| CONTACT
INFORMATION |
| Name of Office (In National Language) |
Défenseur des enfants |
| Name of Office (In English) |
Defender of Children |
| Date of Establishment |
Institution established by the law of 6 march
2000 |
| Postal Address |
85, Boulevard du Montparnasse
75006 - Paris
France |
| Telephone |
+33 1 53 86 1550 |
| Fax |
+33 1 53 86 1578 |
| Email address |
Claire.Brisset@defenseurdesenfants.fr |
| WWW |
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| Title of Ombudsman |
Défenseure des enfants |
| Name of Ombudsman |
Claire Brisset |
| Name of contact person for ENOC |
Claude Desjean |
| OFFICE SIZE
AND STRUCTURE |
| Number of staff members |
the staff
is composed of 4 persons; 15 persons are working for the Defender of
Children |
| List of staff members and functions |
Marc Scotto
Patrice Blanc
Claude Desjean |
General Delegate
Secretary-General
Director of the Cabinet |
| Summary of annual Budget |
|
For 2000 : 4,4 millions of francs
For 2001 : 9 millions of francs |
|
| Principal sources of funding |
| No income for now |
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| HISTORY
OF THE OFFICE |
| Date the office was established |
The office was established by the law of
6 mars 2000 and the Defender has been named by the President of French
Republic in may 2000. |
| Initiator of the Ombudsman office |
After a parlementary inquiry asked by the
President of the Parliament, Laurent Fabius, who is now a member of the
Government (Minister of Economy), the French Parliament initiated and
voted an Ombudsman office. |
| AIMS AND
CURRENT ACTIVITIES |
| Mission of the Office |
 | The Defender receives the individual complaints
of children themselves or of parents of children whose rights have not
been respected ; |
| The Defender has to make to the Parliament law
proposals for the children rights to be best respected in France |
| The Defender has to promote the children rights by
all suitable information means |
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| Office Activities |
|
. The office consults with children
by :
- Internet and other computer technology
- Posters distributed in schools |
|
| Categories of Activities |
| Influencing policy development at national level |
| data collection on children |
|
monitoring the impact of laws on children |
|
monitoring the implementation of the Convention
on the Rights of the Child |
|
Individual casework |
|
Training of professionals or other groups on
children’s rights |
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| Themes for next year |
| Children in institution, especially in jail |
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