by admin | Nov 17, 2020 | Main page, Migration
The Expert Group on Children at Risk held its first meeting under the Lithuanian Presidency on 5-6 November 2020. The two-day meeting started with the Lithuanian CBSS Presidency conference “Children’s emotional health: what achievements the countries can be proud of...
by admin | Jun 11, 2020 | Main page, Migration, News
On the 6th of May 2020, the CBSS Children at Risk Expert Group held their third and last meeting under the Danish Presidency of the CBSS. At this occasion, the Expert adopted the Children at Risk Mandate and Strategy for 2020-2025. In adopting these documents, the...
by admin | May 29, 2020 | Main page, Migration, News
PROMISE recently launched its next phase of Activities. During May and June 2020, a series of online meetings brought together more than 70 of our colleagues to inform and be informed about the activities and opportunities that this phase brings to the expansion of...
by admin | Feb 6, 2020 | News
On February 4th, 2020, the Expert Group on Children at Risk held an extra meeting, via a teleconference, to discuss the implementation of a new Children at Risk Mandate and Strategy 2020-2025, which is due for adaptation this year. The purpose of the meeting was to...
by admin | Nov 28, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
Barnahus colleagues and stakeholders from all over Europe gathered in Helsinki on 25th November 2019 to celebrate the first steps towards a more formal network of Barnahus and similar services in Europe: the signing of the statutes for the PROMISE Barnahus Network....
by admin | Nov 20, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
On this day, we are celebrating all the people we meet in the context of our work, children and adults alike, who are dedicated to making the UNCRC a reality for each child. Children and adults who courageously raise their voices for non-violent childhoods....
by admin | Nov 8, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
On 4-5 November 2019, the Expert Group on Children at Risk met in Copenhagen for the first meeting during the Danish Presidency of the CBSS. The Danish Presidency presented its priorities for the Expert Group, which include prevention, early intervention and the...
by admin | Aug 26, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
The PROMISE Tracking Tool is a way for our stakeholders to monitor their progress towards meeting the PROMISE Barnahus Quality Standards. The current Tracking Tool is now evolving into into a more conveninent online case management tool – PROMISE Hub –...
by admin | May 14, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
On the 7th and 8th of May the Children at Risk Expert Group held the second and last meeting under the Latvian Presidency of CBSS before it is handed over to Denmark on the 1st of July. CBSS Children at Risk Group expressed their gratitude to Lauris Neikens from the...
by admin | Apr 24, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
Our latest efforts towards making non-violent childhoods a reality come in the form of a number of comic strips about positive parenting and the harmful psychological and physiological effects of corporal punishment. To reach a global audience and support ongoing...
by admin | Apr 2, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
Since 2015, a PROMISE project partnership has accelerated the progress made across Europe in providing multidisciplinary services to child victims of violence. Looking to the future, a European approach will be essential for the continuity of capacity-building,...
by admin | Feb 19, 2019 | Main page, Migration, News
by admin | Dec 10, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News
By political decision in 1998, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) initiated regional cooperation activities implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. With the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk as the hub of cooperation, the region has not...
by admin | Nov 21, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News
It is possible to translate the legal ban against corporal punishment into actions that influence attitudes and behaviour of the public! In 1979 Sweden set an example for the rest of the world to follow – by being the first country in the world to prohibit...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News
Director General’s Statement Celebrating the Universal Children’s Day 2018 and the 29th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child In line with the commitments enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and in...
by admin | Jun 7, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News
On 9-11 May 2018, Bhutan hosted the 8th United Nations High-Level Cross-Regional Round Table on the role of regional organizations in protecting children from violence and advancing progress towards the elimination of all forms of violence against children, as called...
by admin | May 28, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News, PROTECT
The CBSS Children at Risk Unit invited policymakers, practitioners, advocates and researchers from the Nordic and Baltic Sea Region, including Northwest Russia, to gather on 29 – 30 May 2018 the for the regional expert conference on Good Practices in Identification...
by admin | May 2, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News
On 19 – 20 April 2018, the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk held its second meeting during the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. At the meeting, the representatives discussed national and regional developments as they relate to...
by admin | Jan 2, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News
The CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk has established a robust programme supporting comprehensive and sustainable child protection systems. Featuring national and international multi-sectorial cooperation among authorities and other stakeholders, the...
by admin | Jan 2, 2018 | Main page, Migration, News
In October 2017, the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk held the first of two meetings during the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. At the meeting, the representatives discussed national and regional developments as they relate to the...
by admin | Dec 28, 2017 | Main page, Migration, News, PROTECT
Lithuanian Minister of Social Security & Labour stressed the need for cooperation to combat child trafficking “Cooperation is necessary to combat child trafficking and exploitation as the problem by its origin and practice has an international context”....
by admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Migration, News
Director General’s Statement Celebrating the Universal Children’s Day 2017 and the 28th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its...
by admin | Oct 2, 2017 | Main page, Migration, News, PROTECT
Children’s participation and recommendations were given priority in a workshop in St. Petersburg 26-27 September 2017. The 36 participants from 7 countries in the Baltic Sea region discussed for 2 days good practices in the identification and referral of children at...
by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | Migration, News
Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna, from Jamaica and SRSG on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, honouring children in a cross-regional meeting in Jamaica. The Council of Baltic Sea States had the pleasure of taking part in the Cross Regional...
by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | Migration, News
The EGCC, in partnership with Save the Children Denmark, Carits Lithuania and Tartu Child Support Centre in Estonia, received a grant from the Daphne III programme to implement the project “Baltic Sea Region – Information Management to Prevent...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Under a project supported by the Swedish Institute Baltic Sea Unit and the Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, teams of police, prosecutors, child welfare professionals and NGO experts from Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden have made site...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The fourth and last report from the ROBERT project – “Online behaviour related to child sexual abuse – Creating a private space in which to offend. Interviews with online child sex offenders” – is now available on the ROBERT website for...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report – An expert report of Peter Mosser for the Informationcentre Child Abuse and Neglect at the German Youth Institute in Munich. Over the past years, sexual transgressions among children have drawn attention initially in the practical fields of work and...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
This report presents conclusions from research on prostitution-related crimes and the crime of trafficking in children for commercial sexual exploitation. The English translation is the summary of the full version of the report available in Polish. The case-file study...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report – This research was conducted in the framework of Mario project. In 2009, the project – funded by the Oak Foundation – started to better protect children on the move through the reinforcement of the capacities of national, regional and European...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The report is based on the study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) which finds out that a significant number of women and children fall victim to human trafficking in the European Union. Despite of it the number of convictions in cases of child...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Pilot projects – A diverse range of support services already exist in Germany that provide childraising support for families with infants and small children in difficult circumstances and so contribute to preventing neglect and abuse. The National Centre on...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
In the context of an action program initiated by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth on ‘Early Prevention and Intervention for Parents and Children and Social Warning Systems’, the Federal Centre for Health Education and the...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
German government adopted in September 2011 a new ‘Plan of Action for the Protection of Children and Teenagers from Sexual Violence and Exploitation’. It follows up the Plan of Action from 2003 and takes into account findings and recommendations outlined by the Round...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
This report looks at the situation in the five Nordic countries regarding children that are victims of trafficking or where there are suspicions that they are.
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Innocenti’s new report, conducted in partnership with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) in the UK, discusses the nature and scale of sexual abuse and exploitation of children online. The report pinpoints key areas that are essential to...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Click to download the report from the implementation of the Action Plan.
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
This report provides an overview of trends and patterns in the trafficking of minors into and within the UK from 1 January – 15 September 2011. This data gives a general indication of the scale of child trafficking over this period. The report is built on data from...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The Age Assessment Thematic Group of the Separated Children in Europe Programme has produced a report on age assessment which summarises current laws, policies and practices related to age assessment in 16 countries in Europe collected by SCEP partners between June...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Separated, asylum-seeking children in European Union Member States, a comparative report from 2010. In 2009, the FRA investigated the conditions of life and the experiences with legal procedures of separated, asylumseeking children, engaging directly with them, as...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
“Maneuvering towards subjectivity – an anthropological analysis of young victims of human trafficking in Italy” is a master’s thesis in anthropology made by Trine Mygind Korsby at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The European Union’s first dedicated NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online (eNACSO) launched its Digital Manifesto on 14 November 2009 during the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Egypt. eNACSO was delighted to have Ms. Vivienne Reding (EU Commissioner for Information...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Dissertation by Gisela Priebe, Lunds...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Save the Children Sweden published “Undocumented children – All I want is to land” from the knowledge gained about children living in Sweden without documents. Their dreams, ambitions and strengths are captured through this description of how they...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons launched in February 2009 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provides new information on trafficking in persons. Based on data gathered from 155 countries, it offers the first global assessment of the...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
At the WGCC meeting in Oslo on 1st of October 2008, the group adopted its 2nd Plan of Action on Unaccompanied and Trafficked...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Child Trafficking for Sexual Purposes was a contribution of ECPAT International to the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25-28 November...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
