Tuesday, June 21, 2011

TdH: Child Protection in Europe - Update #123




2011-06-21
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Human Rights Council adopts new complaints mechanism for 

children's rights violations

20 Jun 2011
Geneva, Switzerland, 17 June 2011: The UN Human Rights Council has adopted the
final draft Optional Protocol on a communications procedure for children's rights
 violations crafted by an intergovernmental working group... Read More
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Kosovo Keeping Children Safe Toolkit presented in Albanian

20 Jun 2011
June 13th 2011, Pristina, Kosovo: In the Amphitheatre of the National Library
of Kosovo, Terre des Hommes - International Federation, the Keeping Children
Safe Coalition, and Terre des hommes – Child Relief Delegation... Read More
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News on the net - Headlines »

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UK Child grooming is 'hidden issue', report warns

20 Jun 2011
According to 'The Telegraph' a damning report has warned that the police,
social services and charities are failing to properly investigate the 'hidden
issue' of child sex grooming. Read More
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Russia Stop human trafficking app challenge

20 Jun 2011
USAID, the Demi & Ashton Foundation and NetHope launched a
challenge for developers from Russia and the region to design innovative
 mobile applications to help stop human trafficking. Read More
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Kosovo Roma refugees returning to Kosovo face few prospects

18 Jun 2011
'Turkish Weekly' reports that those Roma refugees, who have been repatriated
 to Kosovo from Europe in recent months say that it is a life of extreme
poverty and unemployment, made all the more challenging by the need ...
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UK Shamed BBC could lose prestigious TV award over 'faked 

footage of child labour' in Primark Panorama expose

17 Jun 2011
'Daily Mail' reports that the BBC will make an on-air apology after its governing
body said a Panorama programme about Primark probably faked a scene
about the retailer's working practices. Read More
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Poland Poland grants asylum to 16 Christian refugees who 

accompany Foreign Minister back from Tunisia

17 Jun 2011
'The Washington Post' reports that Poland's foreign minister returned from a
 trip to Tunisia on Friday with 16 Christian refugees who had found their
lives upturned by turmoil in North Africa. Read More
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UK Social workers ignored warnings over rapist, 11

16 Jun 2011
'Guardian' reports of a case of an 11-year-old boy sexually attacking another
child. Read More
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UK Child sex abuse 'research needed'

16 Jun 2011
'icScotland' reports that Barnardo's has called on the Scottish Government to
do more to protect children and young people from sexual exploitation.
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UK Girl, 5, trafficked to UK to work as servant spent ten years 

believing family who beat her was her own

16 Jun 2011
'Daily Mail' reports that a five-year-old child trafficked to Britain for a life of
domestic slavery believed the woman who tormented her was her own mother.
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Norway Norwegian labour shortage favours foreigners

15 Jun 2011
'The Foriegner' reports that public officials predict Norway will need hundreds
of thousands of foreign personnel l vacancies in the Norwegian job market up
 to 2014. Read More
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International British child migrants launch Australia case

14 Jun 2011
'The StarPhoenix' reports that Former child migrants from Britain launched a
class action lawsuit against the Australian government Tuesday, seeking
compensation for the alleged physical and sexual abuse they suffered.
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UK Child victims failed by justice system, says Barnardo's

14 Jun 2011
'BBC News' reports that children's charity says child victims of sexual exploitation
 have been "failed by the system" because convictions are so hard to achieve.
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UK Raids over child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester

14 Jun 2011
'BBC News' reports that ten men have been arrested in raids in Greater Manchester
 and Derbyshire as part of a major investigation into the sexual exploitation of children.
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European Union EU move to continue for eliminating worst forms

 of child labour

13 Jun 2011
'The Daily Star' reports that European Union (EU) will continue promoting improved
 protection of children and eliminating worst forms of child labour in its initiatives
 in multilateral bodies including UN General Asse... Read More
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UK Thousands of children held in police cells overnight

13 Jun 2011
'Guardian' reports that thousands of children under 16 are being held overnight
 in police cells every year.Read More
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The Netherlands Minister disagrees with Human Rights Watch

10 Jun 2011
'Radio Netherlands Worldwide' reports that Dutch Foreign Minister, Uri
Rosenthal disagrees with the conclusions of Human Rights Watch on
human rights policy in the European Union. Read More
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UK As Britain sees a needy child

10 Jun 2011
'IPS' reports about a peculiar case of a five-year-old child with severe health
 problems that the British Home Office now wants to return to Algeria.
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UK Tackling child poverty – it's time for a nation of aspiration

10 Jun 2011
Across the UK, roughly 4 million children live in poverty; a figure which UNICEF
 argues puts the UK as having the 18th worst proportion of children in
poverty within a list of 22 European countries. Read More
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Baltic Sea Region Civil security and combating trafficking key 

areas of OSCE co-operation

10 Jun 2011
'Financial' reports that Jan Lundin, Director General of the Council of the Baltic
 Sea States Secretariat said, that working with the OSCE on civil security
and combating human trafficking, and potential co-operation ... Read More
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News from the field - Headlines »

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Moldova Goodwill Ambassadors changes children's lives

21 Jun 2011
The 2011 Goodwill Ambassador of "Terre des hommes" Foundation is
 Serghei Chirilov, Head coach of U-21 National Football Team of Moldova,
a UEFA license holder of "A" class coaching. He is involved in MOVE
activities t... Read More
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Romania Freedom for a day

21 Jun 2011
27 May, 2011, Jilava prison, Romania: in anticipation of the International
Children's Day, the Bucharest team of MOVE together with another NGO
 partner, Youth for Justice, were invited to animate the event which permi...
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Europe Safeguarding rights to prevent trafficking for labour 

exploitation focus of OSCE-hosted Alliance Conference in Vienna

20 Jun 2011
Vienna, Austria, 20-21 June 2011:Social justice as a core element in the fight
against human trafficking for labour exploitation will be a main focus of the
11th High-Level Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Con... Read More
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European Union Deinstitutionalisation - A Clear Future Policy 

Direction for Europe

20 Jun 2011
28 June 2011, Brussels, European Parliament: Across Europe, including
within the European Union, there are more than a million people living in long-term
residential institutional care, often for life. In these settin... Read More
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European Union FRA Annual Report 2011: major child rights 

challenges facing the EU

20 Jun 2011
Brussels 15 June 2011. "In Europe about 19.4% of children are physi cally
maltreated within the family and 32.6% of children are victims of bullying",
revealing the 2011 Annual Report of the Fundamental Rights Agency ...
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International The Protection of Children Online: Risks Faced 

by Children Online and Policies to Protect Them

20 Jun 2011
An increasing number of children are now using the Internet. They are starting
 at a younger age, using a variety of devices and spending more time online.
 The Internet can be a major channel for their education, creat... Read More
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European Union Fundamental Rights: Challenges and 

Achievements in 2010

20 Jun 2011
This annual report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
 covers the main events and developments in the area of fundamental rights
in the EU during 2010. Read More
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Europe European Migrant Children - Final Recommendations

20 Jun 2011
On the 26th of May 2011, the conference "European Migrant Children: What
Protection" hosted by MEP Mariya Nedelcheva was organized by ECPAT Bulgaria,
 ECPAT Netherlands, the Nobody's Children Foundation, Save the Child... Read More

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