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.0. Child Protection in Europe - Update #205 Newsletter n°2052013-03-05

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Dear Readers! This week we are highlighting UNICEF's new guidelines on age assessments. .0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. International Age Assessment: A Technical Note 4 Mar 2013 The technical note is a basic guidance to Country Offices on how to deal with age assessment issues and procedures. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Northside People story highlights child poverty 4 Mar 2013 'Dublin People' reports that the Children's Rights Alliance, made up over 100 children's organisations, published its Report Card 2013, February 18. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Children, some aged five, commit thousands of child sex offences 4 Mar 2013 'The Telegraph' reports that children as young as five are committing thousands of sexual offences as online pornography is warping youngsters' views of "normal behaviour", the NSPCC warned. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International IPJJ Newsletter, February 2013 1 Mar 2013 Extract: In this edition the Panel Secretariat reports on the 62nd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child that took place in Geneva from 14 January to 1 February 2013. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Russia Astakhov: "Pedophiles" want my resignation most 1 Mar 2013 'The Moscow Times' reports that Children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, at the center of Russia's controversial ban on U.S. adoptions struck back at critics, saying "pedophiles" were his most strident detractors and that... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ukraine Adoption of Ukrainian children by foreigners: boon or bane? 1 Mar 2013 'ForUm' reports that Ukrainian diplomats intend to control the living conditions of other adoptees in the family, where an adopted Ukrainian boy was killed. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Belarus Interior Ministry: Human traffickers avoid coming to Belarus 1 Mar 2013 'Belarusian Telegraph Agency' reports that in recent times, people involved in human trafficking have avoided coming to Belarus and try to recruit victims outside the country, Deputy Head of the Department on Drugs an... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Germany Armenia UNICEF, German Embassy join efforts to improve monitoring of child rights violations in residential care institutions of Armenia 27 Feb 2013 'Armradio' reports that UNICEF and Embassy of Germany signed a cooperation agreement whereby German Embassy will allocate 65,000 EURO to strengthen capacities of Independent Public Group for Monitoring of Residential ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland New report on human trafficking highlights low number of prosecutions 26 Feb 2013 'The Journal.ie' reports that a new report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on trafficking has highlighted the low number of prosecutions in Ireland. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Young people should not be living in B&Bs 26 Feb 2013 'The Guardian' reports that children living with their families are not the only ones who are placed in bed and breakfast accommodation. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Central Europe New regional initiative tackling Roma segregation in schools kicks off in Bucharest 25 Feb 2013 'Roma Insider' reports that a new initiative to improve access for Roma communities in Eastern Europe to education is launching with a series of meetings in Bucharest. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Russia Moldova Russian "Migration and Law" Centre helping Moldovan Diaspora 5 Mar 2013 The Integration Centre "Migration and Law" from Moscow is a non-governmental institution founded in 1996 in Moscow. The aim of the organization at that time was to help the Tajik refugees. Since then, the organization... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Kosovo Impact of National Anti-Trafficking Public Awareness Campaign in Kosovo 28 Feb 2013 February 28, 2013, Prishtina, Kosovo: Results of a survey by Tdh show, that one third of the respondents heard about the National Anti-Trafficking Awareness Raising Campaign that took place from 18 September to 18 Oct... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2013 5 Mar 2013 The Children's Rights Alliance is a coalition of over 100 organisations working to secure the rights of all children in Ireland by campaigning for the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Chil... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova Report on Human Rights in the Transnistrian Region of the Republic of Moldova 4 Mar 2013 This report is focused on human rights issues only. Its terminology and language imply no political position. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Report of the 2012 day of general discussion 1 Mar 2013 The annual Days of General Discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child seek to foster a deeper understanding of the contents and implications of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as they relate to s... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Report by Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, following her visit to Ireland from 30 January to 02 February 2012 28 Feb 2013 The present Report is based on a visit to Ireland by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro from 30 January to 02 February 2012. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic Report by Nils Muižnieks Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe 28 Feb 2013 Commissioner Nils Muižnieks and his delegation visited the Czech Republic from 12 to 15 November 2012. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Kosovo Anti-Trafficking Campaign in Kosovo 2012 - Final report 28 Feb 2013 The final report compares the results of pre-campaign and post-campaign surveys and also provides the assessment of Anti-Trafficking campaign. Read More .0.