Child Protection in Europe - Update #127

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.0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union Members of European Parliament allying for children 18 Jul 2011 Brussels 12.7.2011. The Member of European Parliament's Alliance for Children, created last March 2011, had its second meeting today in Brussels to boost children's rights' activities in the Parliament. Co-chaired by ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland The Gypsy King 19 Jul 2011 'Sunday World' reports that the Roma boss, Barron Rostas netted thousands of euro a week forcing women and children to beg on to the streets of Irish cities and towns. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Mandatory child abuse reports 'could do more harm than good' 16 Jul 2011 'Irishtimes' reports that social workers have expressed alarm that plans to introduce mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse could push over-stretched services towards breaking point. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Serbia Serbia Registers 89 Trafficking Victims in 2010 15 Jul 2011 'Balkan Insight' reports that Serbia registered 127 identified trafficking victims in 2009 and 89 in 2010, according to a study entitled Human Trafficking Report in Serbia 2000-2010, published by ASTRA. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Russia Russia and the United States end adoption dispute 15 Jul 2011 'Rianovosti' reports that after long deliberations, Russia and the United States have finally agreed on new terms for child adoption. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Armenia EU granted €400,000 to fight child trafficking in Armenia 14 Jul 2011 'News.am' reports that the European Union granted Armenia about €400,000 since 2009 to increase awareness on children trafficking and creation of system to prevent this crime. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Macedonia Macedonia chairs Decade of Roma Inclusion 14 Jul 2011 'SETimes' reports that Macedonia is assuming a one-year chairmanship of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, an international programme involving 12 European countries to improve Roma integration and welfare. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic Government body advises against alternate child custody 14 Jul 2011 'Prague Daily Monitor' reports that the Czech government committee for children's rights recommended parliament not to pass an amendment to the family law under which courts should more often decide that a children wi... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Malta 78 child abuse reports 14 Jul 2011 'Times of Malta' reports that in the past six months the Supportline 179 of Appoġġ agency received 78 reports of child abuse, all of which were referred to the Child Protection Service. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Bulgaria Bulgaria Needs To Address The Gap Between Human Rights Rhetoric and Reality 14 Jul 2011 'Centre for Civil and Political Rights' disclosed findings of the UN Human Rights Committee third periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Bulgaria Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union Step forward on new EU rules against child pornography online 13 Jul 2011 'Sofia Echo' reports that child abusers and viewers of child sex images on the web would face tough penalties under draft European Union rules as agreed with European Council representatives and approved by the Europe... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic Parents might have to pay for children's social services 12 Jul 2011 'Prague Daily Monitor' reports that Parents should pay a fee of 45-55 crowns a day for their children under three in institutional care under a new Czech bill to speed up adoptions that the lower house is to approve i... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. South Eastern Europe MARIO participates 13 Jul 2011 Prishtina, Kosovo, July 4-6, 2011: MARIO partners met to exchange experiences and learn from each other on how best to include children from project design to implementation and monitoring. „Child participation", the ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Neglecting the issue: impact, causes and responses to child neglect in the UK 19 Jul 2011 In response to the overwhelming need, in October 2009, Action for Children launched a dedicated campaign to raise awareness of – and funds to directly tackle – child neglect. In the course of the campaign, a broad cro... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Albania Tdh Albania Spring 2011 Newsletter 13 Jul 2011 In this newsletter , you can read about Tdh efforts to focus some of the 2011 Local Elections spotlight on child protection issues through our nation-wide campaign Children's Voice is in Your Vote, conducted in collab... Read Mor 0.

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