Summary: In line with its adopted Strategy “Building a Europe for and with children”, the Council of Europe is continuing its action to promote children’s rights and to protect children from harm.
A high-level conference on the Protection of Children in European Justice Systems will be organised by the Council of Europe in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice of Spain, in Toledo on 12-13 March 2009. Three workshops will be held, focusing on combating violence against children through a more efficient legal framework, the role of the private sector in the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse of children, and the development of a child friendly justice system. Further information: Contact person in Strasbourg: Contact persons in Spain Ms Mercedes del PORTILLO, Siasa Congressos, S.A., Paeso de la Habana, 134, 28036 MADRID
Ms Dominique WULFRAN, Council of Europe, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal
Affairs, Law Reform Department, Strasbourg, France
Tel: +33 3 90 21 50 35
Fax: +33 3 88 41 27 94
E-mail: dominique.wulfran@coe.int
Ms Paz PALMERO, Advisor for International Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 (654) 24 37 25
E-mail: paz.palmero@mjusticia.es
Tel: +34 91 457 48 91 / Mobile : +34 649 43 40 77
Fax: +34 91 458 10 88
E-mail: mportillo@siasa.es
The Protection of Children in European Justice Systems
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Link :
http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/fight_against_sexual_exploitation_of_children/Toledo%20information.asp
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