Press Release: Commission launches comprehensive EU strategy to promote and safeguard the rights of the child

The European Commission adopted 4 July 2006 its Communication 'Towards an EU strategy on the Rights of the Child'. This is the first time the Commission has taken such a transversal and cross-cutting approach to children’s rights. It concerns both internal and external policies of the Union and covers more than ten of these policies such as civil and criminal justice, employment, development cooperation, trade negotiation, education and health.

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European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/06/266: Towards an EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/266&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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