Koursoumba slams shabby treatment of two disabled children
Children’s Rights Commissioner Leda Koursoumba said that she had found a number of violations of the rights of two children, one with visual impairment, the...
Child Commissioner Leda Koursoumba.
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Public persecutor’s bullet proof confidence shaken
AUDITOR- prosecutor- judge- punisher- General and guardian of public morality, Odysseas came a bit unstuck last week when he tried to bully law commissioner Leda...
Law commissioner accuses auditor general of not being objective
Law Commissioner Leda Koursoumba on Tuesday accused Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides of not using objective criteria when he drew his recent conclusions about her use of...
Republic born child of Turkish father denied a passport
The child of a Greek Cypriot mother and a Turkish father has not yet been issued a passport, even though the child was born...
Teacher who had affair with pupil has jail sentence doubled
The commissioner for children’s rights has welcomed the supreme court decision to double the jail sentence of 39-year-old teacher who had an affair with...
French-Cypriot school failed to deal with bullying case
Two siblings, aged seven and twelve, were not only left unprotected but forced to pay the price of a dispute between the French-Cypriot school...
‘Children have rights, too’, says president
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday the government is constantly striving to build a child-centred approach to society where a child’s needs and wishes are...
Agreement over parents’ presence at children’s medical examinations
Child commissioner Leda Koursoumba on Monday stressed the need for a policy change concerning the ban on parents or guardians being present when minors undergo...
Fees for birth certs may be axed
By Angelos Anastasiou IN A bid to curb the phenomenon of new-born babies going unregistered, the government is considering eliminating fees and penalties for the...
Leda Koursoumba reappointed as Child Commissioner
By Marie Kambas Leda Koursoumba was reappointed on Monday as the Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s Rights, and sworn in at a ceremony presided...
Child commissioner slams state for lack of policy
By Constantinos Psillides Child Commissioner Leda Koursoumba yesterday slammed government services over their lack of coordination regarding the handling of unaccompanied minors currently housed at...
Online risks for children on the rise
By Angelos Anastasiou THE number of online cases involving the exploitation of minors almost tripled between 2013 and 2014, Commissioner for Children’s Rights Leda Koursoumba...
Number of food banks jumps to over 50
By Staff Reporter THERE are now 53 food banks operating in Cyprus as 300 more families were forced to resort to handouts in March while...
Cyprus in the hot seat on human rights
By Stefanos Evripidou THE CYPRUS Republic will find itself in the hot seat on Tuesday, answering questions on its human rights record as part of...
2013: The Cyprus Mail has been inundated this year with stories of families shoddily treated by the migration department
By Poly Pantelides THE MIND boggled at the migration department’s decision this year to split a family apart, detaining the mother in one place, the...