ECPAT International to the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25-28 November 2008 Exploitation of children in prostitution Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation of Children Online Online Child Sexual...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre has recently issued a working paper, “Young People’s Voices on Child Trafficking: Experiences from South Eastern Europe,” prepared by Mike Dottridge. “Mindful of the important contribution that young people...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The study Kids Abroad, published by Terre des Hommes, is an attempt to summarise what we have learnt about protecting children on the move from abuse and exploitation. It also draws on the experience of other child rights agencies. As you would probably expect the...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Away from Home – Millions of children are on the move today, both within and between countries. They move with or without their parents. Many of them are very vulnerable to the worst forms of exploitation and abuse. Yet, the needs and interest of children on the...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Joanna, 15, sat in the dim restaurant weeping and crying, her shoulders shook, she dabbed her eyes to wipe away the flowing tears with tissues. Were they tears of joy at being rescued from her cruel and vicious captors or was it emotional release of pent up fear and...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
STOP cyberbullying campaign now launched in Poland! Media and education campaign “STOP cyberbullying” The “STOP cyberbullying” campaign organised by the Nobody’s Children Foundation and ad agency VA Strategic Communications comprises TV and...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
“Online Predators” and Their Victims: Myths, Realities and Implications for Prevention, published in the February/March issue of American Psychologist. The journal is published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Study by Janis Wolak, JD,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report from the expert meeting organised by the Swedish Children’s Welfare Foundation and the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk. The report presents the interventions made at the meeting and the discussions and conclusions following...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
This report looks at how Swedish psychologists and social workers meeting with children deal with children with experiences of online abuse and violence. The report is in English and is part of a project implemented by BUP Elefanten at Linköping University Hospital,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The Frail Chain EN, RU – The Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk, the WGCC, today launches the report “The Frail Chain – Support for Child Victims of Trafficking” written by Svante Weyler. The report is built around interviews...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The Baltic Sea Regional Study on Adolescent Sexuality is a unique study coordinated by Dr Svein Mossige, Dr Carl-Göran Svedin and Dr Mare Ainsaar. 20 000 young persons around 18 years of age, in six different countries participated. They have responded to questions on...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
In this unique study coordinated by Dr Svein Mossige, Dr Carl-Göran Svedin and Dr Mare Ainsaar, 20 000 young persons around 18 years of age, in six different countries participated. They have responded to questions on what kind of experiences they have of their...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report – According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights anti-trafficking measures “shall not adversely affect the human rights and dignity of persons, in particular the rights of those who have been trafficked and of migrants,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women published the report Collateral Damage – The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Measures on Human Rights Around the World. Eight human rights and trafficking experts were commissioned to look at the policies and practices...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report – The in-flight advertisement `Witness´ was produced by the campaign `Please disturb´, one of several long-standing communication activities by the international children´s relief organisation terre des homes aimed at fighting sexual exploitation of...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
What abused children remember and report, a thesis aimed at investigating how sexually abused children, in cases where the abuse has been documented, remember and report about the abuse during police interviews....
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
“Trafficking in women and girls into sexual exploitation in EU-25. The impact of the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union on trafficking and counter-trafficking measures in the Baltic States” is a master thesis by Eva Buchholz that examines for the...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
This is a global questionnaire which purpose is to gather information about contact with and treatment of children who have been sexually exploited via the Internet. The purpose is twofold; firstly to acquire knowledge about problems or issues that children have to...
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Report – In the preface, the researchers in this project states: “In Latvia, child prostitution has not yet been sufficiently realized and studied, sometimes existence of this problem is even denied (nobody has informed the law enforcement institution...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report – Save the Children Sweden introduced in March 2006 a website in several languages, a free telephone line and an e-mail address for children and young people who live in Sweden without the proper papers. One important observation that can be made after...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
In this programme funded by the European Commission through the Daphne II programme, Save the Children Sweden and Oak Foundation, the WGCC trained experts in care, protection and rehabilitation of children victims of trafficking. The links below include reports from...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Handbook – IOM has had some 13 years of experience in implementing counter-trafficking activities and has provided assistance to over 14,000 victims of trafficking in all regions of the world. This Handbook summarizes and systematizes this experience. IOM...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The IOM published its Handbook on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking. IOM has had some 13 years of experience in implementing counter-trafficking activities and has provided assistance to over 14,000 victims of trafficking in all regions of the world. This...
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Report – The studies were conducted in 2005/2006 in seven East European countries: Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine. Their main objective was to assess public attitudes, especially those held by professionals working with...
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The Action Programme against Trafficking in Minors for Sexual Purposes by ECPAT provided an opportunity to address this multi-faceted violation of the human rights and dignity of children. In this framework, the design and formulation of project activities were based...
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ECPAT published Distilling Elements of Good Practice: The Action Programme against Trafficking in Minors for Sexual Purposes. The Action Programme provided an opportunity to address this multi-faceted violation of the human rights and dignity of children. In this...
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Final report on the implementation of Safer Internet Programme in Poland in 2005-06. In Poland within the Programme since 2005 two projects have been conducted: Awareness – which aims at raising awareness of Internet-related threats and Hotline – dedicated...
