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Violence against children in the European Union :Current situation

18 Oct 2024

Violence against children takes various forms and occurs in different contexts. It can have serious, harmful consequences in both the short and long term, and estimates of the scale of the problem are alarming. Resulting from a complex interaction of various risk factors, this violence can nevertheless be avoided through effective prevention policies. A number of international instruments have been adopted to safeguard and promote children's rights. The cornerstone in this framework of instruments is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 19 of which lays down the right of a child to be protected from all forms of violence and the obligation on states to take all appropriate measures to protect children. With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, protection of children's rights has been explicitly recognised as an objective that the EU has an obligation to pursue. While child protection systems fall mainly within the responsibility of the EU Member States, the EU itself plays an important role too. Its actions have a direct impact on laws and policies implemented at national level. Enhanced cooperation between all stakeholders and the exchange of best practice are the routes taken to address the issue.
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Authors

Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services, European Parliament, Prpic, Martina

Catalogue number
QA-01-24-054-EN-N
Citation
European Parliament: Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services and Prpic, M., Violence against children in the European Union – Current situation , European Parliament, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/1301966
DOI
https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/1301966
ISBN
978-92-848-2379-6
Pages
31
Published in
Belgium
Themes
Fundamental rights , Social problems

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