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In the wake of the health emergency caused by COVID-19, its progression at a regional level and its impact on children, their families and their communities, RELAF is calling on public authorities to take steps to prevent separation and implement adequate care and protection measures. Our public institutions will be tasked with taking decisive action to protect children’s rights put at risk by the pandemic and its implications.
In this complex and unprecedented situation, RELAF asks that governments impose and apply human rights standards, in particular, the preservation of the right…
This report from SOS Children’s Villages and the University of Bedfordshire provides reviews and assessments of the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children in 21 countries around the world. The report is aimed at enhancing knowledge around violence against children in alternative care (especially what makes children vulnerable and what puts them at risk) and providing policymakers and practitioners insight into the challenges of protecting children from violence as well as recommendations for change.
The report offers several key findings from an extensive…
On the 22nd October 2013, three Latin American presidents (Costa Rica, Honduras and Paraguay) gave their support to a new regional campaign in the Latin American and Caribbean region launched to end the placement of children under three years of age in institutions. This ‘Call to action’ is led by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the Global Movement for Children (MMI-CLAC), the Latin American Foster Care Network (RELAF), the …
In her report to the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Marta Santos Pais, highlights the progress achieved and lessons learned in the implementation of the strategic recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against children and highlights her priorities for the second term of her mandate. The UN Study on VAC recognized that early childhood is a fundamental stage in children’s development, and offers a strategic opportunity to prevent violence and break the cycle of…
The Millennium Development Goals will come to an end in 2015 and discussions are currently taking place on what framework will replace them. Children's participation is crucial to these discussions. Between July 2012 and March 2013, members of Family for Every Child consulted with children living in seven different countries. This report summarizes the main findings that emerged from these consultations and incorporates the views of almost 600 children between the ages of 8 and 17 in Brazil, Ghana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Malawi and…