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This report by ASI – Anti slaverylooks at the various sectors and industries in which trafficking into forced labour occurs including agriculture, construction, domestic work and...
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This report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at the existence of slavery in the UK today. It reviews the different forms modern slavery takes, such as trafficking of women and children for sexual or domestic labour, forced labour or debt...
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Trafficking for Forced Labour in Europe. Report on a study in the UK, Ireland, the Czech Republic and Portugal Report on a study in the UK, Ireland, the Czech Republic and Portugal. This report looks at the various sectors and industries in which trafficking into...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Contemporary slavery in the UK looks at the existence of slavery in the UK as of 2007. It reviews the different forms modern slavery takes, such as trafficking of women and children for sexual or domestic labour, forced labour or debt...
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This report presents the results of national representative surveys in Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The objectives of the survey were to analyze general public attitudes towards employment abroad and human trafficking as well as to estimate the...
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This report presents the results of national representative surveys in Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The objectives of the survey were to analyze general public attitudes towards employment abroad and human trafficking as well as to estimate the...
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Report – Sweden is seldom viewed as a country where children are victimised through commercial sexual exploitation, but a number of studies have indicated that both girls and boys are exploited through prostitution, pornography and trafficking for sexual...
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Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress and Dissociation Among Swedish Adolescents: Evaluation of Questionnaires. Author: Doris Nilsson, Linköping University, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine Document The main aim of this thesis has been to investigate trauma and...
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Save the Children Europe group presents this policy paper in response to the fact that very few children abused for the production of child abuse images are being identified, despite the existence of primary evidence within the abusive pictures. In a society where...
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With support from the EU Daphne Programme, the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk commissioned a report that describes cases of children that are trafficked in the region. The mapping started on the 1st of November 2006 and continued until the 31st of...
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Conclusions from the Seminar on Identification of Children at Risk of becoming Victims of Human Trafficking The Finnish EU Presidency identified the fight against human trafficking as one of its priorities in the field of justice and home affairs. In combating...
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ECPAT International stands for “End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes”. ECPAT is the only International NGO that operates from Bangkok with network members in more than 76 countries world wide. In...
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Date: 12.12.2066 Author: European Network of Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC) Document title: ENOC: State Obligations for the Treatment of Unaccompanied Children By the term “unaccompanied children” (also called “unaccompanied minors”), ENOC...
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The European Network of Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC) published ENOC: State Obligations for the Treatment of Unaccompanied Children. By the term “unaccompanied children” (also called “unaccompanied minors”), ENOC refers to all persons under 18...
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Date: 11.12.2006 Author: Unicef Document title: The State of the World´s Children 2007 Examines the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives and outlines what must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls....
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Date: 15.11.2006 Author: ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement Group Programme against Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes in Europe in cooperation with ECPAT International Document title: COMBATING THE TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES – A TRAINING...
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The ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement Group Programme against Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes in Europe in cooperation with ECPAT International has published Combating the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes – A Training Guide. The resources in...
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Members of the Danish Research Network on Sexual Abuse of Children has published the anthology: “Sexual Abuse of Children and Young People – an anthology on prevention and treatment”. The anthology consists of 14 articles concerning following topics...
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New research from AKF in Denmark concerning children and young people placed in residential institutions. These children are a particularly exposed group in terms of the risk of sexual abuse. A study of residential institutions in Denmark shows that the majority of...
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Date: 01.12.2006 Author: Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre Document title: Understanding Online Social Network Services and Risks to Youth – STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES Social Networking sites are rapidly becoming central to the way young people forge...
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The Council of the European Union has published Human Trafficking – Seminar on the Identification of Children at Risk of Becoming Victims of Human Trafficking, Helsinki 31 October 1 November – Draft Seminar Conclusions. The aim of the Seminar was to...
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Date: 21.10.2006 Author: Edit Bauer Document title: REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on fighting trafficking in human beings – an integrated approach and proposals for an action plan (2006/2078(INI)) Human...
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REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on fighting trafficking in human beings – an integrated approach and proposals for an action plan (2006/2078(INI)). Human trafficking is a trade in human misery that affects 100,000...
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Date: 13.11.2006 Author: UN OHCHR Document title: Revised Guidelines regarding initial reports submitted by CRC States Parties for the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children,...
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The United Nations Secretary General has appointed an Independent Expert, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, to lead a global study on Violence Against Children. The Study, rooted in children’s human rights to protection from all forms of violence, aims to promote action to...
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The Statement following the Roundtable Conference on the Social Aspects of Trafficking held 31 October 2006. It was the first time where the Ministers for Social Affairs in the Nordic Countries had the opportunity to meet their colleagues from the Baltic Sea Countries...
