Government forms Council for Rights of Children

The press release said that the Council is a mechanism to protect and exercise the rights of children. It is chaired by Minister Jelena Zaric Kovacevic with the ministry providing expert and administrative support. It has 23 members including officials from ministries, civil society organizations and the academic community

“The most important jobs of the Council include keeping up with regulations on the exercise and protection of the rights of children, contributing to amending existing and introducing new regulations and monitoring the implementation of international treaties,” it said.

The Council will also monitor the implementation of public policy documents on preventing and protecting children from violence and protocols on inter-departmental and multi-discipline approaches to promoting and protecting the rights of children.