Transcript Study on indicators measuring the implementation

Study on indicators measuring the implementation,
protection, respect and promotion of children's rights in the
European Union: Preliminary Findings
Ioannis Dimitrakopoulous
Helmut Sax
Helen Stalford
Research Phases
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Phase I: Mapping the conceptual framework
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Phase II: Expert Consultation
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International children’s rights
EU Law and Policy
Sociology of Childhood
Indicators research
Online Discussion Forum
Online Survey
Consultation Meeting
One-to-one interviews
Phase II: Drafting Indicators
Selection and Scope of the indicators
1. The issue falls within EU competence
2. EU added value to developing indicators in this area
3. Expressed priorities of children and young people
4. Prevalence or urgency
Other relevant factors:
Existence and accessibility/comparability of data
Political support at national, EU and international level
• The Rights of the Child and the Family Environment
• The Right of the Child to an adequate standard of living
• The Right of the Child to Protection from Exploitation
and Violence
• The Right of the Child to Education
PHENOMENON: What are we seeking
to measure?
• Whether and to what extent EU law and policy is
impacting upon children’s rights in a positive way
• Whether EU law and policy espouse and reinforce
the children’s rights principles and practices of the
UN CRC
• Whether and to what extent these practices and
principles are appropriately discharged at the
national level
CONCEPT: How can this phenomenon
be defined?
• Child Participation
• Accessibility and adaptability
• Capacity
• Best Interests
Examples of proposed child rights
indicators
Focus area: child right to protection
from exploitation and violence
Approach
• On selection of this focus area:
– Protective rights as one of CRC‘s major categories
of rights
– Clear concern for EU legislation and policy
Example: CR indicators on child
exploitation and violence
• Child rights framework, including:
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CRC Articles 32ff (economic and sexual exploitation, sale of children); 19, 37 (protection from all forms of violence, exploitation,
torture and other forms of maltreatment), 39 (rehabilitation), 2,3,6,12 (CRC general principles)
CRC Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (2000)
CEDAW (1979), Disability Convention (2006)
UN Trafficking Protocol
ILO Convention No. 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)
CoE Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (2005)
CoE Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2007)
CoE European Convention on Human Rights (1950), CoE Revised European Social Charter (1996)
• EU framework, including:
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000)
Article 29 TEU
Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA on combating trafficking in human beings
Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA on combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work
Council Resolution 2001/C 283/01 on the contribution of civil society in finding missing or sexually exploited children
[Safer Internet Programme (2009-2013)], [Daphne III Programme]
 Identification of key domains
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Sexual and economic exploitation
Child trafficking
Violence against children
Sub-domain: child exploitation
• Indicator presentation format:
Structure
Process
Outcome
Child rights concept
Data sources
Child participation
EXV23: policy with
children
CRC reporting,
NPAs, Child/
youth surveys
Accessibility and
Adaptability
EXV19: health care
for prostitutes
CRC reporting,
NPAs
Capacity building
EXV26: „online
safety“ at school
Curriculum
reviews, Child/
youth surveys
Best interests and
accountability
EXV27: detection mech
for children at risk of
econ exploit.
EXV20: „sex
tourism“ cases
prosecuted
ILO, UNICEF,
ECPAT, nat..
crime statistics
Sub-domain: child exploitation
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Child Participation:
EXV23: Existence of a policy on care and psychological support to children victim of child abuse images/child
pornography, which directly involved children concerned
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Accessibility and adaptability:
EXV19: Specialized health care (including free HIV testing) available for children exploited in prostitution, with
disaggregation
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Capacity building:
EXV26: "Online safety" as a mandatory part of the regular school curriculum (starting at the same time as
training on use of computer and internet starts)
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Best interests and accountability:
EXV27: Existence of disaggregated data collection and detection mechanism to identify children at risk of
economic exploitation
EXV20: Number (with disaggregation) of cases prosecuted under extraterritorial legislation addressing "sex
tourism"
Sub-domain: child trafficking
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Structure
Process
Outcome
Child rights concept
Data sources
Child participation
Accessibility and
Adaptability
EXV9: law - no
detention for
trafficking victims
Capacity building
Best interests and
accountability
EXV6: law - legal
guardian ensured
EXV10: formalised
BID process with
children
Legal analysis,
CRC reporting,
Child/ youth
surveys
EXV14: local
community involv.
in prevention
Legal analysis,
CRC reporting,
NPAs, SCEP
reports
EXV4: identification training for
professionals
CRC reporting,
curriculum
reviews,
EXV5: data
protection policy
EXV12: child
trafficking cases
prosecuted
UNICEF, ILO,
IOM, FRA,
legal analysis,
national crime
statistics
Issues for further consideration
• Further areas for indicator development and CRC Committee
clustering
• Availability of data and disaggregation
• Comparability of data
• Multitude of indicator efforts
• Further use of indicators and expected policy impact
• Learning process - further feedback on the indicators
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