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The report finds that disparities in child well-being have increased, both between countries and within countries, with a widening gap in the access and quality of social services. “Child poverty should be the number one concern of governments in the...
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Date: 13.09.2006 Author: The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Document title: World Perspectives on Child Abuse – Seventh Edition (2006) This publication offers a unique view of the state of child maltreatment policy...
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Date: 27.09.2006 Author: Child Helpline International Document title: Connecting to Children A Compilation of Child Helpline Data Third Edition, 2004 Data Helplines take an active role in responding to children’s calls in several ways including, but not limited...
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Date: 16.10.2006 Author: WHO Document title: Preventing Child Maltreatment: a guide to taking action and generating evidence The World Health Organization (WHO) is issuing a practical new guide to help countries prevent violence against children. Children are the...
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Date: 10.11.2006 Author: Save the Children Denmark Document title: Ending Physical and Humiliating Punishment of Children. Making it Happen As a part of UN Study on Violence against Children Save the Children has published this report “Ending Phsycical and...
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Date: 10.11.2006 Author: save the children Denmark Document title: 10 Essential Learning Points:Listen and Speak out against Sexual Abuse of Girls and Boys As a part of UN Study on Violence against Children Save the Children has published this report “10...
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Date: 2006.10.10 Author: UN Secretary-General Document title: Report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children The UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children. The Study is a joint initiative, directly...
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Date: 2006.10.10 Author: Save the children Document title: Visible Evidence – Forgotten Children In a society where child sexual abuse is shrouded in secrecy and denial, the vast majority of abused children and adult survivors remain silent about the abuse they...
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The publication recognizes that both Albania and Greece have made significant efforts to end child trafficking and support NGOs initiatives in both countries. However it identifies as main existing gaps the weak enforcement of social legislation and vulnerability of...
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“Transnational Protection of children: The case of Albania Greece 2000-2006” recognizes that both Albania and Greece have made significant efforts to end child trafficking and support NGOs initiatives in both countries. However it identifies as main existing...
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Date: 08.09.2006 Author: OSCE Document title: Children in Orphanages and Special Schools in Armenia: Potential Victims of Trafficking and Exploitation A targeted study to reveal the level of trafficking-related awareness among institutionalized children and care...
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The OSCE published Children in Orphanages and Special Schools in Armenia: Potential Victims of Trafficking and Exploitation, a targeted study to reveal the level of trafficking-related awareness among institutionalized children and care leavers of orphanages and...
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Thesis by Eva. M.C. Jonzon at the Department of Public Health and Sciences, Division for Psychosocial Factors and Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden. ChildSexualAbuseadulthood (374Kb) Published by Created 01.09.2006 Updated ...
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Date: 30.05.2006 Author: Terre des hommes Foundation (Lausanne, Switzerland) & United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Document title: ACTION TO PREVENT CHILD TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE The report outlines some key findings and recommendations from...
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The Terre des hommes Foundation (Lausanne, Switzerland) & United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) developed report on the Action to Prevent Child Trafficking in South Eastern Europe. The report outlines some key findings and recommendations from an...
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Date: 03.04.2006 Author: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Document title: RESOURCE BOOK for Law Enforcement Officers on Child Trafficking The Resource Book presents current good practices and recommendations, recognized by an international team of...
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) published a RESOURCE BOOK for Law Enforcement Officers on Child Trafficking. The Resource Book presents current good practices and recommendations, recognized by an international team of experts having extensive...
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In 2005 Nobody`s Children Foundation conducted the first RESEARCH of the victimization of child residents in Polish care institution. The victimization – including sexual abuse – of institutionalized children has never been systematically studied or diagnosed in...
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Date: 02.06.2006 Author: COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Document title: State reports – Concluding observations: Latvia While the Committee recognizes the existence of legislative measures to address sexual exploitation and trafficking of children,...
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On behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Equality, NOVA (Norwegian Social Research) and FAFO (Institute for Labour and Social Research) carried out a study of young peoples rights while under residential care in Norway. This report presents the results from...
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Date: 09.06.2006 Author: The committee of experts on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and abuse (PC-ES) Council of Europe Document title: Meeting Report for attention of the CDPC – 1 st Meeting, Strasbourg 22-24 May 2006 The meeting had two...
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Date: 06.06.2006 Author: U.S Department of State Document title: Trafficking in Persons Report 2006 The Department of State is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments’ efforts to eliminate severe forms of...
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The U.S Department of State Document has published its Trafficking in Persons Report for 2006. The Department of State is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments’ efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking...
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Date: 07.04.2006 Author: International Labour Organization (ILO) Document title: The End of Child Labour: Within Reach The report attributed the reduction in child labour to increased political will and awareness and concrete action, particularly in the field of...
