Child commissioner berates authorities over summer camps
Child protection commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Thursday berated authorities for failing to implement an institutional framework governing the operation of children’s summer camps as a...
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Child commissioner takes back comments linking traffickers to police (updated)
As a row over living conditions at Pournara reception centre rumbled on, child commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday clarified that she had misspoken the previous...
Coronavirus: Parents angered over ‘scary’ Covid schoolbook
The children’s rights commissioner has responded to parents’ complaints over the education ministry’s rollout of a book criticised for causing “terror”, minimising the mental health...
Official complains of double standards at state sports schools
There are deficiencies in informing state sport school applicants about entrance criteria, Child Commissioner Despo Michaelidou-Livanou said in a report made public on Monday. The...
Coronavirus: Prodromou says school protocols ready to send out (Updated)
By Peter Michael and Jonathan Shkurko Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday the health protocols for schools at all levels were ready and were...
Child commissioner calls for regulation of summer camps after abuse claims
Commissioner for Children’s Rights Despo Michaelidou called on Monday for the state to introduce a framework covering the operation of summer camps in a report...
Children should face no discrimination, no exclusions, says commissioner
Child commissioner has said that only patience and persistence can ensure that no child in Cyprus is excluded from enjoying their basic human rights. “We...
Child watchdog calls for inquiry after apparent teen suicide
Child commissioner Leda Koursoumba asked for an inquiry on Friday into the apparent suicide of a 14-year-old boy who was found dead at a farm...
Three years and counting for suspected predator to go on trial
By Evie Andreou Children’s Rights Commissioner, Leda Koursoumba, slammed authorities on Friday for the delay in the trial of a man accused of sexually abusing...
Ten per cent increase in complaints to child commissioner
By Evie Andreou Children’s Rights Commissioner Leda Koursoumba on Thursday said that her office has seen a more than 10 per cent increase last year...
