Child Protection in Europe Newsletter n°86

. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe Mario speaks out at the CoE 24 Sep 2010 On September 13th, the secretariat of the Council of Europe (CoE) Anti Trafficking Convention organized the 4th meeting of the committee of the parties in Strasbourg. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net » .0. .0. .0. .0. Russia Boy abandoned in Caribbean to return 28 Sep 2010 'The Moscow Times' reports that children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov flew to the Dominican Republic to repatriate the 12-year-old Russian boy, who was left there in 2005 by his foster parents. Since then he lived in a ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania In the dock: Modern-day Fagins who 'sent 200 Romanian children to beg and steal in UK' 28 Sep 2010 'Mail Online' reports of the Romanian court case of the criminal network that trafficked Romanian children into the UK to beg. It was mentioned during the trial that Romanian police was putting some of the gang member... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Anti-human trafficking post criticised 25 Sep 2010 'BBC' reports that the Welsh Assembly Government appointed an anti-human trafficking officer, and discussion ensued whether this post is needed, or other measures would better serve those who are exploited. Some have ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Time for England's children and young people to get a strong children's rights champion 24 Sep 2010 'CRIN' reports that a group of children NGOs in England published minimum standards for the Office of Children's Rights Commissioner. With the help of an online survey they are also collecting views and evidence to he... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Education of Roma children among the subjects of World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education 24 Sep 2010 UNESCO reports on its website is announcing the first World conference on Early Childhood care and Education in Moscow, 27-29 September. For this conference UNESCO published a report on Europe and North America. Accor... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International UN launches $40B campaign to improve women, children's health - report 23 Sep 2010 'Sofia Echo' reports that during the UN MDG Summit $40 billion new commitment was made for the next five years, which the UN will use for the improvement of women's and children's health, to fight malnutrition, preven... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Spain Spain joins EU hotline for missing children 22 Sep 2010 'Leader' reports that Spain is the most recent country to join the 116 000 hotline to report missing children. According to Spanish authorities each year there are 20,000 reports of missing children, which fall into f... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Kosovo Stop deporting Roma to Kosovo, Council of Europe tells Germany 22 Sep 2010 'M&C News' reports that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution saying Germany should not return Roma to Kosovo 'until it is proven that they can live there safely and sustainably'. The... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Bulgaria Parents pull children out of school because of Roma classmates 22 Sep 2010 'Sofia Echo' reports of an allegedly unique case in which the parents of 24 children pulled them out of school in an outrage of the "high number of Roma children" in the class of first graders. The headmaster refused ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Bulgaria Bulgaria to investigate hundreds of children deaths in orphanages 20 Sep 2010 'Sofia Echo' reports that Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office investigated 166 cases of deaths of children in children homes, after a joint investigation with the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee uncovered 238 deaths over a de... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field » .0. .0. .0. .0. Regional Project 4 national NGO coalitions gather to coordinate and share best practices 28 Sep 2010 Tirana, Albania: "For me it was very important and helpful to get to know each other, the project's team, and to establish contact with you all. I realize now that the first steps we took to establish the group in Bul... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. International Early Childhood Care and Education 28 Sep 2010 The report is organised as follows: in addition to the introductory chapter, the report includes three substantive chapters (Chapters 2, 3 and 4) based on data collected from recognized sources, such as, the UOE (UNES... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Kosovo Roma asylum seekers in Europe 23 Sep 2010 Around 100,000 Roma who fled violence in Kosovo are now facing return, after having spent up to ten years in Western European or neighbouring countries. If they are returned they face great social difficulties, discri... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Image Galleries » .0. .0. .0. .0. International Mario Project: Knowledge Exchange Meeting between NGO coalition coordinators 28 Sep 2010