Child Protection in Europe - Update #118

2011-05-17

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.0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe Adoption and Children: A Human Rights Perspective 1 May 2011 This Issue Paper nonetheless attempts to review key questions in the area of adoption, and to propose certain steps that need to be taken within Council of Europe membership in order to uphold the internationally reco... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Russia Russia pushes "chemical castration" of paedophiles 13 May 2011 M & G reports that Russian lawmakers are considering tougher penalties for child molesters, after 2,500 children were victims of violent crimes, often by paedophiles   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic More than 2000 children missing in Czech Republic 13 May 2011 'Prague Daily Monitor' reports that according to the NGO "Our Child Foundation",  2012 children were missing in the Czech republic. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Police arrest 22,648 children for offences 13 May 2011 'The Star' reports that according to new figures more than 22,000 children aged 10 to 17 were arrested by South Yorkshire Police in three years. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland ISPCC adverts depicts 'extreme cruelty' 13 May 2011 'Irish Times' reports of a controversial ad that was posted in ISPCC's website about child abuse. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Amnesty names Vatican over human rights abuses 13 May 2011 'Irish Times' reports that the recent Amnesty report "2011:The State of the World's  Human Rights" criticises the Vatican and Ireland in connection with child protection  issues. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Slovenia Slovenia - 134th government session: Fight against human  trafficking 13 May 2011 'ISRIA' reports that the Slovenian government approved the report of the interdepartmental  working group on countering human trafficking. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Labour's final year in power saw child poverty at lowest level since  1980s 12 May 2011 'The Guardian' reports that according to official statistics, child poverty in the UK  was lowest in 2009-2010 since the mid 1980's. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Overriding stereotypes for the inclusion of Roma in society 13 May 2011 Craiova, Romania, 4-5 May, 2011: Within the framework of the international  project "+Respect: Increasing Roma Peoples Participation and Citizenship Rights: Campaigns and Tools", co-financed by the European Commission ...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Providing the missing link in child protection 13 May 2011 Craiova, Romania, May 5, 2011:Tdh and the General Direction of Social Assistance and Child Protection Dolj signed a cooperation agreement with the aim of improving the prevention system in Dolj county, for children wh... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK What Have I Done? 16 May 2011 The research is based on the views and experiences of 32 families including 34 children who were detained with their parents and 14 children who experienced  the detention of their parents while they lived in the commu... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Safeguarding Children Across Services 16 May 2011 This publication is an Overview of the key messages from fifteen studies in a research programme to strengthen the evidence base for the development of  policies and practice to improve the protection of children in En... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Children on the edge of care 16 May 2011 This report is to find out children's own experience and views about both parts of  this work – coming into care and going back home from care. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Kosovo Implementation of the Action Plan on the Strategy for the  Integration of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities in Kosovo 12 May 2011 This report reviews initial activities undertaken by Kosovo institutions - at the central and local levels - to implement the measures foreseen by the Action Plan on the Implementation of the Strategy for the Integrat... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK The Munro Review of Child Protection: Final Report 12 May 2011 When the Secretary of State for Education commissioned this review of child protection in June 2010, a central question was 'what helps professionals make the best judgements they can to protect a vulnerable child?'. ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International The rights of the child from theory to reality 12 May 2011 This document gives a brief insight into Terre des hommes's mission, commitments  and priority causes for improving the lives of children and their families over the next five years. It constitutes a summary of our fou... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Child-Friendly Jusitce and Children's Rights 12 May 2011 This report aims to provide information about the obligation to follow child-friendly  justice principles; international, regional, and national standards for doing so; studies, research surveys, and position papers on... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Press Reviews » .0. .0. .0. .0. France: National Education survey of school drop-outs 11 May 2011 In an article dated May 12th 2011, the French daily newspaper "Le Monde" published an article on the latest school drop out numbers in France. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Interviews » .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova The situation of foreign unaccompanied children has  changed in Russia 16 May 2011 Ilina Ksenia, child protection coordinator of Tdh Moldova in Moscow, talks about the changes in the situation of foreign unaccompanied children - mostly  Moldovan children - in Russia, during her visit to Moldova, Marc... 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