CJEU, UN Treaty Bodies & special procedures
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Experts from @echr.coe.int, @icjurists.bsky.social, @gcrefugees.bsky.social, @hfhrpl.bsky.social, @airecentre.bsky.social & Czech Government Office share procedural & strategic know-how on litigating children’s rights in (alternatives to) immigration detention cases
💡Valuable takeaways for lawyers
💡Valuable takeaways for lawyers
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Experts from @echr.coe.int, @icjurists.bsky.social, @gcrefugees.bsky.social, @hfhrpl.bsky.social, @airecentre.bsky.social & Czech Government Office share procedural & strategic know-how on litigating children’s rights in (alternatives to) immigration detention cases
💡Valuable takeaways for lawyers
💡Valuable takeaways for lawyers
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At today’s workshop, Santiago A. Canton, @icjurists.bsky.social General & former Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, explores the Commission’s jurisprudence on migration and asylum. A comparative approach supporting lawyers fighting child detention🌎🌍
October 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At today’s workshop, Santiago A. Canton, @icjurists.bsky.social General & former Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, explores the Commission’s jurisprudence on migration and asylum. A comparative approach supporting lawyers fighting child detention🌎🌍
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@icj-eca.bsky.social
📣 Join our webinar on procedural rights of #migrant & #refugee #children in #legal proceedings, where we'll explore intl & #EU frameworks ensuring children’s effective participation.
✍️Get registered: forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag
#ChildsRights #VoiceOfTheChild #RightToBeHeard
📣 Join our webinar on procedural rights of #migrant & #refugee #children in #legal proceedings, where we'll explore intl & #EU frameworks ensuring children’s effective participation.
✍️Get registered: forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag
#ChildsRights #VoiceOfTheChild #RightToBeHeard
September 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@icj-eca.bsky.social
📣 Join our webinar on procedural rights of #migrant & #refugee #children in #legal proceedings, where we'll explore intl & #EU frameworks ensuring children’s effective participation.
✍️Get registered: forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag
#ChildsRights #VoiceOfTheChild #RightToBeHeard
📣 Join our webinar on procedural rights of #migrant & #refugee #children in #legal proceedings, where we'll explore intl & #EU frameworks ensuring children’s effective participation.
✍️Get registered: forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag
#ChildsRights #VoiceOfTheChild #RightToBeHeard
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Day 2 starts in Brussels with Frankie McClean from @theecre.bsky.social sharing insights on children’s access to legal assistance & guardianship when subject to immigration detention.
#ChildVOICE
#EndChildDetention
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#ChildVOICE
#EndChildDetention
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September 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Day 2 starts in Brussels with Frankie McClean from @theecre.bsky.social sharing insights on children’s access to legal assistance & guardianship when subject to immigration detention.
#ChildVOICE
#EndChildDetention
@icjurists.bsky.social
#ChildVOICE
#EndChildDetention
@icjurists.bsky.social
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🔊Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar with Hind Riad, lawyer from Progress Lawyers in the E.B. et al. v. Belgium case before the UN CRC Committee, who provides practical tips for litigation: how to lodge an individual complaint against the detention of a migrant child?
#EndChildDetention
#EndChildDetention
July 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🔊Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar with Hind Riad, lawyer from Progress Lawyers in the E.B. et al. v. Belgium case before the UN CRC Committee, who provides practical tips for litigation: how to lodge an individual complaint against the detention of a migrant child?
#EndChildDetention
#EndChildDetention
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🔊Live webinar with Mikiko Otani, @icjurists.bsky.social
Commissioner & former Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, who is sharing insights on the Committee’s approach to rights of children in migration context with a wide range of professionals!
#EndChildDetention
Commissioner & former Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, who is sharing insights on the Committee’s approach to rights of children in migration context with a wide range of professionals!
#EndChildDetention
July 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🔊Live webinar with Mikiko Otani, @icjurists.bsky.social
Commissioner & former Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, who is sharing insights on the Committee’s approach to rights of children in migration context with a wide range of professionals!
#EndChildDetention
Commissioner & former Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, who is sharing insights on the Committee’s approach to rights of children in migration context with a wide range of professionals!
