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Auf seiner Plenartagung im Dezember wird das Parlament über seine Stellungnahme zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung über die Zuständigkeit, das anzuwendende Recht, die Anerkennung von Entscheidungen und die Annahme öffentlicher Urkunden in Elternschaftssachen sowie zur Einführung eines europäischen Elternschaftszertifikats abstimmen. Die Verordnung würde die Vorschriften der Mitgliedstaaten über die Zuständigkeit und das auf die Elternschaft anzuwendende Recht harmonisieren sowie die Anerkennung ...

Adopted in 1989, the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was the first international instrument to explicitly recognise children as human beings with innate rights. Ratified by 197 countries, including all EU Member States, it has become the landmark treaty on children's rights, outlining universal standards for the care, treatment, survival, development, protection and participation of all children. The promotion and protection of children's rights is one of the key objectives ...

The transition from childhood to adulthood is not always smooth. Despite their quest for independence, young people face a range of challenges that can deter them from leaving their parents' home, such as lack of financial independence, adverse labour market conditions, high housing costs and more generally living costs.

Maternity and paternity leave in the EU

Auf einen Blick 01-03-2022

This infographic aims to present the current maternity and paternity leave situation in EU Member States. Most EU countries also grant an additional period of parental leave, but parental leave is not covered in this infographic.

The prohibition of discrimination and the protection of human rights are important elements of the EU legal order. Nevertheless, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people persists throughout the EU and takes various forms, including verbal abuse and physical violence. Sexual orientation is now recognised in EU law as grounds of discrimination. However, the scope of the provisions dealing with this issue is limited and does not cover social protection, ...

This in-depth analysis has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee in the context of the workshop to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. It looks into the implementation of the 1980 Convention, as regards the respect of autonomy of parts, validity of agreements and mediation, and describes, from a practitioner’s point of ...

In dieser auf Ersuchen des FEMM-Ausschusses von der Fachabteilung Bürgerrechte und konstitutionelle Angelegenheiten in Auftrag gegebenen Studie werden die Entwicklungen mit Blick auf die Situation von Alleinerziehenden in der EU beschrieben (mit zusätzlichen Informationen aus Island und Norwegen). Es werden die Mittel, die Beschäftigungssituation und der sozialpolitische Hintergrund von Alleinerziehenden analysiert und Empfehlungen zur Verbesserung ihrer Situation abgegeben, wobei die Covid-19-Pandemie ...

Maternity and paternity leave in the EU

Auf einen Blick 15-12-2016

This infographic aims to present the current state of affairs of maternity and paternity leave in EU Member States. Maternity leave policies in EU Member States are governed by the 1992 Pregnant Workers Directive. After an unsuccessful attempt to introduce a new maternity leave directive, the Commission has announced a new, more holistic package as a replacement.

The European Union is in the midst of three crises: the economic, the demographic and the refugee. This study evaluates policies aiming at increasing fertility through work-life balance, reveals their interrelation with family policies and economic priorities and suggests ways of addressing challenges on all three fronts with the view to minimise their gendered outcomes.

More than one in four children in the European Union (EU) is at risk of poverty or social exclusion. The poverty rate for children is higher than that for any other age group, though it varies widely across Member States. Furthermore, between 2008 and 2014, Europe has witnessed a rise in the number of severely deprived children. The five main factors affecting child poverty are: the composition of the household in which a child lives, the parents' labour market situation, the mother’s own working ...