A/HRC/19/64 • trafficking of children; • violence in the name of honour and traditions affecting children. • develop specific action to protect particularly vulnerable children (see ―Special focus on particularly vulnerable children‖). Participation of children and their influence in society The Council of Europe should: • promote children‘s access to information concerning their rights and human rights education for children; • reinforce co-operation between children‘s rights programme and the youth sector, building upon the youth sector's expertise in the field of participation and making use of the platform offered by the European Youth Forum; • promote awareness raising on the right of the child to participate in decision-making processes and facilitate the exchange of experience and good practices with regard to: • various forms and methods of achieving child participation and of promoting dialogue between decision makers at all levels on the one hand, and children and young people on the other; • methods for children‘s participation in individual decisions that concern them, such as in courts, the social services, schools and health and medical care; • positive parenting and family policies, acknowledging that child participation is crucial, including in the home setting; • examine the possibility to update existing recommendations of the Committee of Ministers on children‘s participation and influence in society,c or envisage the possibility of a new recommendation on this subject; • launch a pilot project with volunteer countries to analyse participation policies and extract good practice and guidance for all those wishing to promote participation at local and national levels. Special focus on particularly vulnerable children When developing, implementing and evaluating activities, due consideration should be given to the rights and needs of particularly vulnerable children, notably in the context of access to education, social, health and legal services, and participation. The following children will receive special attention: Children without parental care • Promote the implementation of the Committee of Ministers Rec(2005) on the rights of children living in residential institutions and contribute to the exchange of experience within the field of the rights of children-in-care; • in the context of migration, address the needs of children left in the countries of origin when their parents migrate; c 70 Recommendations (97) 3 and (98) 8.

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