Terre des Hommes: Child Protection in Europe - Update #156

.0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. South Eastern Europe Regional Report on Child Begging 15 Feb 2012 During the first half of the year, Save the Children Norway SEE together with four members of the South East Europe Children's Rights Ombudspersons' Network: Provincial Ombudsman of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodin... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Children's Referendum 'to happen this year' 16 Feb 2012 'Irish Examiner' reports that Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has announced that a referendum on children's rights will happen this year. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Support for trafficked children to go under the spotlight 16 Feb 2012 'Children and Young People' reports that the government is to ask the children's commissioner to review how child victims of trafficking are supported by services. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Czech Republic British teachers say Romani children from Central Europe do well at mainstream schools in UK 15 Feb 2012 'Romea' reports that a series of seminars has taken place in various towns in the Czech Republic recently at which educators from Great Britain have shared their experiences in educating Romani children with their Cze... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Turkey Children's rights report: Bombs, guns killed 50 children in 2011 15 Feb 2012 'Today's Zaman' reports that fifty children were killed by land mines, bombs and random gunfire in 2011, according to a report titled "Children's Right to Life" released by the Children's Rights Center and Agenda Chil... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Greece Bulgaria Athens police arrest three Bulgarians for brokering sale of babies 14 Feb 2012 'The Sofia Echo' reports that Athens police arrested three Bulgarians who were brokering the sale of Bulgarian babies in Greece. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Denmark Parliament to end 50-50 child custody rule 13 Feb 2012 'The Copenhagen Post' reports that acknowledging that forced co-operation and shared custody do not work for all divorced families, politicians rethink law. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe Tdh completes EU commissioned study in Albania and Kosovo 16 Feb 2012 Although a sad and evident reality of basic child rights violations, child begging is little understood not only in Albania, but also in Europe. Therefore, in order to develop a sound understanding of this phenomenon'... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Albania MOVE animators meet to share experiences and learn new games 14 Feb 2012 January-February, 2012: A series of 5 consultative meetings with Move Animators trained during the project have been organized since January 27th and are set to continue throughout February in the regions of Elbasan, ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Press Reviews » .0. .0. .0. .0. Post-traumatic stress disorder found in 60 children 20 Feb 2012 The Hungarian blog article of the civil rights defender NGO „TASZ" (Hungarian Civil Liberties Union) writes about the long-term effects on Roma children of the demonstrative march of different extreme right-wing organ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Troublesome escape – Child soldiers encounter great difficulties with German bureaucracy 8 Feb 2012 The German article covers the issue of child soldiers, requesting asylum in Germany. Very few child soldiers manage to escape from their home countries and even less reach German territory. According to the article fo... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. International Together with Children – for Children 16 Feb 2012 This publication aims to provide a practical guide for NGOs to facilitate children's engagement in all aspects of the CRC reporting process. It is based on the experiences of NGOs and children, and explores issues NGO... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International My Pocket Guide to CRC Reporting 16 Feb 2012 This is a companion guide for children and adolescents willing to tell the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child about how children's rights are respected in their country. Read More .0.