1 Amendments of Nicolas BAY related to 2024/2081(INI)
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; stresses that the registration of child refugees and undocumented child migrants, including the collection of their biometric data, in line with the guidelines of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on operational standards for registration and documentation, constitutes a vital step in ensuring their safety and preventing abuses of all kinds, including their recruitment as child soldiers; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;