Legal framework assessment – Romania
Comparative study assessing Romania’s legal framework and public policies for preventing and combating violence against children, particularly technology-facilitated violence, against European and international standards
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Highlights
Every child has the right to protection from all forms of violence, including in digital environments. To help strengthen the prevention and response to violence against children, the National Authority for the Protection of Child Rights and Adoption, with support from UNICEF Romania, initiated an assessment of the legislative and public policy framework on violence against children, with a focus on technology-facilitated violence.
The study assessed the legal framework against European and international standards, including the International Classification of Violence against Children (ICVAC) and ISO IWA 49:2025 Child-friendly multidisciplinary and interagency response services for children who are victims of violence. The desk review was complemented by legislative examples from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.
The findings and recommendations provide a solid foundation for revising the legal framework to ensure a coherent approach to violence in physical and digital environment, strengthen digital platforms’ accountability, support specialized training for professionals and develop integrated Barnahus-type services for child victims or witnesses of violence.
The study was conducted within the project "Strengthening the response to violence against children through better informed policies and enhanced institutional capacity", funded by the European Union through the Technical Support Instrument, at the request of the National Authority for the Protection of Child Rights and Adoption within the Ministry of Labor, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity of Romania and the Ministry of Justice of Poland and implemented with technical assistance provided by UNICEF Romania and UNICEF Poland.
