[Kosovo] The campaign "begging handicaps my future" everywhere in the Kosovo media!
Posted on 2008-08-19
The awareness campaign launched on 07 August (see the news) was mentioned in several newspapers, such as Koha Ditore, Lajm, Express, Zëri, Infopress, Bota Sot or Kosova Sot. 'tdh-childprotection.org' presents some of these articles and proposes weblinks to these media, when available.'Infopress...

[UK] Nation's human trafficking victims on rise
Posted on 2008-08-20
Comment: The 'Press and Journal' reports that Amnesty International (AI) launches a report on Human Trafficking in Scotland. This report called "Scotland's 21st century Slaves" points out the lack of support given by the Scottish authorities to the victims of human trafficking. AI believes that this...

Conference "Ending Violence against Children in Juvenile Justice Systems" 1-3 October, Brussels
Posted on 2008-08-19
The aim of DCI's conference - Ending Violence Against Children in Juvenile Justice Systems: From Words to Action - is to address the Study's recommendations for ending violence against children in institutions and more specifically, in juvenile justice systems. While the UN Study found violence to b...

[Italy] 'Why do the Italians hate us?'
Posted on 2008-08-17
Comment: Two young Roma children lied dead for three hours on an Italian beach while, next to them, a carefree couple enjoyed their picnic. The case was picked up by newspapers around the world. Now, Guardian reporter visits to the Roma camps in Naples to meet the dead girls' mother and reports on t...

Romania debates religion's role in schools
Posted on 2008-08-15
Comment: 'ABS-CBN News' reports that education reforms are planned to modernize currcula and overhaul religious instruction, because it was felt that religious instruction has promoted discriminiation of children belonging to minority religions, like Adventists. Human rights groups go as far as sayi...

Russian Pop Star Battles Human Trafficking
Posted on 2008-08-14
Comment: 'Voice of America' reports that Russian Pop diva Valeriya was named by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as its goodwill envoy for the Russian Federation. Valeriya wants to use her popularity and position to try to prevent migrants from becoming victims of human trafficking...

[Greece] Child migrants
Posted on 2008-08-13
Comment: The Greek newspaper 'Kathimerini' reports that the Greek Ombudsman for children urges the government to improve the protection of unaccompanied child migrants: firstly, by limiting the detention of migrating children and secondly, by issuing a residence permits to all unaccompanied children...

[Romania] MOVE Project: first training and joyful moments!
Posted on 2008-08-25
The first two-week training session of Move project in Romania (a group of 15 teachers, educators and psychologists) is now just over. The first week took place in the beautiful countryside of Tismana, nearby its famous Orthodox monastery (South West of Romania). Participants went through a deep lea...

[MOVE Project] Psychosocial Development of Children through Games and Sport
Posted on 2008-08-22
Terre des hommes partnership with the UEFA: the MOVE ProjectThanks to a partnership with the UEFA for four years, Terre des hommes is implementing a project called MOVE - Psychosocial Development of Children through Games and Sport, based on the MGS model in the four countries of intervention in...

[Switzerland] Tdh campaigns to stop corporal punishment on children
Posted on 2008-08-21
Lausanne, Switzerland: As one of the leading organizations in child relief issues in Switzerland, 'Terre des hommes - Child Relief' prompts the Swiss government to adopt non-violent educative methods within the country. Tdh suggests adding an indentation to article 302 of Swiss Civil Law in order to...

It's cheaper to pass on the problematic children
Published on 2008-08-12, Hungary - Origo
The article in the online news portal 'Origo' is based on the recent report of the Hungarian Ombudsman about the status of child protection in one of the counties of Hungary. The report is quite critical of how Hungarian municipalities disregard their legal obligations to provide temporary shelters ...

List of Members of the EU Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings
Added on 2008-08-25
COMMISSION DECISION of 22 July 2008 on the appointment of members of the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings

A Tale of Two Schools
Added on 2008-08-25
Almost all the pupils at the primary "special school" in Pavlovce nad Uhom, eastern Slovakia, are Roma. The school is intended for children who have mental disabilities. This case study details how the Romani children are placed in the special school erroneously. Amnesty International calls on the G...

Return to Sender
Added on 2008-08-19
In August 2006 ECPAT UK published a landmark report called 'The End of The Line for Child Exploitation' which exposed gaps in UK legislation and policy on the sexual abuse of children by British nationals who travel abroad. Now, in 2008, we revisit some of these issues to see whether children are an...

MOVE Project - Summer sessions 2008
Added on 2008-08-22
Psychosocial Development of Children Through Games and Sports