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travelling sex offenders face legal consequences in their respective home countries in the
EU, action should be undertaken to increase the number of investigations and prosecutions
within the EU for offences committed outside the EU.
The EU will continue to pursue a political dialogue with third countries and international
organisations, in order to maintain or improve the respect and promotion of the rights of the
child. As part of its enlargement policy, the EU will continue to promote the reform of child
protection and will closely monitor progress on the rights of the child throughout the
accession process in the candidate countries and potential candidates, especially as regards
children of ethnic minorities and marginalised groups, such as Roma, which have been
identified as particularly vulnerable.
Bilateral co-operation with third countries will be structured around measures such as
scaling up development programmes focused on the rights of the child to, for instance,
support stronger national structures and institutions, including the development of
independent child rights institutions, promote legislative reforms in conformity with
relevant international standards and promote the rights of the child through trade
instruments and in international negotiations.
In multilateral cooperation the EU will continue its support for international initiatives,
including tabling resolutions at the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights
Council. It will also intensify coordination with international stakeholders.
In humanitarian aid, the EU will continue and increase the support to projects and activities
that directly target the specific needs of children in emergencies along the lines set in the
2008 Staff Working Paper on "Children in Situations of Emergency and Crisis". pp
Action:
10.
The EU will continue the implementation of the 2007 EU Guidelines on the
Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Childqq that focus on combating all
forms of violence against children. The EU will also evaluate the implementation of the
Guidelines. The EU will implement the EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflicts rr
based on the 2010 Revised Implementation Strategy.
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Child Participation and Awereness Raising
The results of two Eurobarometer surveys of 2008 and 2009 showed that 76% of children ss
interviewed were not aware of having rights and 79 % did not know who to contact in case
of need. When asked what action the EU should take to promote and protect the rights of
the child, 88 % of respondents indicated that the EU should provide more information to
children about their rights in an accessible way.
Full recognition of the rights of the child means that children must be given a chance to
voice their opinions and participate in the making of decisions that affect them. Article
24(1) of the Charter requires the EU to take children's views into considerations on matters
which concern them in accordance with their age and maturity.
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Commission Communication on a Special Place for Children in EU External Action, COM (2008) 55
final, available at: http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0055:FIN:EN:PDF
Available at: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/16031.07.pdf
Available at: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/10019.en08.pdf
Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_235_en.pdf and
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_273_en.pdf.
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