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Let us keep doing our utmost to bring all Ukrainian children back home

08/12/2023 Kyiv

Speech (delivered via video message) by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović for the Conference “Joint Steps to Bring Kids Back UA”, organised by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in Kyiv on 8 December 2023 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,...

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Beyond the Horizon: A New Era for the Rights of the Child

07/04/2022 Rome

Intervention at Rome High-level Launching Conference for the launching of the new Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2022 – 2027 Your excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Co-panelists, dear Chair, dear children present here today, I first want to thank the Italian Presidency of the...

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Hearing of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of H.F. and M.F. v. France and J.D. and A.D. v. France

30/09/2021 Strasbourg

Mr President, Distinguished members of the Court, I have decided to intervene in these cases because they concern an urgent situation, demanding urgent action. The situation faced by nationals of Council of Europe member states detained in the camps in North-East Syria is continuously...

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Council of Europe Conference to mark the European Day against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children

12/11/2020 Strasbourg

Good afternoon to you all and thank you very much for the invitation to contribute to this important event! The world we and our children live in is often described as over-sexualised. Children are exposed to sexualised images and messages from the media, advertisements and popular culture on a...

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PACE urgent debate on International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones

30/01/2020 Strasbourg

Mr President, Mr. Rapporteur, Ladies and gentlemen, Allow me first to thank the Parliamentary Assembly for giving me the opportunity to address its plenary on this very important and sensitive issue. I would also like to congratulate Mr. Schennach on his report, which perfectly highlights the...

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Upholding the human rights of persons with disabilities in Armenia

19/09/2018 Yerevan

The Commissioner delivered a keynote speech today at the closing conference “Social Rights of Persons with Disabilities” organised in Yerevan, Armenia. Download the speech CommDH/Speech(2018)6 (Pdf) Watch the video (Facebook) Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a real pleasure to be here...

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Immigration detention of Children: Coming to a Close?

Immigration detention of Children: Coming to a Close? Keynote speech by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Conference hosted by the Czech Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe - 25 September 2017, Prague Read the speech:...

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Migration and the digital environment: two areas where children's rights must be better respected

Keynote address by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Conference on children's rights in the migration crisis and in the digital environment (Tallinn, 4 November 2016) CommDH/Speech(2016)4

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Reaching the heights for the rights of the child

Keynote address by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights at the launching Conference of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2016-2021 (Sofia, 5-6 April 2016) CommDH/Speech(2016)1

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Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child

Speech by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, on the occasion of the 1st meeting of the Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (Strasbourg, 13 November 2014) CommDH/Speech(2014)12

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Global Forum on Statelessness

Keynote address by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Global Forum on Statelessness (The Hague, 15-17 September 2014) CommDH/Speech(2014)8

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Child-Friendly Justice: What it means and how it is realized

Child-Friendly Justice: What it means and how it is realized. Keynote Speech by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights at the Conference on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Stockholm, Sweden, 16 May 2014)...

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Not for Sale – Joining Forces against Trafficking in Human Beings

Speech by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Council of Europe - OSCE Conference "Not for Sale – Joining Forces against Trafficking in Human Beings" (Vienna, 17-18 February 2014) Read the speech CommDH/Speech(2014)3

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Video message : "Children's rights are threatened by austerity measures"

[18 June 2012] "Children's rights are threatened by austerity measures". Video message by Nils Muižnieks addressing a meeting hosted by the Council of Europe Task Force on children's rights Video message

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