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In June 2020 CELCIS produced the first Lifelong Links Briefing, outlining the ongoing evaluation of Lifelong Links in Scotland. In it, we presented some of the initial topics that were emerging from the data we had received or collected. The aim was to help local sites and Family Rights Group to continue to develop their practice and improve the lives of children and young people in Scotland.
In this follow up Briefing, we highlight some of the new things we have been hearing, focusing on the impact that…
la Comisión Interamericana presenta la guía ¿Cómo hacer más efectiva la protección a la unidad familiar y reunificar a la familia en los procedimientos migratorios y de protección en contexto de pandemia? en la que se analizan los estándares interamericanos aplicables a la luz de las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados y propone recomendaciones para garantizar la unidad familiar y la reunificación familiar así como prevenir los riesgos de separación y minimizar los impactos en los casos de separación familiar. Asimismo, la implementación de las garantías de la reunificación familiar…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued, in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a practical guide on how to protect family unity and reunification more effectively in human mobility and mixed movement contexts during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This publication is part of a series of guides issued by the IACHR to address the impact of the pandemic on human rights.
It analyzes the applicable inter-American standards in light of states’ international obligations and proposes recommendations to guarantee family unity and family…
Over the years, many reports, investigations, and assessments have shed light on the conditions that foster youth experience in institutional placements. For instance, a 2015 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report found that over 40% of children in institutions do not have a clinical reason for that acute of a setting (Children’s Bureau, 2015). A seminal study reported that residential treatment facilities lack oversight, and protective health and safety practices, and engage in substandard treatment, rights violations, and abuse (Behar et. al., 2007). Another study has shown…
Using recent nationally representative survey data and administrative records from relevant government agencies, this report aims to contribute in understanding these interacting factors that cause the impoverished conditions of Filipino children. In particular, it comprehensively profiles the Filipino children in terms of income poverty, access to basic amenities, education, health and nutrition, and other aspects of well-being. It serves as an update to the 2010 Philippine report under the UNICEF's Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities. This latest version attempts to go deeper by…
This rapid assessment from UNICEF explores the devastating, compounding impacts of economic depression, COVID-19, the Beirut Port explosions and political instability on children in Lebanon.
The Reconstructing Children’s Rights Institute is a multi-part series of conversations and resources for learning, information sharing and actionable next steps. The goal is to raise awareness and recognition of how racism, patriarchy, and power permeate the international child rights and child protection field. This session’s speakers discussed the…
The Reconstructing Children’s Rights Institute is a multi-part series of conversations and resources for learning, information sharing and actionable next steps. The goal is to raise awareness and recognition of how racism, patriarchy, and power permeate the international child rights and child protection field. Building on Conversation #1, this session…
The Reconstructing Children’s Rights Institute is a multi-part series of conversations and resources for learning, information sharing and actionable next steps. The goal is to raise awareness and recognition of how racism, patriarchy, and power permeate the international child rights and child protection field. This first conversation examines the larger…
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The Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children Our Heart) project conducted extensive Elder and community consultation to develop principles and practice recommendations for child protection governance in Western Australia. We explore these principles and practice recommendations and highlight the need for culturally safe community consultation and governance with a focus on repairing damage incurred by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community from past child protection policies. We argue that using principles of responsive regulation and the inclusion of Elder voices…