Fondazione L'Albero della Vita met Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe and asked him what does it means to protect children's rights.
About children left behind, Commissioner Hammarberg said:
One mistake that sometimes happens is that the adults believe that the child would not understand anyhow. But one should always explain what is going to happen so that child is prepared, and if the parents are migrating to another Country, leaving their child with gra...
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Just a few week after the joining of Save the Children Romania, the Network CLB.eu welcomes a new member: the Spanish organization Asociación Salud y Familia.
Asociación Salud y Familia (ASF) is a non-profit association funded in Barcelona in 1986 with the aim to provide assistance to individuals in accordance with the principle of impartiality related to their origin, race, sex, nationality, social status and religion in the medical, psychological, intercultural, social and legal aspects.
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On 13 June 2011, Mr Ivano Abbruzzi - Albero della Vita Director - met in Rome Mrs Roberta Angelilli (on the left, attending the International Missing Children's Day) , Italian MEP and Vice – President of the European Parliament.
EP Angelilli is very active in the field of protection and promotion of children’s rights and she is the promoter of the European Parliament Alliance for children’s rights. She is also specifically very sensitive to the issue of children left behind as she co-h...
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Mr. Patrizio Paoletti - President of Fondazione L'Albero della Vita, speaker at the European Parliament in the Afternoon session of the Conference 'Left Behind'.
Read the translation of Mr. Paoletti's speech:
'After many hours of sharing today I would like to invite you to think about five key words for this Third millennium: they are 'role', 'responsibility', 'priority', 'delegation' and 'control'.
Theese are key words for the life of every man and woman, they are also keywords for al...
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MEP Plumb who has been following and bringing to the public attention this phenomenon for years has expressed the urgency to start concrete actions, in the EU but also outside.
She underlined the gender dimension of migration which should be considered and she welcomed the creation of the network childrenleftbehind.eu as an important tool for action.
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View the video of MEP Plumb's speech at the European Parliament
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