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Missing Children conference: Closing the gaps - 116 000 hotlines and child abduction alert systems
To mark this year’s International Missing Children Day, the European Commission, with the support of Missing Children Europe, the European Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, will organise a high level conference in Brussels on 30 May.
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Video message by Vice-President Viviane Reding on the occassion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Homophobia is a blatant violation of human dignity that goes against all the founding values of the European Union.
As EU Justice Commissioner, I will continue to do my utmost to uphold the fundamental rights upon which the European Union is founded. Not only on International Day against homophobia but on all days of the year.
Homophobia has no place in Europe.
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Homophobia: European leaders tell young people It Gets Better
In Europe, growing up lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender can be challenging: difference often leads to bullying, self-harm, and sometimes suicide attempts. Studies consistently point to higher physical and mental health risks for LGBT young people.
For the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2012, over 50 European politicians and leaders from all EU institutions join forces telling LGBT teenagers they are working to make things better, and put an end to homophobia and transphobia.
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Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission: "The binding EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Key trends two years later" Centre for European Studies Brussels, 16 April 2012
SPEECH/12/266 Ladies and Gentleman, I am very pleased to be here in the Centre for European Policy Studies to present the 2011 Annual Report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. I am convinced that we need the fresh ideas of people ...