Child Protection in Europe
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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
15 Sep 2010 'BBC' reports on the British Parliamentary session during which the Prime Minister was questioned about the EU directive on human trafficking and also on child poverty. The Prime Minister said the UK was already takin... Read More
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20 Sep 2010 ' BBC' published an article, questioning whether children should be expected to work more while studying. According to the article, the number of young people in part-time jobs has halved in the last five years. There ... Read More
16 Sep 2010 ' Times of Malta' quotes a report by ECPAT saying that Malta was primarily a destination country for women and children trafficked for sexual purposed from Eastern Europe, mainly Ukraine, Russia and Romania. Victims of... Read More
16 Sep 2010 The Council of Europe (CoE) reports that the Secretary General presented the Committee of Ministerswith an initiative to clarify the applicable CoE and EU standards in the case of Roma migration and to launch a joint... Read More
15 Sep 2010 'Nutmeg Radio' published an introductory article of the documentary 'Soccer Slaves'. The documentary is being aired on 'Current TV'. It explores the story of many African boys who are lured into Europe with the promis... Read More
14 Sep 2010 'BBC' reports that victims of a Swiss practice called "administrative detention" are now calling on an official investigation into it. Decisions were made by local politicians about the detention of teenagers that wer... Read More
14 Sep 2010 The 'Guardian' reports that thanks to an undercover operation of the Scotland Yard, a four-member child prostitution ring caught last year selling the virginity of girls as young as 13 will be sentenced today. They cl... Read More
Press Reviews »
18 Sep 2010 In an article published by the Romanian newspaper 'Dilema Veche' published on September 18th 2010 and entitled “Roma: a new political weapon”, the French sociolog and deputy director of the NGO “Hors la Rue”, Olivier ... Read More
Documents »
21 Sep 2010 At any given time, between 2,000 and 3,000 children aged 10 to 17 are likely to be in custody, either under sentence or on remand, in England and Wales. This study has asked: who are these children, and why and how do... Read More
16 Sep 2010 The purpose of this paper is to give meaning and insight into some of the key drug and alcohol issues that affect children from the perspectives of the children themselves. It is not to estimate the relative magnitude... Read More
16 Sep 2010 ECPAT, as part of its 'Stop Trafficking Children and Young People Campaign', together with the Body Shop, produced a factsheet about the situation of child trafficking in Malta, including the country's legislative fra... Read More
16 Sep 2010 This report is the first large scale exploration, in the UK, of the physical and psychological harms caused and aggravated by the detention of children for immigration purposes. Despite recent statements by the coalit... Read More
14 Sep 2010 This Working Paper - the second in a series issued by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict - draws attention to the particular vulnerabilities and risks face... Read More |
