• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950, ETS No. 5)
• European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 126: 1987/1989)
• European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights (1996, ETS No. 160)
• European Social Charter (ETS No. 163: 1996/1999)
• Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185)
• Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197)
• The European Convention on the Adoption of Children (Revised) (CETS No. 202: 27 November 2008/ 2011 )
• Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No.: 210, 2011)

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)12 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on children’s rights and social services friendly to children and families
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on integrated national strategies for the protection of children from violence
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)5 on measures to protect children against harmful content and behaviour and to promote their active participation in the new information and communications environment
• Recommendation Rec(2002)5 on the protection of women against violence
• Recommendation Rec(2001)16 on the protection of children against sexual exploitation
• Recommendation Rec(2000)11 on action against trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation
• Recommendation No. R (97) 19 on the portrayal of violence in the electronic media
• Recommendation No. R (91) 11 on sexual exploitation, pornography and prostitution of and trafficking in, children and young adults
• Recommendation No. R (90) 2 on social measures concerning violence in the family
• Recommendation No. R (87) 21 on assistance to victims and the prevention of victimisation
• Recommendation No. R (85) 4 on violence in the family

• Guidelines on Child-friendly Justice (2010)
• Guidelines on integrated national strategies for the protection of children from violence (2009)

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Recommendation 1980 (2011) Combating "child abuse images" through committed, transversal and internationally co-ordinated action
• Recommendation 1882 (2009) The promotion of Internet and online media services appropriate for minors
• Recommendation 1868 (2009) on action to combat gender-based human rights violations, including abduction of women and girls
• Recommendation 1778 (2007) on child victims: stamping out all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse
• Recommendation 1666 (2004) on a Europe-wide ban on corporal punishment of children
• Recommendation 1610 (2003) 1 on migration connected with trafficking in women and prostitution
• Recommendation 1545 (2002) on a campaign against trafficking in women
• Recommendation 1526 (2001) on a campaign against trafficking in minors to put a stop to the east European route: the example of Moldova
• Recommendation 1523 (2001) 1 on domestic slavery
• Recommendation 1467 (2000) on clandestine immigration and the fight against traffickers
• Recommendation 1450 (2000) on violence against women in Europe
• Recommendation 1371 (1998) on abuse and neglect of children
• Recommendation 1336 (1997)1 on combating child labour exploitation as a matter of priority
• Recommendation 1325 (1997) on traffic in women and forced prostitution in Council of Europe member states
• Recommendation 1286 (1996) on a European strategy for children
• Recommendation 1121 (1990) on the rights of children
• Recommendation 1065 (1987) on the traffic in children and other forms of child exploitation (Not in French)
• Recommendation 963 (1983) on cultural and educational means of reducing violence (Not in French)

RESOLUTIONS

• Resolution 1834 (2011) Combating "child abuse images" through committed, transversal and internationally co-ordinated action
• Resolution 1662 (2009) on action to combat gender-based rights violations, including abduction of women and girls
• Resolution 1579 (2007): Prostitution - Which stance to take?
• Resolution 1530 (2007) on child victims: stamping out all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse
• Resolution 1337 (2003) on migration connected with trafficking in women and prostitution
• Resolution 1307 (2002) on sexual exploitation of children: zero tolerance
• Resolution 1247 (2001) 1 on female genital mutilation
• Resolution 1212 (2000) on rape in armed conflicts
• Resolution 1099 (1996) on the sexual exploitation of children

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Recommendation 309 (2011) on the office of Ombudsman and local and regional authorities
• Recommendation 280 (2010) revised on the role of local and regional authorities in the implementation of human rights
• Recommendation 272 (2009) on the prevention of violence against children
• Recommendation 135 (2003) on local partnerships for preventing and combating violence at schools
• Recommendation 53 (1999) on politics for deprived children / adolescents and family

RESOLUTIONS

• Resolution 327 (2011) on The office of Ombudsman and local and regional authorities
• Resolution 289 on the prevention of violence against children
• Resolution 160 on local partnership for preventing and combating violence at school
• Resolution 74 on policies for deprived children/adolescents and families

CONVENTIONS

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
• Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
• International Labour Organization Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

• Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (13 December 2011)