Projects
Unaccompanied Minors in Europe
Project
The Just Child project, coordinated by the French National School for the Judiciary (ENM) in partnership with 10 European institutions, officially concluded with a final seminar held on May 15–16, 2025, at the ENM’s Paris campus. Supported by the French Ministry of Justice, the French Bar School (EFB), and funded by the European Commission, this European initiative focused on strengthening the protection of unaccompanied minors across Europe.
The final conference followed two earlier seminars held at the National School for the Protection of Juvenile Justice in Roubaix and the Scuola Superiore della Magistratura in Naples. It gathered judges, lawyers, investigators, and educators from Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina to share experiences and best practices.
Faced with the growing issue of exploitation of unaccompanied minors by organized crime networks, the Just Child project produced a series of practical recommendations to improve child protection systems and ensure that the rights of minors are upheld in criminal proceedings — whether they are offenders, victims, or witnesses.
Adding an artistic and human dimension to the event, Fiammetta Ghedini created a live graphic recording throughout the final seminar. Her real-time drawings captured the discussions and emotions of the participants, transforming the key messages and insights of the conference into powerful and accessible visual narratives.
This unique approach helped bridge research, policy, and communication — making the complex topic of juvenile justice and child protection in Europe more visible and engaging for a wider audience.
Client
Artist
Fiammetta Ghedini is the co-founder of RIVA Illustrations. After completing her PhD in Cognitive Sciences in 2011, she worked as the editorial coordinator of the European research communication project ERCcOMICS (2015–2019), which used comics to make cutting-edge science accessible to a wider audience.
Since 2019, she has been working as an artist and science communicator at RIVA Illustrations, creating illustrations, graphic novels, and visual narratives that bridge art and research.
In 2025, she published her first comic book with Dargaud, titled Une Insatiable Envie de Douceur, a thought-provoking and visually rich exploration of our complex relationship with sugar.