#EndChildDetention
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Yesterday marked the first day of our workshop on Litigation before the UN Treaty Bodies and the European Committee of Social Rights, bringing together inspiring voices and meaningful discussions. Here’s a glimpse of the energy and engagement in the room! 📸💭
#UNCRC #ChildRights @icj-eca.bsky.social
#UNCRC #ChildRights @icj-eca.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Yesterday marked the first day of our workshop on Litigation before the UN Treaty Bodies and the European Committee of Social Rights, bringing together inspiring voices and meaningful discussions. Here’s a glimpse of the energy and engagement in the room! 📸💭
#UNCRC #ChildRights @icj-eca.bsky.social
#UNCRC #ChildRights @icj-eca.bsky.social
„The UN CRC and its General Comments should be more known among lawyers and judges and other practitioners.“
Thank you to lawyers sharing their past litigation to the UN #CRC against the Czech Republic, Belgium and Spain, and for discussing litigation strategies to UN Treaty bodies.
Thank you to lawyers sharing their past litigation to the UN #CRC against the Czech Republic, Belgium and Spain, and for discussing litigation strategies to UN Treaty bodies.
June 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
„The UN CRC and its General Comments should be more known among lawyers and judges and other practitioners.“
Thank you to lawyers sharing their past litigation to the UN #CRC against the Czech Republic, Belgium and Spain, and for discussing litigation strategies to UN Treaty bodies.
Thank you to lawyers sharing their past litigation to the UN #CRC against the Czech Republic, Belgium and Spain, and for discussing litigation strategies to UN Treaty bodies.
We are discussing today with #EU lawyers the use of the lesser known international mechanisms – the UN #CRC and the @coe.int European Committee on Social Rights – to protect #children from #detention
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📢Today, the @icjurists.bsky.social and Forum for Human Rights launch a workshop on litigation before the UN Treaty Bodies and the European Committee of Social Rights! Lawyers and experts will dive into strategies to protect migrant children from detention
June 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We are discussing today with #EU lawyers the use of the lesser known international mechanisms – the UN #CRC and the @coe.int European Committee on Social Rights – to protect #children from #detention
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✨🔊 Highlight from our #webinar on litigation to the #CJEU, where we discussed litigation strategies to end detention of #MigrantChildren.
🎥 The full recording's live on our #YouTube channel at youtu.be/E6VIjAa8yvw. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the tools for protecting migrant children!
🎥 The full recording's live on our #YouTube channel at youtu.be/E6VIjAa8yvw. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the tools for protecting migrant children!
May 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
✨🔊 Highlight from our #webinar on litigation to the #CJEU, where we discussed litigation strategies to end detention of #MigrantChildren.
🎥 The full recording's live on our #YouTube channel at youtu.be/E6VIjAa8yvw. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the tools for protecting migrant children!
🎥 The full recording's live on our #YouTube channel at youtu.be/E6VIjAa8yvw. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the tools for protecting migrant children!
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Missed the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigation before the CJEU? Watch the full recording now! The webinar looks at litigation strategies to protect migrant children from detention including preliminary rulings and infringement procedures
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6VI...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6VI...
May 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Missed the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigation before the CJEU? Watch the full recording now! The webinar looks at litigation strategies to protect migrant children from detention including preliminary rulings and infringement procedures
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6VI...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6VI...
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👩⚖️👨⚖️Another @icjurists.bsky.social workshop brought EU judges together to discuss justice for children - calling for stronger safeguards, regular sentence reviews, proper individual assessments & mandatory training.
Read more: www.icj.org/eu-judges-di...
#JuvenileJustice #ACCESSproject
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#JuvenileJustice #ACCESSproject
May 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
👩⚖️👨⚖️Another @icjurists.bsky.social workshop brought EU judges together to discuss justice for children - calling for stronger safeguards, regular sentence reviews, proper individual assessments & mandatory training.
Read more: www.icj.org/eu-judges-di...
#JuvenileJustice #ACCESSproject
Read more: www.icj.org/eu-judges-di...
