Appeal to Government – Children’s rights: “Sometimes you need a reconsideration”

Often they are requesting the administration, legal provisions or the law. He mentioned the more uniform standards in the well -being of children and young people as an example. Upper Austria’s children’s and youth lawyer Christine Winkler-Kirchberger in turn spoke about (cyber) bullying. Prevention, advanced training and improved structures can save later costs for interventions. Many schools would only be looking for external help if the situation had already been done and suspensions were needed.

In the 2023/24 school year, 2000 were registered in Austria, which is a plus compared to the previous school year. Such a measure does not change the basic problem, according to the lawyers of the children and the youth. It therefore welcomes the government’s project to create nationally uniform standards for suspension support. But there would be resources and qualified staff, otherwise the model will be at the expense of school social work and school psychology.

Extension of child protection concepts to kindergarten schools
Another demand for the new government: concepts for child protection, which must now be created in schools, also extend to kindergarten and extra -curricular areas such as clubs.

The experts see the temporary exposure to family reunions. “Children have the right to live with their parents,” said the Salzburg children and youth lawyer Johanna Fellinger. However, measures must be checked to combat the overwhelming schools. As reported, the Triple Coalition decided to stop the temporary stop in the family reunification of refugees.