Chapter 3. Observing the rights of the child Education and Science #1646 of 28 December 2019 “Certain Issues of Responding to Cases of Bullying and the Use of Disciplinary Measures in Education Institutions” taking into account the remarks of the Commissioner is registered with the Ministry of Justice. 87 The Commissioner also draws attention to the need for a comprehensive approach to awareness raising activities by the Government, the media, media content producers as an important component of combating the bullying. In turn, following a round table held at the Secretariat of the Commissioner on 14 August 2019 featuring participation of representatives of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Policy, National Police of Ukraine, National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, researchers, educators, media representations, the recommendations were developed and adopted aimed at raising awareness on mechanisms of combating bullying, preventing prejudices and errors in covering this topic. The Commissioner also conducted the respective awareness raising activities on ensuring the rights of the child in the media space. In particular, the staff of the Secretariat of the Commissioner conducted 2 trainings for students and teachers of the Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, as well as the training for the team of the project Ukraine Speaking. At the request of TV channels, the Commissioner provided consultations to minimize harmful risks for the children after the release of television broadcasts. The topic of violence against children, including bullying, was covered during the interview on Rada TV Channel (September 2019) and on Hromadske Radio (December 2019). Also, the Representative of the Commissioner for the Observance of the Rights of the Child and the Family made specific proposals for overcoming conflicts in the school environment during the participation in the International Forum on the Rights of the Child and Mediation “Community Mediation Forum” (Kherson, May 2019). In particular, they concerned the creation of school mediation services, special training for parents, teachers, school psychologists. After all, the work of school mediation services is an effective way to prevent bullying. Currently, such services are created in education institutions in Kherson, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv and other oblasts of Ukraine. As part of annual pan-Ukrainian campaign 16 days against violence, the Representative of the Commissioner for the Observance of the Rights of the Child and Family recorded and posted on Facebook an appeal to children on ways to protect themselves from violence. Combating bullying and protection mechanisms were also discussed during direct communication with children, in particular, during the School of Children’s Rights at Moloda Hvardia Ukrainian Children’s Centre (Odessa, May, November 2019), Training of school ombudspersons for senior students of secondary schools in Vyshhorod (October 2019), information and awareness raising meetings with students of the Technical Lyceum of Kyiv (as part of a guided tour to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine organized jointly with Docudays UA). CHAPTER 3 These recommendations were sent to the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting for distribution among the TV and radio entities of Ukraine and posted on the website of the institution. Also, the Representative of the Commissioner for the Observance of the Rights of the Child and the Family presented them during a public discussion on protecting children’s interests in the information space in September 2019 in Kyiv for representatives of the media and the civic sector.