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Date: 30.03.2006 Author: Ecpat International – Italian Embassy Document title: Protecting children from Sexual Exploitation & Sexual Violence in Disaster & Emergency Situations This manual, as the title suggests, is about how to protect children from...
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E.V. Tiurukanova and the Institute for Urban Economics for theUN/IOM Working Group on Trafficking in Human Beings has published a report on Human Trafficking in the Russian Federation. This report presents an overview of the situation and responses to trafficking in...
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On assignment by the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Equality, NOVA (Norwegian Social Research) has developed a guidance on young people trading or selling sex. It is written by Janikke Solstad Vedeler, Karin Sasaoka and Svein Mossige. Target groups are social...
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Date: 15.05.2006 Author: Council of Europe Document title: Building a Europe for and with children – Facts about Children and Violence These figures from UNICEF, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations...
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This is the final report of a national research project undertaken between November 2003 and August 2005. The reportpresents the findings of Australia´s first national comparative study of 364 children....
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Date: 28.04.2006 Author: European Union Document title: Eurobarometer survey on Safer Internet The Eurobarometer survey presents the attitude of European Union citizens towards illegal and harmful content on the Internet and their knowledge of how to protect their...
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Date: 20-04-2006 Author: United Nations – Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Document title: Trafficking in Persons – Global Patterns The report, entitled Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns, is the United Nation’s first attempt to provide a...
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published Trafficking in Persons – Global Patterns. The report is the United Nation’s first attempt to provide a global overview of the depth and scope of the problem, chart trafficking patterns and lay...
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The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has published a Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children. Section I outlines the Special Rapporteur’s activities during...
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Date: 2006-04-11 Author: OCHR / ODIHR Document title: Awareness Raising for Roma Activists on the Issue of Trafficking in Human Beings in South-Eastern Europe Based on the general overview offered by the participants and consultants of the regional roundtable, Roma...
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Date: 18.02.2006 Author: Ecpat Document title: 3rd ECPAT International Assembly Report Booklet The Third ECPAT International Assembly wrapped up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over 160 participants from the ECPAT Network took part in workshops, roundtables and other...
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Awareness Raising for Roma Activists on the Issue of Trafficking in Human Beings in South-Eastern Europe is based on the general overview offered by the participants and consultants of the regional roundtable, Roma are especially vulnerable to becoming victims of...
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Date: 2006-03-10 Author: World Tourism organization Document title: Report of the eighteenth meeting of the TASK FORCE TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN TOURISM The Task Force to Protect Children from Sexual Exploitation in Tourism held its eighteenth...
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Date: 2006-04-06 Author: International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children ICMEC Document title: Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review 2006 Study of child pornography laws in 184 Interpol member countries around the world has produced...
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http://www.utanpapper.nu – Save the Children Sweden today introduces a web site in Swedish, English, Spanish, Russian and Chinese, a toll-free telephone number and an e-mail address for children and young people from other countries who live in Sweden without...
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Date: 16.02.2006 Author: Keeping Children Safe Coalition Document title: Keeping children safe – A toolkit for child protection A new child protection toolkit, produced by the Keeping Children Safe Coalition, will be launched on 30th March in London by Professor...
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Save the Children and the Separated Children in Europe Programme have published a position paper titled: “The Implementation of the Dublin II Regulation and the Best Interests of Separated Children”. Save the Children welcomes the European Commission’s...
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Date: 22.01.2006 Author: Child an Youth Welfare Association Document title: Child and Youth (Welfare) Policy in Europe. Current Positions and Outlook The German Child Welfare Association strongly promotes the development of a European perspective on child and youth...
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Save the Children and the Separated Children in Europe Programme have published a position paper titled: “The Implementation of the Dublin II Regulation and the Best Interests of Separated Children“. Save the Children welcomes the European Commission’s...
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The MONEE project was initiated in 1992 to monitor, analyze and disseminate information on social and economic trends affecting children in Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltics as these countries entered into a new era of...
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Research has been conducted on children’s participation in review meetings, a method for reviewing foster and residential care. The method is tested within the national project Children’s Needs in Focus (BBIC) inspired by the British Integrated...
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This report is submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/44. The resolution calls upon all States, inter alia, to take the necessary measures to eliminate the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a...
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New publication Nobody (23Kb) Published by Created 21.11.2005 Updated 21.11.2005
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Results of research in enclosed document. Victimization of child residents in Polish care institution (27Kb)
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An important step concerning child trafficking has been taken recently in Denmark: In September 2005 The Danish Government made an appendix to the governmental plan of action to combat trafficking in women. The appendix includes child trafficking, primarily children...
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Results of research in enclosed article Daphne II (108Kb)
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Research project Daphne Programme in collaboration with WHO regional Office for Europe and the University of Birmingham UK Results of research in enclosed article. Daphne summary 1...
