New child commissioner announced
Elena Perikleous has been appointed commissioner for the protection of children’s rights, replacing Despo Michaelidou.
The appointment, which will come into force on October 15 after she has resigned from ...
Child commissioner calls out heavy-handed deportation tactics (Updated)
The island’s children’s rights commissioner on Thursday highlighted what she called the government’s over-zealous handling of illegal migrants with little or no consideration for their fundamental human ...
Child commissioner berates authorities over summer camps
Child protection commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Thursday berated authorities for failing to implement an institutional framework governing the operation of children’s summer camps as a failure to safeguard children’...
Child commissioner takes back comments linking traffickers to police (updated)
As a row over living conditions at Pournara reception centre rumbled on, child commissioner Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday clarified that she had misspoken the previous day when she said that ...
Coronavirus: Parents angered over ‘scary’ Covid schoolbook
The children’s rights commissioner has responded to parents’ complaints over the education ministry’s rollout of a book criticised for causing “terror”, minimising the mental health impact of lockdowns ...
Official complains of double standards at state sports schools
There are deficiencies in informing state sport school applicants about entrance criteria, Child Commissioner Despo Michaelidou-Livanou said in a report made public on Monday.
The commissioner said she had looked ...