On 27 April, the President of the Court, Mattias Guyomar, met with Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the situation of children of Ukraine.

The President emphasised the Court’s judicial work in protecting the rights of the child, including in the context of armed conflict. He also presented the Court’s judicial work in protecting children’s rights in the context of the war in Ukraine.

The judge elected in respect of Slovenia, Vasilka Sancin, also attended the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the conference “Rebirth: Empowerment and Rehabilitation of Girls in Armed Conflicts” organised at the Court. In the afternoon, the President held a separate meeting with the Special Envoy of the Secretary General on the situation of children of Ukraine.

The judge elected in respect of Ukraine, Mykola Gnatovskyy, and the Jurisconsult, Anna Austin, also took part in the meeting.