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AZERI OMBUDSPERSON TO ATTEND ENOC CONFERENCE IN PARIS
Baku, September 14 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijani Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova will attend an annual conference of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) in Paris, France, on September 23-25.
The International event devoted to the theme “The Best Interests of the Child” under the motto “Convention on the rights of the child” will be attended by representatives and ombudsmen of ENOC member states, independent authorities working for the protection and promotion of children’s rights in Council of Europe member states, Ombudsman`s office reported.
During the meeting, Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Margaret Wachenfeld, UNICEF Brussels Senior Policy Advisor and others will update the participants on the ENOC activity, works done under the program “Europe fit for Children” and strategies over the child rights.
The event aims to support collective lobbying for children’s rights, to share information, approaches and strategies and to promote the development of effective independent offices for children.
The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) is a not-for-profit association of independent children’s rights institutions (ICRIs). Its mandate is to facilitate the promotion and protection of the rights of children, as formulated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
ENOC was established at a meeting in Trondheim, Norway in 1997, when an initial group of 10 institutions met, together with UNICEF.
ENOC wants to establish links and share information and strategies with independent children’s rights institutions – children’s ombudspersons, commissioners for children, or focal points on children’s rights in national human rights institutions or general ombudsman offices.
The International event devoted to the theme “The Best Interests of the Child” under the motto “Convention on the rights of the child” will be attended by representatives and ombudsmen of ENOC member states, independent authorities working for the protection and promotion of children’s rights in Council of Europe member states, Ombudsman`s office reported.
During the meeting, Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Margaret Wachenfeld, UNICEF Brussels Senior Policy Advisor and others will update the participants on the ENOC activity, works done under the program “Europe fit for Children” and strategies over the child rights.
The event aims to support collective lobbying for children’s rights, to share information, approaches and strategies and to promote the development of effective independent offices for children.
The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) is a not-for-profit association of independent children’s rights institutions (ICRIs). Its mandate is to facilitate the promotion and protection of the rights of children, as formulated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
ENOC was established at a meeting in Trondheim, Norway in 1997, when an initial group of 10 institutions met, together with UNICEF.
ENOC wants to establish links and share information and strategies with independent children’s rights institutions – children’s ombudspersons, commissioners for children, or focal points on children’s rights in national human rights institutions or general ombudsman offices.
