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The present report is submitted to the General Assembly by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 52/32, which renewed the Commission’s initial mandate for one additional year. As the armed conflict continues in its second year, it has further contributed to suffering and hardship for thousands of affected civilians.
The Commission has found new evidence that Russian authorities have committed violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law, and corresponding crimes, in areas that came under…
These advocacy messages have been developed to support advocacy efforts conducted by Alliance members and wider humanitarian actors responding to and working on the Ukraine crisis response. The global subgroup on Children's Care and Ukraine, which is co-led by the Alliance's Unaccompanied and Separated Children Task Force (UASC) and the Global Collaborative Platform on Transforming Children's Care, developed the messaging for the UASC section.
The Alternative Report (AR) on the implementation by Ukraine of the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the result of the joint work of public sector experts in the field of the protection of the rights of the child. The document contains up-to-date information on Ukraine's compliance with the UNCRC for the period since Ukraine received recommendations from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child after the consideration by the Committee of the consolidated third and fourth National Report (2011) up to 2018 inclusively. The AR was prepared by a group of…
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Childhood is a special period in a person’s life, characterized by the child’s dependence on adults, and especially on parents. The fact of the loss of parental care due to various circumstances, which endangers the life, health, and upbringing of a child, also changes the child’s status and the child acquires the status of an orphan child and a child deprived of parental care, which in turn entitles the child to full state support and benefits provided for by law. The placement of such children is the responsibility of the competent State bodies for their placement in the…
Курс України на європейську інтеграцію вимагає перегляду пріоритетів державної політики у сфері охорони дитинства, впровадження успішних підходів із світової практики захисту прав дітей, які базуються на забезпеченні прав і найкращих інтересів дитини, спрямовуються на підтримку сім’ї, створення умов для виховання та розвитку дітей у сім’ї або середовищі, максимально наближеному до сімейного.
Цю Стратегію розроблено з метою зміни існуючої системи інституційного догляду та виховання дітей, яка не відповідає реальним потребам дітей та сімей з дітьми, і створення умов для повноцінного…
Halyna Postoliuk, Country Director of Hope and Homes for Children in Ukraine shares the story of Maxim, an adolescent who has spent the majority of his life in institutional care. Maxim’s story illustrates the problems with institutional care and the stagnation often seen in the child protection system.
This article discusses how at the end of the Soviet Union the world was alerted to the situation of thousands of children living in large residential institutions across countries of the Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) region.
The study discusses a variance in results in eliminating use of large-scale residential institutions for children across the CEE/CIS region. In particular, there was noticeable variance between Bulgaria and Ukraine. The researcher investigated this variance using a comparative case study approach. The researcher…
This article from the Migration Policy Institute examines the impact of labor migration on children who are left behind, from an economic and social lens, and with particular attention to gendered implications. The article presents research on this topic and focuses on findings from Moldova and Ukraine, which are experiencing similar migration trends and policies. According to the article, research indicates that children who are left behind by labor migration typically experience adverse effects, such as: poor academic performance, decreased school attendance, deteriorating health, psycho-…
The Infant Mental Health Journal has published an important Special Issue on Global Research, Practice, and Policy Issues in the Care of Infants and Young Children at Risk.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (The Hague Permanent Bureau, 1993), and the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (2009) have provided a comprehensive, rights-based framework and guidance for developing domestic adoption and alternative, family based…
This edition of Insights produced by UNICEF summarizes the findings and recommendations of studies on the impact and outreach of social protection systems in Albania, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. All three countries operate social assistance programmes for children and families and are in the process of establishing social services, but high rates of child placement in formal care still persist, indicating that existing social protection systems are failing to give vulnerable families the support they need to prevent the kinds of crises that lead to a child being placed in…