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SUMMARY OF ANNUAL ACTIVITIES

European Network of Ombudspersons for Children A NNUAL CONFERENCE & GENERAL ASSEMBLY Strasbourg, 7, 8 & 9 th, October 2010 . SUMMARY OF ANNUAL ACTIVITIES . Legislature. independent constitutional body

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SUMMARY OF ANNUAL ACTIVITIES

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  1. European Network of Ombudspersons for ChildrenANNUAL CONFERENCE& GENERAL ASSEMBLYStrasbourg, 7, 8 & 9 th, October 2010 SUMMARY OF ANNUAL ACTIVITIES

  2. Legislature • independent constitutional body • protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms if activities, decision making or inactivity of the public administration bodies are inconsistent with legal order • readiness of the Office of the PDR to fulfill the role of independent mechanism applied by theConvention on the Rights of the Child • section wordings of relevant proposals was submittedto the relevant state authorities

  3. Proposed Legislative Changes • extension of the PDR’s field of activity forall rights and freedoms • explicit expression of PDR mandate to protect Rights of Child in Act on PDR • to define a „child“ as a object of protection by PDR (extension to young people over 18 in specific cases) • extension of PDR competences when dealing with Rights of Child (including child-friendly investigation of cases) • monitoring the application of Rights of Child and extension of Annual report to special part dealing with Rights of Child

  4. Project on Children Ombudsmen • children webpage www.detskyombudsman.sk • 1st year of existence(established 1st June 2009) • more than 350 childrens’ questions answered • most questions relate to school and family • children conference „The Rights of the Child through Childrens’ Eyes“ • opinions and suggestions of children were presented • discussion between children and state authorities was held • collection of presentations was published and distributed

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