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COUNCIL OF EUROPE
BUILDING A EUROPE FOR AND WITH
CHILDREN 2006-2008
Council of Europe
Conventions on Children's Rights
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Nb. the links provided allow the
reader to access the treaty, its chart of signatures, a list of declarations,
communications and reservations, a summary of the treaty, and its explanatory
memorandum. |
Core
conventions |
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ETS No. 005: 1950/1953) |
This Convention, known as
the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), protects civil and political
rights, and contains the core values of the Council of Europe. Article 1 states
that the articles of the Convention should "apply to everyone within
their jurisdiction". |
The European Social Charter complements the European
Convention on Human Rights in the field of economic and social rights. The
Charter is a major European treaty which secures children's rights and in
many circumstances it guarantees their rights from birth to adulthood. |
The
revised Charter is gradually replacing the European Social Charter. Many of
its provisions have specific relevance to children, for example Article 16
(right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) which protects
the rights of children as family members, and Article 11 (right
to protection of health). |
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This
convention provides non-judicial preventive machinery to protect detainees.
It is based on a system of visits by the European
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (CPT). |
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Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197: 2005/....) |
This
convention recognises that all forms of trafficking in human beings are a
violation of human rights and requires states to protect its victims, whether
men, women or children. It applies to all forms of exploitation whether
sexual, forced labour or services. |
Convention on Contact concerning Children (ETS No. 192: 2003/2005) |
This
convention determines the general principles to be applied when making or
amending contact orders or agreements and establishes appropriate safeguards
and guarantees to ensure the proper exercise of such contact and the immediate
return of the child at the end of the contact period, in particular in cases
of transfrontier contact. |
Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185: 2001/2004) |
The
preamble refers to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
and the International Labour Organization Worst Forms of Child Labour
Convention. |
European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights (ETS No. 160: 1996/2000) |
This
convention aims to promote children's rights and protect their best
interests. It provides procedural measures to allow children to exercise
their rights, including the obligation to provide them with the relevant
information to do so, in particular in family proceedings before judicial
authorities. |
European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born
out of Wedlock (ETS No. 085: 1975/1978) |
The object of this convention is to assimilate the legal status of a child born out of wedlock with that of a child born in wedlock, and contribute to the harmonisation of the states' laws in this field. |
European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of
Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on the Restoration
of Custody of Children (ETS
No. 105: 1980/1983) |
This
convention aims to provide solutions concerning custody when parents live in
different European states and to ensure the enforcement of decisions relating
to the custody of and access to children. |
European Convention on the Adoption of Children (ETS No. 058: 1967/1968) |
A
revised version of this convention that will reflect both legal and societal
changes is currently being drafted by the Working Party on
Adoption (CJ-FA-GT1),
a subcommittee of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation. |
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