#JuvenileJustice #ACCESSproject
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Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar: Gruša Matevžič from @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social explores how infringement proceedings can support strategic litigation by sharing examples from Hungary on pushbacks, access to asylum and attacks on civil society, plus practical guidance for action
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar: Gruša Matevžič from @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social explores how infringement proceedings can support strategic litigation by sharing examples from Hungary on pushbacks, access to asylum and attacks on civil society, plus practical guidance for action
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"The regulations will help ensure physical accessibility of the courts, ensure that the procedures prescribed, also put in place the aspirations, the requirements and accommodation of people with different types of disabilities," - Wilson Macharia, Legal Adviser at @icjurists.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"The regulations will help ensure physical accessibility of the courts, ensure that the procedures prescribed, also put in place the aspirations, the requirements and accommodation of people with different types of disabilities," - Wilson Macharia, Legal Adviser at @icjurists.bsky.social
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In a joint statement, @icjurists.bsky.social, @fidh-official.bsky.social, and @amnesty.org call for a transparent process by the @coe.int's Committee of Ministers in developing the draft Statute for the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine.
May 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In a joint statement, @icjurists.bsky.social, @fidh-official.bsky.social, and @amnesty.org call for a transparent process by the @coe.int's Committee of Ministers in developing the draft Statute for the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine.
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On this second day, lawyers, judges, social workers and experts discuss national challenges, available child-friendly procedures and best practices in Austria, the Czech Republic, Malta, the Netherlands and Slovakia
May 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
On this second day, lawyers, judges, social workers and experts discuss national challenges, available child-friendly procedures and best practices in Austria, the Czech Republic, Malta, the Netherlands and Slovakia
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📣 Friendly reminder: Public participation is still open for the upcoming webinar on litigation to the CJEU, hosted by @icj-eca.bsky.social
🖋️ Registration will be closed after 14 May. Don't miss out! — register now to receive the link! 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#ChildrensRights #ChildsRights
🖋️ Registration will be closed after 14 May. Don't miss out! — register now to receive the link! 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#ChildrensRights #ChildsRights
May 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
📣 Friendly reminder: Public participation is still open for the upcoming webinar on litigation to the CJEU, hosted by @icj-eca.bsky.social
🖋️ Registration will be closed after 14 May. Don't miss out! — register now to receive the link! 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#ChildrensRights #ChildsRights
🖋️ Registration will be closed after 14 May. Don't miss out! — register now to receive the link! 👉 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
#ChildrensRights #ChildsRights
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How can we ensure the voices of children are genuinely heard? @icjurists.bsky.social Commissioner and former judge Martine Comte raises: “Children can express themselves in many ways, and it's crucial to talk to them and to explain things to them, even when they are very young”
May 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
How can we ensure the voices of children are genuinely heard? @icjurists.bsky.social Commissioner and former judge Martine Comte raises: “Children can express themselves in many ways, and it's crucial to talk to them and to explain things to them, even when they are very young”
Still a long way to improve the right to effective #participation of #children in proceedings across the #EU.
At @icjurists.bsky.social workshop in Brussels today, discussing w/ justice actors the role of a #representative of a child, the #RightToBeHeard in proceedings, and systemic #inequalities.
At @icjurists.bsky.social workshop in Brussels today, discussing w/ justice actors the role of a #representative of a child, the #RightToBeHeard in proceedings, and systemic #inequalities.
Today, the @icjurists.bsky.social launches a workshop to explore how legal frameworks across the EU can better ensure children are heard in judicial proceedings. Over the next two days, experts and practitioners working with children will discuss procedural rights and child-friendly justice
May 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Still a long way to improve the right to effective #participation of #children in proceedings across the #EU.
At @icjurists.bsky.social workshop in Brussels today, discussing w/ justice actors the role of a #representative of a child, the #RightToBeHeard in proceedings, and systemic #inequalities.
At @icjurists.bsky.social workshop in Brussels today, discussing w/ justice actors the role of a #representative of a child, the #RightToBeHeard in proceedings, and systemic #inequalities.
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⚖️👧🧑 On 22 April, @icjurists.bsky.social and partners launched a series of online workshops for lawyers, judges, prosecutors & law enforcement, social workers & probation officers on ensuring access to justice for children in criminal proceedings, under the #ACCESSproject.
May 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
⚖️👧🧑 On 22 April, @icjurists.bsky.social and partners launched a series of online workshops for lawyers, judges, prosecutors & law enforcement, social workers & probation officers on ensuring access to justice for children in criminal proceedings, under the #ACCESSproject.