Child Protection in Europe - Update #131

Top News » .0. .0. Switzerland The clients of under-age prostitutes may soon be prosecuted 19 Aug 2011 Terre des hommes (Tdh) has expressed its satisfaction about the revision of the penal code to improve the protection of minors, being discussed today by the Federal Council. For the past three years, the first Swiss o... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Italy Thousands of minors sexually exploited and trafficked 22 Aug 2011 'AGI News On' reports that Save the Children claims that there are thousands of underage victims of sexual exploitation, beggars and illegal workers on the streets in Italy. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Moldova Romania to increase help for Moldovan students 22 Aug 2011 'BalkanInsight' reports that Romanian government is to double this year's number of scholarships available for Moldovan students. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Malta Malta has highest EU percentage of juvenile prisoners 21 Aug 2011 'The Malta Independent Online' reports that Malta has the highest rate of young  offenders among its prison population according to an EU Justice Commission Green Paper launched recently in a bid to curb the rate of pr... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Call for education to focus more on children's rights 20 Aug 2011 'Irish times' reports that reforms in education should focus on children's rights and wellbeing rather than merely teaching methods. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Judges weaken rules on paedophiles 20 Aug 2011 The Telegraph' reports that the Court of Appeal withdrew powers from judges to ban all convicted paedophiles from seeing their children..   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Georgia Military shuts orphanage, staining shildcare reform 19 Aug 2011 'Eurasianet' reports that a Georgian government program to move children out of state care and into the community has earned praise by local and  international children's rights advocates. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Leeds sex victim charity facing cuts crisis 19 Aug 2011 'Yorkshire Evening Post' reports that a Leeds charity, Coalition for the Removal of Pimping (Crop) that supports families of sexually exploited children will have to be run by volunteers or face closure. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Hungary Reviewing the Regional Strategy 17 Aug 2011 August 10, 2011, Balatonföldvár, Hungary: Benefiting from the relative quiet of the Summer, the staff of the Regional Office – together with the recently hired Regional Protection Advisor, Neil Whettam – took some tim...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Press Reviews » .0. .0. .0. .0. Juvenile prostitutes in the video surveiled underpass of Nyugati 19 Aug 2011 The Hungarian article describes the scene in downtown Budapest, in one of the busiest underpasses where prostitution, including child prostitution is  rampant, despite the close-circuit video cameras. Two NGOs „adopted...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Final Stop: Munich Airport 15 Aug 2011 The German article gives an overview on how unaccompanied minors arriving at Munich airport are being taken care of by the local government of the city of Erding, Bavaria. It is this city's Youth Welfare Office which ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Young Lives in Limbo 22 Aug 2011 The Welsh Refugee Council (WRC) believes that the concerns of all stakeholders concerning age assessments and disputes in Wales are exacerbated by a lack of qualitative and quantitative data on the number of these age... Read More .0.