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Children's Rights: Greece

Based on the constitutional mandate to protect and safeguard children and on its international obligations arising from ratifications of agreements on children's rights, which have the status of domestic law upon ratification, Greece has enacted various laws and has adopted a number of measures and services  to promote and advance the rights of the children.  The topics covered in this report are health and social welfare, education, labor and exploitation, and juvenile justice.  In 2002, the Greek Parliament adopted a new law on human trafficking, and the government has allocated a number of resources in an effort to eliminate this scourge.  In 2003, the juvenile system was reformed.  An additional law was enacted in 2006 to combat intra-family violence, which also encompasses a prohibition of corporal punishment of children.

The Children's Rights: Greece report from the Law Library of Congress contains information on: the implementation of International Rights of the Child, child health and social welfare, education, child labor and exploitation, sexual exploitation of children, sale and trafficking of children, and juvenile justice. Visit our Web site to read the report.

Source: Children's Rights: Greece

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