New children’s watchdog, and law commissioner appointed
The names of the new Commissioners for Children’s Rights and Law Commissioner were announced on Wednesday to replace outgoing official Leda Koursoumba who was serving...
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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...
Koursoumba highlights plight of unaccompanied minors
STATE policies and programmes for the transition of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum into independent adulthood are severely lacking, the Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s...
‘All children should have equal rights’
Parents should be entitled to child benefits irrespective of the duration of their stay in Cyprus, Commissioner for Children’s Rights Leda Koursoumba has said. In...
Facebook user fined for insulting couple who adopted Asian girl
A woman has been fined €800 after being found guilty of spreading racist and xenophobic material online for describing a couple as ‘idiots’ on Facebook...
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...
Child watchdog furious over pedo sentence
Children’s Rights Commissioner Leda Koursoumba on Tuesday said she was disappointed by a recent court decision sentencing a 48-year-old man to a four years in...
Government working on building society focused on children
The government is consistently working on building a society focused on children and granting them tools to shape future society, President Nicos Anastasiades said on...
Child stabbing suspect ‘a victim of an indifferent system’
Children’s rights commissioner Leda Koursoumba on Thursday condemned the fact that the 13-year-old boy who allegedly fatally stabbed his nine-year-old sister was admitted to the...
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...
