The Council affirms the importance of a comprehensive and integrated human rights-based approach towards the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, through specific actions and effective mainstreaming
It contributes to defining an EU Action Plan on Children in External Action, based on a holistic approach, which takes account of the various aspects of the problem by calling for humanitarian, development, security and human...
First, it presents a set of guiding principles. Second, it identifies priorities for action including targets and indicators in the form of a logical framework and a timeline. Third, it defines a framework for monitoring...
These Guidelines reinforce the action of the European Union for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child in its external relations and encourage an overall, strategic approach to these issues.
The EC proposes a strategy for protecting the rights of the child within the framework of the EU's internal and external policies.
The Protocol commits of ratifying states to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, protecting and assisting victims of trafficking and promoting cooperation among states in order to meet those objectives.
The protocol, adopted in 2000 and entered into force in 2002, requires ratifying States to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces.
ILO Convention No 182 of 17 June 1999 requires ratifying States to take immediate and effective measures to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst of child labour as a matter of urgency.
It was the first instrument to incorporate the complete range of international human rights of the children— including civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights as well as aspects of humanitarian law.