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.

Child Protection in Europe - Update #124

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.0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union EU leaders endorse Commission's plan  for Roma integration 24 Jun 2011 'Focus Information Agency' reports that the European Commission's EU framework for national Roma integration strategies was endorsed at the highest political level. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK 'Criminals' aged just 3: Children responsible for hidden  crimewave... and there's nothing police can do 27 Jun 2011 'Mail Online' reports that 3,000 juvenile offenders were too young to be prosecuted. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Victim's mum reveals full horror of Hearts star Craig  Thomson's depravity 26 Jun 2011 'Daily Record' reports that the mum of a schoolgirl groomed by footballer  Craig Thomson called on his club to sack him after his bosses at Hearts they he would be kept on at the club despite his conviction for targeti... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Rise in child exploitation convictions receives a cautious  welcome 24 Jun 2011 'Children and Young People Now' reports that a six-fold rise in the number of people convicted of offences relating to child sexual exploitation has been cautiously welcomed by campaigners who say a greater  focus on t... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Whistleblower exposes a quango's cynical lie about child  labour in an English onion field 24 Jun 2011 'Mail Online' reports of a case last October where trafficked children as young as nine were found working on English farmland, leading to high media coverage. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Report faults Romanian legal system for Roma  housing discrimination 23 Jun 2011 According to 'Deutsche Welle' an Amnesty International report finds that the Roma minority in Romania lacks legal protection from forced evictions, and that Roma families are often left in sub-standard housing condit...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Mental health care for youth offenders 'lacking' 23 Jun 2011 'BBC News' reports that according to experts more needs to be done to address the mental health and behavioural problems faced by children in the youth justice system. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic Czechs to open new baby boxes despite  U.N. criticism 23 Jun 2011 'Ceske Noviny' reports that the Czech Republic is preparing the opening of another two 'baby boxes' by the end of the year while the U.N. Committee  for the Rights of the Child (CRC) recently recommended that it should...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children 23 Jun 2011 'Children and Young People Now' reports that the children's commissioner has recommended that children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional n...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic Ministry prepares strategy of care for endangered  children 23 Jun 2011 'Prague Daily Monitor' reports that the Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry is preparing a strategy of care for at risk and abandoned children reacting to the criticism of the U.N. Committee for the Rights of the... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. The Netherlands Dutch inquiry finds 'shocking' sex abuse of  foster children 22 Jun 2011 Expatica' reports about the results of an official inquiry into child abuse in child protection institutions as well as in foster homes in the Netherlands.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Czech Republic OSCE is against segregation and discrimination  against Roma children in Czech schools 21 Jun 2011 'The Financial' reports that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern about the continued serious and widespread discrimination against Roma children, and their "systemic and unlawful" segregation... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Turkey Almost 1 Million child workers in Turkey 21 Jun 2011 'Bianet' reports that during a panel discussion organised on the International Day against Child Labour, Assoc. Prof. Ferdi Tanır emphasized that that children  who are working under unhealthy conditions today cannot ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Serbia Macedonia Visa proposals fuel Roma tensions 20 Jun 2011 Public Service' reports that EU proposals to allow temporary reintroduction of visas for third countries are fuelling ethnic tensions for Roma in Serbia and Macedonia.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Spain Babies allegedly stolen from mothers in Spain 19 Jun 2011 'Allmediany' reports that Spanish authorities are investigating 849 cases in which allegedly babies were stolen from their mothers and sold to other families.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Switzerland Youth violence becomes a table topic in Zurich 19 Jun 2011 'Swissinfo' reports that house calls are the latest ammunition in the fight against youth violence in the city of Zurich. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Albania Children's Right to Play cannot co-exist with child  labour 22 Jun 2011 10 June 2011, Elbasan: On the occasion of the International Day against Child Labour, MOVE animators in Albania facilitated several psychosocial games for 220 school children during a 2-hour event held at the AIEK spo...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Press Reviews » .0. .0. .0. .0. France or Death 24 Jun 2011 In an article dated June 10th 2011, the French daily newspaper "Libération" published an article on the suicide of A.M, a 17-year-old unaccompanied Afghan minor, who has migrated to France. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. International Beneath the Surface 28 Jun 2011 This report focuses on approaches to collecting data about human trafficking that underlie a large segment of research produced since the UN Protocol and, in doing so, reveals some of the key reasons that research gen... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in  persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo 27 Jun 2011 The present report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council decision 8/12. It covers the period from 1 March 2010 to 1 March 2011.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK 'I think I must have been born bad' 27 Jun 2011 Throughout 2010 the Office of the Children's Commissioner observed and examined the treatment of and services provided to children and young people in the criminal justice system to address their emotional and mental ...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Mind the Legal Gap 27 Jun 2011 This report documents the stories of Romani individuals and communities across Romania and highlights the need for the adoption of an adequate legal framework incorporating international human rights standards into Ro...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe Trafficking in Human Beings: Identification of Potential  and Presumed Victims 24 Jun 2011 This guidebook calls for a new community policing approach to victim identification that would provide a solid platform for the broad involvement of various public institutions, civil society groups a community repres...   Read More .0.

TdH: Child Protection in Europe - Update #123

2011-06-21

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.0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 ...  Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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.  Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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.  Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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.  Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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 .0. .0. .0. .0. 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