Website: Building a Europe for and with Children: Council of Europe three-year action programme, Launching conference, Monaco, 4-5 April 2006

The objective of the programme is to help decision-makers and operators concerned in Europe implement general policies on awareness-raising, information and prevention, in order to uphold and further children's rights generally and especially their right to be protected against all forms of violence.

The conference focused on four different themes:
+ Promoting children's rights, information and awareness-raising: introducing a European strategy.

+ Participation by children: guaranteeing access to information and developing consultation and participation procedures.

+ Combating sexual abuse of children in the cyber-era.

+ Towards a Europe free of corporal punishment: priorities and strategies.

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