The basic duty of the Ombudsman for Children is to promote the implementation of children's rights in Finland. At the outset we put an emphasis more on promoting children being heard and their participation. Read more >>
Maria Kaisa Aula, the Ombudsman for Children, considers that
schools should have a stronger role in the moral education of
children in addition to teaching them skills and knowledge. In her
statement concerning the reform of the goals of basic education,
she warns against taking an unduly narrow approach focusing too
much on simply training future workers.
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Save the Children Finland and the Ombudsman for Children are
calling on the media to exercise great discretion when publishing
images of children, particularly on the websites of the mass media.
A child's right to privacy must be given greater respect than it is
now. The appeal has been sent out to all chief editors.
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most ratified
of the
core international human rights instruments - by all European
states and by 193 states globally. Yet in reality, the rights of
millions of children across Europe remain unrealised. There appears
little
understanding in government that the CRC is a legal instrument,
imposing detailed legal obligations on States. The European Network
of Ombudspersons for Children ENOC urges every state to carry out
an urgent review on the status of the CRC in national law.
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ENOC Statement to mark 20th anniversary of the CRC >>
The right of a child to be heard is an important right, even if
his or her opinion does not ultimately decide the outcome of the
case. Balancing a child's right to have his or her best interests
promoted against the right to be heard was one of the topics
discussed at the Nordic Child Welfare Congress in Bergen, Norway.
The Ombudsman for Children in Finland spoke on the issue.
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The Ombudsman for Children in Finland spoke about her
experiences and activities at a conference organised by the
Estonian Union for Child Welfare (www.lastekaitseliit.ee) in
Tallinn. The Union has launched an initiative to establish an
Ombudsman for Children in Estonia.
Read about the
speech>>
The post of Ombudsman for Children is an independent state
authority, established by parliamentary legislation in 2005.
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