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Weak laws and fragmented industry action is exposing children around the world to increasingly serious violence through the Internet and other cyber technologies, according to a new report released on the 11th of November 2005. The report, Violence Against Children in...
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The Government in its general session on 25 August 2005 approved the national action plan against human trafficking. The action plan is the first ever proposal for comprehensive measures to combat human trafficking in Finland. A central precondition of the action...
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By Save the Children Europe Group. “This position paper gives an overview of the problem of child sexual abuse and exploitation in relation to the Internet and other online technologies, from a children’s rights perspective. It does not attempt to cover all...
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Meeting report EN, RU – The lack of assistance to boys and girls, victims of trafficking in the region of the Baltic Sea States has been recognised as one area of priority as the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk continues the programme...
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A situation paper EN, RU based on input from professionals with experiences in working with children at risk in the Baltic Sea Region and from the discussion at the expert meeting: “Building Competence and Capacity on Care, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of...
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In this thesis diffrent issues about sexual behavior, contraception and pornography consumtion among high school students and young people were studied. These include: high schools students knowledge about, experience of and attitude towards the emergency...
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This video training on Psychological rehabilitation of children survivors of sexual abuse was produced by a team at the Women’s Consortium of Ukraine. It targets caregivers at orphanages, boarding schools, shelters and those who have a possibility of a long-term...
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In February 2003 the Norwegian government launched an action plan on combatting trafficking in women and children. In June 2005 a follow-up plan for the years 2005-2008 was presented. The special situation for children is given seperate attention.
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Report, Council of Europe Recommendation – The Council of Europe in May of 2004 approved the expert report written by Mr Bragi Gudbrandsson from Iceland, on behalf of the Working Group on Children at Risk and in Care. The report and the work has led on to the...
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The regional Consultation on Violence against Children in Europe and Central Asia will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-7 July 2005. It will contribute to the Study on Violence against Children, requested by the United Nations General Assembly, due to be published...
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The general aim of this thesis was to examine interviewing techniques for child witnesses. Specifically, the effectiveness of the cognitive interview with children was investigated. In addition, the self-reported practice of police officers who interview child...
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“Responsibility in transition: 16-year olds´ understandings of sexual exploitation” (NOVA Rapport 13/04) is a study done by Ingrid Smette at the Norwegian Social Research. This study explores how adolescents understand concepts relating to sexual...
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“Exchange, love, abuse. Sexuality among adolescents on the fringe” is written by Camilla Jordheim Larsen and Willy Pedersen (NOVA Rapport 10/05). The background for this report is recent research on adolescents who sell sex. The studies have brought to...
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Poland is first among the new EU Member States to have opened a contact point for combating illegal content on the Internet. The Polish hotline was launched on 1 January 2005. Providing the NIFC Hotline (National Initiative for Children Hotline) is the latest addition...
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National Assessment to National Action Plans on Social Inclusion. Increasing the Visibility of Children and Young People. Assessment and data are elaborated by Estonian Union for Child Welfare. Comparative report about situations of EU-member countries is available...
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Child physical abuse (75Kb)
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Project named “Children are not for sale” started March this year/conducted by Nobody’s Children Foundation/ sponsored by British Embassy. Basic aims: – to raise awareness of professionals dealing with unaccompanied alien children such as...
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The National Board of Health and Welfare has, in accordance with the Proposition on Women’s Safety (Kvinnofridspropositionen 1997/98:55), been assigned by the Swedish government to gather information on and to monitor the extent and development of prostitution,...
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The celebrations of the Safer Internet Day in Poland this year saw the launch of SIECIAKI (www.sieciaki.pl) – an innovative Internet project focusing on educating children and teenagers to use the Internet safely. SIECIAKI are kids that know the rules of safe...
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Is smacking a child an acceptable form of punishment? The answer is no. However, research has shown that the vast majority of children throughout Europe have experienced some form of corporal punishment. This publication describes how to raise awareness, primarily...
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Report – In the meeting of the Task Force on Organized Crime int the Baltic Sea Region (OPC) in june 2004 in Sweden it was decided that a systematic collection of strategic information regarding trafficking in children in the diffrent member state should take...
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Outcome – In the meeting of the Task Force on Organized Crime int the Baltic Sea Region (OPC) in june 2004 in Sweden it was decided that a systematic collection of strategic information regarding trafficking in children in the diffrent member state should take...
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In the article are discussed changes in Polish law concerning production, distrubution and possesing of child pornography On the March 18th 2004 formal conditions to bring the Convention of the European Council on Cybercrime into force were met. On the same day Polish...
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The thesis can be ordered from the Department of Child Studies, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping arts301s.pdf abstract (17Kb) Published by Created 19.11.2004 Updated ...
