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Recommendation 1965 (2011) Final version
Education against violence at school
1. Referring to its Resolution 1803 (2011) on
education against violence at school, the Parliamentary Assembly
considers that violence at school is a violation of children’s rights.
There is a need to enhance policy design concerning education against
violence at school and better support the implementation of national policies
aimed at counteracting all forms of violence affecting children
and young people.
2. The Assembly believes that, in order to create synergies which
can strengthen the impact of national policies dealing with this
complex issue, greater co-operation is needed at European level
and that the Council of Europe should play a more active role in
this respect.
3. Therefore, the Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers:
3.1. submit Resolution 1803 (2011) to the competent
ministries of the member states, urging them to consider the guidelines
therein and to pass them on to all their educational institutions;
3.2. invite, through the education ministers of the member
states, the next Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education
to devise, in close co-operation with the competent steering committee of
the Council of Europe, holistic and proactive educational policies
against violence at school and in society in general;
3.3. assist member states in conflict or post-conflict areas
to develop practical school projects against violence at school,
within the family, in society and between nations;
3.4. assist member states to promote a culture of democracy
and human rights at school, in accordance with the Council of Europe
Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights
Education, adopted in the framework of Committee of Ministers Recommendation
CM/Rec(2010)7;
3.5. establish closer co-operation with, and provide direct
support to, the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC)
and its secretariat in Strasbourg;
3.6. establish direct co-operation with the European Commission
regarding its work on a European Union strategy for the rights of
the child and seek to extend this work to all Council of Europe
member states;
3.7. co-operate with the Special Representative of the United
Nations Secretary General on Violence against Children, and better
co-ordinate regional European action in this field;
3.8. launch, through competent ministries, national action
plans against violence in the new media, if possible in co-operation
with child protection agencies and organisations as well as media
and Internet companies.