Los niños pueden estar confinados, ¡pero sus derechos no!.

Proteger y empoderar a los niños durante la pandemia de Covid-19.

COVID-19,Consejo de Europa. 

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La mayoría de los expertos y el personal que trabaja en el Consejo de Europa han abandonado sus edificios y ahora trabajan desde miles de hogares en toda Europa, utilizando tecnología y nuevos métodos de trabajo para lograr su importante misión. Esto incluye revisar las medidas tomadas para gestionar la pandemia de COVID-19 y asesorar sobre cómo mitigar cualquier impacto negativo que puedan tener, en particular en las personas en situación de vulnerabilidad.

En esta página, que se actualizará periódicamente, estamos recopilando las respuestas de los órganos del Consejo de Europa a las situaciones que más nos preocupan y brindando información sobre cómo proteger mejor a los niños en sus crecientes actividades en línea durante la crisis

 Children may be confined, but their rights are not!

• COVID-19 crisis: Secretary General concerned about increased risk of domestic violence
• Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: statement by the Chairperson of the group of independent experts GREVIO
• “Data protection cannot be seen as an obstacle to saving lives”: Joint statement by Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 and the Data Protection Commissioner of the Council of Europe 
• Stepping up protection of children against sexual exploitation and abuse in times of the COVID-19: statement by the Lanzarote Committee Chair and Vice-Chairperson
• Learning from the pandemic to better fulfil the right to health: Statement by the Commissioner for Human Rithts, Dunja Mijatović
• European Committee of Social Rights statement on the right to protection of health in times of pandemic

Children can reach the world from home

The global sanitary crisis has brought unprecedented changes in our interactions and routines due to social distancing and confinement. In many countries, only essential businesses are functioning normally while many adults in institutions and companies work from home and children follow their school lessons online. Families, communities, businesses and governments are leaning heavily on internet, digital technology and social media to retain a semblance of normalcy and continue day-to-day activities and also considerably expanding their use for entertainment.
ICTs are allowing children to continue their education and to acquire new skills; to access information and to seek advice and support if they are worried; to play and keep in touch with their peers and loved ones. Screens are helping many children to cope with the confinement, but they are also exposing them to risks. Guidance on some of these challenges provided by different institutions and media can be found under the following headers.

Ver en este enlace los desplegables de los siguientes contenidos.

Talking to Children about Covid-19

Parenting in times of Corona

Supporting teenagers during the period of confinement

Screen time during the crisis

Finding quality content for children online

E-learning: mission impossible or opportunity?

Children's online safety in times of social distancing

Children and violence: how to spot the signs and report?

Other interesting resources