USEFUL LINKS

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EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

• Council of Europe :

  • Council of Europe – Children’s Rights – Building a Europe for and with children
  • Council of Europe – Children’s Rights – Lanzarote Convention
  • Council of Europe – Children’s Rights – Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child (CDENF)
  • Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

• European Union :

  • European Commission DG Justice – Rights of the Child
  • The European Forum on the Rights of the Child
  • The European Parliament
  • The European Parliament - Office of the EP Coordinator on Children's Rights
  • The European Parliament - Intergroup on Children's Rights

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UNITED NATIONS

• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• UNICEF
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Center
• UNICEF Regional website for Europe and Central Asia
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• UNHCR Guidelines on Determining the Best Interest of the Child

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NGO’S

• Child Rights International Network (CRIN)
• Child Rights Connect
• Defence for Children
• ECPAT
• Eurochild
• Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
• Save the Children

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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL TEXTS

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• European Social Charter
• Children's Rights under the European Social Charter
• European Convention of the Adoption of Children
• European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights
• European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock
• European Convention on Nationality
• European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children
• European Convention on the Repatriation of Minors
• Principles relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for protection and promotion of human rights (The Paris Principles)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

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GLOBAL NETWORK

• Latin America and Caribbean

  • Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
  • Bolivia - Defensor del Pueblo Bolivia
  • Brazil - Secretaria Especial de Corregedoria e Ouvidoria Geral Brasil - Paraná
  • Chile - Capítulo Chileno del Ombudsman
  • Colombia - Defensor del Pueblo Colombia
  • Costa Rica - Defensor de los Habitantes Costa Rica
  • Ecuador - Defensor del Pueblo Ecuador
  • El Salvador - Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos El Salvador
  • Guatemala - Procuraduría Nacional de los Derechos Humanos Guatemala
  • Honduras - Comisionado Nacional de Protección de los Derechos Humanos Honduras
  • Mexico - Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos México
  • Nicaragua - Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos Nicaragua
  • Panama - Defensor del Pueblo Panamá
  • Paraguay - Defensor del Pueblo Paraguay
  • Peru - Defensor del Pueblo Perú
  • Peru - Defensor de la Niñez
  • Puerto Rico - Oficina del Procurador del Ciudadano Puerto Rico
  • Venezuela - Defensoría del Pueblo Venezuela

• North America

  • Canada - Saskatchewan Children's Advocate Office (CAO)
  • Canada - Office of the Ombudsman of British Columbia (OMB-BC)
  • Canada - Office of the Child and Youth Advocate - Newfoundland and Labrador (OCYA)

• Oceania

  • • Australia

      • Australian Capital Territory - ACT Children and Youth Commissioner
      • New South Wales -  The NSW Advocate for Children and Young People / NSW Office of the Children's Guardian
      • Northern Territory - Office of the Children's Commissioner
      • Queensland - Queensland Family and Child Commission
      • South Australia - Guardian for Children and Young People in Care
      • Tasmania - The Commissioner for Children and Young People Tasmania
      • Victoria - The Commission for Children and Young People
      • Western Australia - WA Commissioner for Children and Young People

  • • New Zealand

      • Office of the Children's Commissioner