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Developing indicators for the protection, respect and promotion of the rights of the child in the European Union. Summary Report

Document number
2128
Date
2009
Title
Developing indicators for the protection, respect and promotion of the rights of the child in the European Union. Summary Report
Author/publisher
European Union Agency For Fundamental Rights
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports, Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
Summary
The indicators developed by the FRA presented in this report constitute an initial toolkit to evaluate the impact of EU law and policy on children's status and experience across various fields. These indicators aim also to highlight the existing gaps both in current EU provision and available data, providing a springboard for future legal, policy and research development. Furthermore, they complement and build upon previous efforts to develop child indicators at EU level extending across specific areas of substantive law and policy. With this in mind, the indicators presented here call for a cautious and pragmatic, step-by-step approach; one that respects the current boundaries of EU competence and acknowledges the respective and discrete roles of the international, European and national institutions responsible for addressing different aspects of children's rights.
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