Child Protection in Europe - Update #59

24 Jan 2010 15:00

Release of secret child punishment manual ordered

8 Jan 2010

The 'Guardian' reports about a secret prison service punishment manual used in privately run child j

Zurich police smash school for undocumented

10 Jan 2010

The "Human Rights Tribune" reports that Zurich police have raided and demolished an autonomously run

Children's Ombudsman fired after 4 months

7 Jan 2010

'The Moscow Times' reports that Children's Ombudsman Alexei Golovan was dismissed after only four mo

CEOP's success leads to independent status

8 Jan 2010

'Times Online' reports that the British Home Secretary announced that the Child Exploitation and Onl

Action for the Rights of Children (ARC) launches new resource pack

13 Jan 2010

'Reuters AlertNet' reports that the Action for the Rights of Children published the new edition of i

Foreign Ministers must agree to halt new adoptions from Haiti

23 Jan 2010

'Reliefweb' reports that Save the Children and World Vision made a statement asking that first an ex

Need to support minority communities to prevent further displacement

23 Jan 2010

'Reliefweb' reports that few of the approximately 230,000 displaced people in Kosovo have found dura

Children in care - What role for the EU?

17 Jan 2010

Extracts: European Parliament, Brussels, 27 January 2010: EU member states use a common analytical f

MEPs raise spectre of people trafficking: Europe's modern slavery

18 Jan 2010

The website of the European Parliament published an interview with Swedish MEP Ana Hedh who, togethe

Italians adopt the highest number of children

17 Jan 2010

'Sofia Echo' reports that in 2007 28 of the 81 Bulgarian children adopted abroad went to Italian par

EU to tackle child labour in follow-up to Dutch initiative

18 Jan 2010

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports on its website that Minister Verhagen announced the co

Anatolian 'beggar villages' send professional street kids to Istanbul

17 Jan 2010

'Hurriyet News' published yet another peace about children forced to beg on the streets of Istanbul.

Conference taps viewpoints of region's youth

13 Aug 2007

'Southeast European Times' reports on the first youth meeting of the Conference of the Union

Official warns of 'slave-like' labor market

30 Nov 2008

The 'Associated Press' reports that Morten Kjaerum, director of the European Agency for Fundamental

European Return Fund 2008-2013 approved

29 Nov 2008

"7th Space Interactive" reports that the European Commission adopted the multi annual program for Ro

Forum criticised for neglecting children's rights

29 Nov 2008

'CRIN' published the press release of Eurochild, criticizing last week's European Demographic Forum

Sexual exploitation: Children are more than just victims

28 Nov 2008

The 'Child Rights Information Network'(CRIN) reports about the third World Congress on the Sexual Ex

"Adoption is a last resort"

23 Jan 2010

'Swissinfo' published an interview with Marlene Hofstetter of Tdh-Child Relief about the dangers of

Call for application for an international consultant on social work

17 Jan 2010

Terre des hommes Delegation in Albania is recruiting an international consultant on social work to s

A surfeit of children in Europe?

4 Jan 2010

The Terre des hommes International Federation organises two press conferences at the end of January

Four children disappear from care system per week

19 Jan 2010

BBC radio 4 reveals that a great number of foreign children arriving alone in the UK are disapearing

Detention of Chechen children unlawful

19 Jan 2010

The European Court of Human Rights published a press release regarding its judgment in the case of M

Country found guilty for failing to combat trafficking in human beings

9 Jan 2010

The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies published a press release about the ruling of the Euro

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