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Report from the first Polish survey on the phenomenon of pedophilia and pornography on the Internet conducted in 2003 by Nobody’s Children Foundation. The study focused on: children’s risky behavior on the Internet, experiences of unwanted chatting and...
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Croga.org provides free, anonymous self-help resources for people who are worried about downloading and using illegal images (also called “child pornography”). We aim to help you understand and control your sexual feelings and fantasies about children as...
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The study “Children as Witnesses. An Empirical and Theoretical Investigation of the Communication Between Interviewer and Child in Interview Situations. Development of Interview Methodology” was carried out in the period 1998-2003, at the Faculty of...
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Lecture given by Dr. Hanna Permien (German Youth Institute) at the International Conference “Problems of vagrant Children” in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, 21st – 25th of October, 2003 VagrantChildren...
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The report is the result of years of systematic observations, discussions and interviews. The author has an in-depth insight into the prostitution and drug scene along the German-Czech border through her work with the social project KARO. Her report gives, for the...
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Presented to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM060:00/2003) The Central Union for Child Welfare considers that circumcision of boys that violates the personal integrity of the boys is not acceptable unless it is done for medical reasons to treat an...
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The Commission is expected to present in October 2004 a legislative proposal to implement mutual recognition of convictions and on the interconnection of national criminal registers for crimes such as paedophilia, sexual attacks and crimes committed by repeat...
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Final report from the Committee on knowledge about sexual exploited children in Sweden. Sexual exploitation of children comprises trafficking in children, child prostitution/sexual exploitation for payment and child pornography. The report contains a description of...
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“Responding to Child Trafficking” – a handbook to child rights-based interventions draws from Save the Children’s experience in Southeast Europe. In May 2002, Save the Children initiated a Regional Child Trafficking Response Programme in...
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Responding to Child Trafficking – An introductory handbook” to child rights-based interventions draws from Save the Children’s experience in Southeast Europe. In May 2002, Save the Children initiated a Regional Child Trafficking Response Programme in...
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Study “PROSTITUTION – A SOCIAL PROBLEM? The views of prostitution`s nature, causes and effects in the Baltic States and north-western Russia” compiled by Marion Pajumets focuses on opinion-makers`understanding of the problems of prostitution and...
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Natalija Jevšuk (2004) studied the situation of incest in Estonia with a help of specialists, who work with incest’s victims and on the base of received from the research findings to acquaint with incest as social problem, which needs more attention. The data...
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The Working Group for Co-operation on Children at Risk on the 17th of May 2004, adopted a Plan of Action on Unaccompanied and Trafficked Children in the Region of the Baltic Sea States. The plan deals with children within the region plus Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova...
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The Lithuanian NGO Vaiko Namas, Child House, has published a study on the situation for children in child care institutions in Lithuania. The report, published in 2003, can be downloaded in full version below. For more information on Child House, please visit...
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This “Joint East West research on trafficking in children for sexual purposes in Europe: the sending countries” (trafficking II) is the second part of a study undertaken by the ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement Group into the trafficking of children for sexual...
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This “Joint East West research on trafficking in children for sexual purposes in Europe: the sending countries” (trafficking II) is the second part of a study undertaken by the ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement Group into the trafficking of children for sexual...
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On the basis of agreement made with Polish Office for Repatriation and Aliens since January 2004 Nobody’s Children Foundation has involved in the procedure of interviewing unaccompanied minors staying in the territory of Poland. The cooperation was launched as a...
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At the conference “Internet with a Human Face – A Common Responsibility” Dr Ethel Quayle from the University College of Cork, made a presentation on a number of current issues related to children that are being victimised through online abusive...
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At the conference – Internet with a Human Face a Common Responsibility in Warsaw, Vernon Jones from Save the Children, Denmark made a presentation on Save the Children Denmark’s campaign on Safer Internet for children. The presentation may be accessed via...
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Very little is known about trafficking in children to Denmark. This is primarily owing to the fact that trafficking is a clandestine endeavour – particularly when children are involved – and minors are often equipped with false papers indicating they are...
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Among those who seek asylum in Sweden are children and young people who arrive in this country without an accompanying legal guardian – they are known as unaccompanied minors. Sometimes they travel to Sweden with relatives, sometimes with the aid of smugglers....
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The participants of the conference found it imperative to pursue a process of improving the situation of cross-border victims and agreed on the following recommendations directed to the Member States and the European Commission: The...
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Report – The conference was a response from the NGO community to one of the commitments made at a governmental conference in Stockholm in February 2003, regarding the importance of involving NGOs in the struggle against trafficking in children and in finding...
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Report – The conference was a response from the NGO community to one of the commitments made at a governmental conference in Stockholm in February 2003, regarding the importance of involving NGOs in the struggle against trafficking in children and in finding...
