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Background of the Stone |
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On 17 October1987, defenders of Human and Civil rights from every continent gathered on Trocadero Human Rights Plaza at Paris [..]
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''Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated.'' [...]
This message from Father Joseph Wresinski (1917-1988), Founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World, is engraved on the stones. It is delivered every 17 October. |
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DOCUMENTS |
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Revised strategy
On 31 March 2004 the Committee of Ministers approved the revised version of the Council of Europe’s Strategy for social cohesion.
United Nations Resolution |
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European Code of Social Security
The Code aims at encouraging the development of social security in all member States of the Council of Europe in order that they may gradually reach the highest level possible.
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CONVENTIONS |
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European Convention on Human Rights
European Social Charter |
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October 2002 - Palais de l'Europe -l Day for the Eradication of Poverty
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been celebrated on 17 October each year, ever since thousands people from all walks of life gathered in 1987 at the commemorative stone to honour the victims of poverty at the Trocadero Human Rights Plaza in Paris.
In 1993, the United-Nations decided to declare 17 October as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Since the inauguration of the first commemorative stone in Paris, 25 replicas have been laid at symbolic sites in 10 countries across 4 continents.
On 21 May 1993, one such stone was laid at the foot of the steps at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on the occasion of the European rally "Bridging the borders of exclusion" which brought together 400 young people from 18 countries.
The Council of Europe's strategy for combating poverty is aimed at strengthening social cohesion in Europe, and preventing and combating social exclusion.
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''Poverty is an insult to human dignity'' |
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Terry Davis
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The Council of Europe has a number of legal instruments chief among them the European Convention on Human Rights which establishes rights and fundamental freedoms, and the European Social Charter which establishes social rights, including the right to protection against poverty and the right to housing.
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FOCUS |
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 Terry Davis, Council of Europe Secretary General will address a message on behalf of the Organisation, on the occasion of the International day for the eradication of poverty
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EVENTS |
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Maud de Boer-Buquicchio [February 2004 Warsaw]
European meeting ATD fourthworld
Speech
Maud de Boer-Buquicchio
[oct 2003 Council of Europe forecourt - Strasbourg]
Speech on the occasion of the ceremony to mark the international day for the eradication of poverty |
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2004 is also the United Nations International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition |
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REFERENCE SITES |
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 ATD fourthworld - 17 October day
Social Cohesion - Council of Europe website |
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