On 16-17 September 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) hosted a transnational workshop in Brussels on procedural rights of migrant and refugee children in legal proceedings. The workshop explored international and EU legal frameworks that protect the rights of children, with particular attention to the right to be heard and to effective participation in asylum and other migration-related proceedings. The EU Pact will significantly lower the existing procedural safeguards on legal aid across the EU. The first workshop held in May 2025 explored the child’s right to be heard in legal proceedings. In November, the next workshop will focus on the barriers that children with disabilities face when participating in legal proceedings.