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Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 18 September 1998 at the 641st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies

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Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 September 2003 at the 853rd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies

Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 16 March 2005 at the 919th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies

Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 December 2006 at the 983rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies

Adopted at the 416th Meeting of the Ministers' Deputies / 18 April 1988

The Law on Ombudsman for Children was passed by the Croatian Parliament on May 29 2003 – see below.

The Flemish Parliament adopted a Decree creating a Commission for Children’s Rights and establishing the post of Commissioner for Children’s Rights on July 15 1997; the Decree has since been amended on January. 31 2003 and July 15 2005. See amended Decree below.

The National Council is established by an Executive Order (originally Executive Order No. 2 of 5 January 1998; now replaced by Executive Order No. 458 of 15 May 2006 – see below). The Executive Order is issued by the Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in pursuance of section 88 of the Act on Legal Protection and Administration in Social Matters (Consolidated Act No. 847 of 8 September 2005). Section 88 of the Act states that “The Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs appoints a National Council for Children, that should work to safeguard children’s rights and provide information about and advise on children’s conditions in the Danish society…”.

This act details the provisions for the appointment of an Omdudsman, the appointment of an office and of an Advisory Board.

The Law on the Ombudsman for Children (21/12/2004/122) entered into force on September 1 2005. More detail is set out in the “Act of Government on the Ombudsman for Children” , passed April 21 2005. See both below.

Deputy Ombudsman for Children and Department for Children’s Rights: the Greek Ombudsman was established by legislation in 1997. Then Law 3094/2003, passed by Parliament, established Deputy Ombudsman for Children; see below.