Child Protection in Europe - Update #124

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.0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union EU leaders endorse Commission's plan  for Roma integration 24 Jun 2011 'Focus Information Agency' reports that the European Commission's EU framework for national Roma integration strategies was endorsed at the highest political level. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK 'Criminals' aged just 3: Children responsible for hidden  crimewave... and there's nothing police can do 27 Jun 2011 'Mail Online' reports that 3,000 juvenile offenders were too young to be prosecuted. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Victim's mum reveals full horror of Hearts star Craig  Thomson's depravity 26 Jun 2011 'Daily Record' reports that the mum of a schoolgirl groomed by footballer  Craig Thomson called on his club to sack him after his bosses at Hearts they he would be kept on at the club despite his conviction for targeti... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Rise in child exploitation convictions receives a cautious  welcome 24 Jun 2011 'Children and Young People Now' reports that a six-fold rise in the number of people convicted of offences relating to child sexual exploitation has been cautiously welcomed by campaigners who say a greater  focus on t... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Whistleblower exposes a quango's cynical lie about child  labour in an English onion field 24 Jun 2011 'Mail Online' reports of a case last October where trafficked children as young as nine were found working on English farmland, leading to high media coverage. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Report faults Romanian legal system for Roma  housing discrimination 23 Jun 2011 According to 'Deutsche Welle' an Amnesty International report finds that the Roma minority in Romania lacks legal protection from forced evictions, and that Roma families are often left in sub-standard housing condit...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Mental health care for youth offenders 'lacking' 23 Jun 2011 'BBC News' reports that according to experts more needs to be done to address the mental health and behavioural problems faced by children in the youth justice system. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic Czechs to open new baby boxes despite  U.N. criticism 23 Jun 2011 'Ceske Noviny' reports that the Czech Republic is preparing the opening of another two 'baby boxes' by the end of the year while the U.N. Committee  for the Rights of the Child (CRC) recently recommended that it should...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children 23 Jun 2011 'Children and Young People Now' reports that the children's commissioner has recommended that children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional n...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic Ministry prepares strategy of care for endangered  children 23 Jun 2011 'Prague Daily Monitor' reports that the Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry is preparing a strategy of care for at risk and abandoned children reacting to the criticism of the U.N. Committee for the Rights of the... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. The Netherlands Dutch inquiry finds 'shocking' sex abuse of  foster children 22 Jun 2011 Expatica' reports about the results of an official inquiry into child abuse in child protection institutions as well as in foster homes in the Netherlands.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic OSCE is against segregation and discrimination  against Roma children in Czech schools 21 Jun 2011 'The Financial' reports that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern about the continued serious and widespread discrimination against Roma children, and their "systemic and unlawful" segregation... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Turkey Almost 1 Million child workers in Turkey 21 Jun 2011 'Bianet' reports that during a panel discussion organised on the International Day against Child Labour, Assoc. Prof. Ferdi Tanır emphasized that that children  who are working under unhealthy conditions today cannot ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Serbia Macedonia Visa proposals fuel Roma tensions 20 Jun 2011 Public Service' reports that EU proposals to allow temporary reintroduction of visas for third countries are fuelling ethnic tensions for Roma in Serbia and Macedonia.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Spain Babies allegedly stolen from mothers in Spain 19 Jun 2011 'Allmediany' reports that Spanish authorities are investigating 849 cases in which allegedly babies were stolen from their mothers and sold to other families.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Switzerland Youth violence becomes a table topic in Zurich 19 Jun 2011 'Swissinfo' reports that house calls are the latest ammunition in the fight against youth violence in the city of Zurich. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Albania Children's Right to Play cannot co-exist with child  labour 22 Jun 2011 10 June 2011, Elbasan: On the occasion of the International Day against Child Labour, MOVE animators in Albania facilitated several psychosocial games for 220 school children during a 2-hour event held at the AIEK spo...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Press Reviews » .0. .0. .0. .0. France or Death 24 Jun 2011 In an article dated June 10th 2011, the French daily newspaper "Libération" published an article on the suicide of A.M, a 17-year-old unaccompanied Afghan minor, who has migrated to France. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. International Beneath the Surface 28 Jun 2011 This report focuses on approaches to collecting data about human trafficking that underlie a large segment of research produced since the UN Protocol and, in doing so, reveals some of the key reasons that research gen... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in  persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo 27 Jun 2011 The present report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council decision 8/12. It covers the period from 1 March 2010 to 1 March 2011.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK 'I think I must have been born bad' 27 Jun 2011 Throughout 2010 the Office of the Children's Commissioner observed and examined the treatment of and services provided to children and young people in the criminal justice system to address their emotional and mental ...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Mind the Legal Gap 27 Jun 2011 This report documents the stories of Romani individuals and communities across Romania and highlights the need for the adoption of an adequate legal framework incorporating international human rights standards into Ro...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe Trafficking in Human Beings: Identification of Potential  and Presumed Victims 24 Jun 2011 This guidebook calls for a new community policing approach to victim identification that would provide a solid platform for the broad involvement of various public institutions, civil society groups a community repres...   Read More .0.