{"id":12616,"date":"2025-11-09T11:38:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sos-villages.gr\/childrens-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:23:52","slug":"childrens-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sos-villages.gr\/en\/childrens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12616\" class=\"elementor elementor-12616 elementor-8408\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b325309 intro-section e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b325309\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1301c4e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1301c4e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34177dc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34177dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Child Protection<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa907b breadpath e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fa907b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-670bd85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"670bd85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53738491 short-width e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53738491\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfccc46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bfccc46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Advocacy \u2013 Protection of Children\u2019s Rights<\/h3><h2>What we do:<\/h2><p>On December 2, 1992, Greece ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. The 54 articles of the Convention aim to ensure that all children growing up in our country enjoy conditions of safety, love, dignity, freedom, equality, and solidarity. <\/p><h4>SOS Children\u2019s Villages, as a leading organization for the Protection of Children\u2019s Rights, support the implementation of the CRC through programs and actions that amplify children\u2019s voices and promote holistic and meaningful reform in Child Protection.<\/h4><ul><li aria-level=\"1\">We promote legislative and institutional changes for sustainable child protection services.<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">We inform and raise awareness among society and the media about the importance of prevention and deinstitutionalization.<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">We collaborate with organizations and institutions, creating support networks for children in need.<\/li><\/ul><h4>To ensure the application of the principles and rights of children growing up in our care, we follow the guidelines and standards described:<\/h4><ul><li aria-level=\"1\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/sos-villages.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Quality4children.pdf\">Quality4children<\/a> quality regulations, developed through international research in 32 European countries in 2004<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">In the 2005 Recommendation of the Council of Europe on \u201cThe Rights of Children Living in Child Protection Institutions\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d38875 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d38875\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739120c short-width e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"739120c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46be673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46be673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What are our goals?<\/h2><p>We strive to create an holistic support framework that safeguards the rights of all children, strengthening the institutional establishment of their protection.<\/p><h4>At the same time, aiming to contribute to the deinstitutionalization of out-of-family child care in Greece, we work closely with public and private child protection agencies in order to:<\/h4><ul><li>Transfer expertise<\/li><li>Support these agencies with specialized staff<\/li><li>Advocate for the implementation of policies that face institutionalization, while aiming at the best interests of the children deprived of their biological family environment.<\/li><\/ul><h4>The Advocacy Department promotes institutional changes in collaboration with other organizations, with the main goal of deinstitutionalization and the prevention of child abuse in Greece.<\/h4><ul><li>We promote legislative and institutional changes for sustainable child protection services.<\/li><li>We inform and raise awareness among society and the media about the importance of prevention and deinstitutionalization.<\/li><li>We collaborate with organizations and institutions, creating support networks for children in need.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c090c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" 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