Best Interests of the Child in the European Union

Summary: Collected Papers from a conference
organised by the Swedish Network of
Parliamentarians for Children's Rights,
Radda Barnen , Euronet Children's
Rights and Protection Network of NGOs
in EU held at the Swedish parliament
May 28 -29 1997
Collected Papers from a conference organised by the Swedish Network
of Parliamentarians for Children's Rights, Radda Barnen , Euronet
Children's Rights and Protection Network of NGOs in EU held at the
Swedish parliament May 28 -29 1997

Includes the following papers

Best Interests of the Child - Mrs Judith Karp, Deputy Attorney
General, Member of the UN
committee on the Rights of the Child/Geneva Ministry of Justice /
Israel

Report on Children in Europe
Mrs Sandy Ruxton, European Officer , Action for Children/UK

The concept of the best interests of the child in Polish law
Professor Adam Lopatka, Polish Academy of Science/Warsaw

The political and legal status of the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child in Europe
Ms Anna Lena Olsson LL.M in Human Rights

Positions on Intergovernmental Conference and UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child
Mrs Lydie Err MP. President of the subcommittee of human rights of
the Council of Europe (rapporteur children's rights)

Report from the NGO nework in EU
Ms Diana Sutton , European Officer, on behalf of EURONET in Brussels

The role of UNICEF in Europe in the implementation of the Convention
on the Rights of the Child
Mrs Lisbet Palme , Chairperson of the Swedish Committee for UNICEF

Macroeconomic Policies and the rights of the child
Dr Stefan de Vylder, Economist Stockholm

Children and the Single Market
Mr Ty Goddard European Officer NSPCC/UK
on behalf of Mr Lyndon H.A Harrison MEP

Children and Single Currency
Mr Bill Bell, Head of Advocacy , Save the Children/UK

Closure
Mrs Margareta E Nordenvall, Swedish Network of Parliamentarians for
Children's Rights
Mr Lennart Lindgren Secretary General , Radda Barnen

Countries

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