Unicef: 10 principles should become EU policy – EU acquis – so that they are binding

On behalf of UNICEF, Ms Bissell invited the EU and

EU Member States to join the partnership. With regard to EU actions, Ms Bissell said

that we must ensure that the 10 principles are actionable and measurable and sustainable,

they should become EU policy – EU acquis – so that they are binding, and they must be

firmly integrated in a future EU child rights strategy. She said that the challenge now

will be to make them work, and to ensure that in practice they are applied at EU and

national level. She said that we can end violence against children in Europe and in the

world and asked "if not now, when?" Read Ms Bissell's intervention here.

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