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Organisation aims and activities: The Council of Europe has over
twenty years of experience in the
field of the legal protection of the
child.

Further details:

Read about child rights and the Council of Europe here

The Council of Europe addresses children's rights by combining highly effective tools, such as standard setting – monitoring – policy development – co-operation and assistance programmes – education, training and communication. The following sections present an overview of this work, with relevant links.

The website for the programme on children is available at: www.coe.int/children

Origins and mission of the Council of Europe

Founded in 1949, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals.

Member States

The Council of Europe has a genuine pan-European dimension:

47 member countries
1 applicant country: Belarus; Belarus ' special guest status has been suspended due to its lack of respect for human rights and democratic principles.

More here: http://www.coe.int/T/e/Com/about_coe/

Operational level: International

Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18

Organisation type: Mechanism / Monitoring body

Organisation mandate: Research child rights

Areas of expertise: Child participation, Children and the media, Education and cultural rights, Justice, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Violence

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CRIN does not accredit or validate any of the organisations listed in our directory. The views and activities of the listed organisations do not necessarily reflect the views or activities of CRIN's coordination team.

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