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The best decision for the child - leaflet
According to the Children’s Rights Committee, a well-founded decision requires a child-friendly, full investigation, as well as a careful balance between what is best for the child and any other interests at stake. In doing so, you should always consider …
National Ombudsman and Ombudsman for Children team up on consultation phone line in Caribbean Netherlands
On 6 April, between 9.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. (local time), a team from the National Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children will be available for phone consultations in the Caribbean Netherlands. Are you having problems with organisations like the Tax …
Ombudsman for Children team will not visit the Caribbean Netherlands this spring
The team from the Ombudsman for Children was scheduled to come to Bonaire last week to hold walk-in sessions and talk to the children, young people and professionals of Bonaire. On Saba and Sint Eustatius, National Ombudsman staff were due to listen to …
Caribbean children pay the price
This report describes the issues faced by single parents and their children in the Caribbean Netherlands living on or around the poverty line and explores how this affects their parenting, from both the parents’ and the children’s perspective. Poverty …
Improved cooperation needed to tackle poverty among single parents and children in the Caribbean Netherlands
The Dutch National Ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen, also acting on behalf of the Ombudsman for Children Margrite Kalverboer, today presented the report 'Caribbean children pay the price' to Alida Francis, government commissioner of St. Eustatius. The State …
Netherlands’ Ombudsman for Children: Make voluntary vaccination possible for healthy children aged 5-12
The Netherlands’ Ombudsman for Children (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Ombudsman’) believes that vaccination for healthy children aged between 5 and 12 years should be possible. Although a coronavirus infection usually runs a very mild course in healthy …
Statement and Child rights examination on vaccination against coronavirus for healthy children aged 5-12
The Netherlands’ Ombudsman for Children (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Ombudsman’) believes that vaccination should be made possible for healthy children between the ages of 5 and 12. The Ombudsman emphasises that a parent’s choice to vaccinate or not …
Letter to UN Child Rights Committee with update
Our letter to the UN Child Rights Committee in which we give an update on the major areas of concern regarding children's rights in the European and Caribbean …
Ombudsman for Children to UN Child Rights Committee: little progress on important policy dossiers
Earlier this year, the Ombudsman for Children reported to the UN Child Rights Committee on the major areas of concern regarding children's rights in the European and Caribbean Netherlands. The UN Child Rights Committee asked us to send an update on our …
Walk-in sessions for residents of Saba and St. Eustatius with the National Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children team
From 7 to 12 February 2022, a team from the National Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children will be on Saba and St. Eustatius for walk-in sessions. Residents are welcome to come, free of charge, to the walk-in sessions if they wish to submit a complaint …