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According to data from the Register of Initiated Executions, tens of thousands of executions have been initiated against children and minors in the Czech Republic. The infamous rarity of child debts was to be solved by the expected amendment to the new Civil Code and Civil Procedure Code adopted last year. However, it is not retroactive and does not apply to "old" debts. Child debts continue to shake the foundations of the rule of law, which is why our work aims to stop debts issued to children before 2021, through individual legal representation, but especially by acting on the responsible institutions with the intention of stopping all child debts completely and across the board. This means that the focus of the project needs to change - instead of individual legal representation of clients, the emphasis will be on a top-down approach in the form of negotiations with responsible institutions. The project has several target groups: the general public will be informed about changes in the area of child debt, or changes in foreclosures, examples of good practice, etc., through the so-called action website. Another target group is public institutions such as municipalities and others that still practice debt recovery. The last target group is non-profit organisations and also clients of non-profit organisations - the debtors themselves. We expect that working with entities across the country will move us closer to our goal of stopping the issuance of all child debt by 2021.