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News - The Global Campus South East Europe invites all interested in studying human rights and democracy in South East Europe to apply for the 23rd edition of the European Regional Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe (ERMA).…
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News - The global week of action to champion health for all in a digital age. During the Digital Health Week (November 29 - December 3), professionals across sectors and regions join discussions to make a step toward digital transformation. Join the events online for free!…
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News - Simon Weedy reports for Child in the City about COP26, its crucial message that ‘the climate crisis is a child rights crisis’, and UNICEF's take on it. World leaders highlighted this message during the conference in Glasgow, but their arguments focused on the impact of the…
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Online library - UNICEF Innocenti has released a report aimed at exploring the immediate effects of Covid-19 on the mental health of children and adolescents. The studies cover more than 130,000 children and adolescents across 22 countries, mostly of high- and upper-middle-income…
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News - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) writes about the importance of making the workplace more family-friendly after finding that only 39% of surveyed businesses offer any breastfeeding support and that comprehensive programmes to support new mothers are mostly non-…
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News - Kathryn Nieves writes for Edutopia about her experience of teaching online. She emphasises the importance of students having adequate support while working on their tasks online, with clear directions and answers to their questions about the assignments being of great…
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News - The UNFPA and the UN expressed strong concerns about Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, which is a primary human rights treaty that prevents and combats violence against women. The UNFPA urged the Government of Turkey to reconsider the…
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News - Amnesty International UK raises concerns following media reports suggesting that Facebook is building a version of Instagram for children under 13. Co-Director of Amnesty Tech, Rasha Abdul-Rahim, said that: Building a separate version of their platform is not an…
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Multimedia - The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has adopted the General comment 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment. The document aims to: Support governments on finding ways to keep children safe online; Raise awareness on the risks…
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News - Kieran Guilbert reports for Reuters that the European Court of Human Rights ruled out that Britain should pay 90 000 euros in compensation to two Vietnamese men who were convicted of drug crimes despite signs they had been trafficked as children and forced to work on…
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News - The European Union and the United Nations Children’s Fund have launched a joint project with the purpose of protecting children’s rights in Georgia and the project will last for 3 years to support the government to implement the newly adopted Code on the…
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News - 'The Council of Europe' reports that the Committee of Ministers, representing the 47 Council of Europe member states, has adopted the Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova for the years 2021-2024. Its aim is to bring the country’s legislation, institutions and practice…
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News - The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is one of the EU's leading regulatory authorities responsible for protecting the privacy of individuals on the Internet. They also have the power to impose heavy fines (2018). DPC is investigating whether Facebook has a legal…
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Online library - Of all refugees worldwide, 52% are under 18. As children, they have specific needs linked to their age and condition that must be taken into account in the national and international policies and regulations on migration and refugees. A new publication…
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News - European Education Area (EEA) To help EEA empower all young people across Europe to get benefit from the best education and training, and to seek employment. A new communication to achieve the EER by 2025 was published on 30 Sep 2020 for the reflective…
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News - SOS Hotline for Women and Child Victims of Violence, Nikšić, organised the second two-day national training in Montenegro, on 24–25 September 2020, in the framework of the project, “Improving the provision of services and raising awareness to…
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Online library - Two years ago a group pf lawyers produced a hard-hitting report in order to protect children, who live in armed conflicts. Renewed calls have now been made on the first International Day to Protect Education from Attack in conflict zones. The…
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News - During the conflicts in Southern and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, thousands of women, girls, and children have been raped and sexually assaulted. Most of the victims have never received any form of justice, experts say. UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination…
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Online library - Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children released a document about children previously affiliated with extremist groups. During the period of 2009-2017 almost 4.640 foreign children joined ISIS in…
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Online library - In July, the European Commission released a communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and to the EESC (The European Economic and Social Committee) explaining the new EU strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse. The…
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Multimedia - Global organizations including WHO, UNICEF and UNESCO have prepared a technical note pack about protecting children online. The pack contains five sections with relevant resources leading to more information on each topic. Here is a summary of their…
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Online library - UNESCO published the 2020 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, which states that "quality education should be available to every young person in the world - regardless of gender, disability, ethnicity, identity, language or any other factor."  The…
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Multimedia - The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) for this year's World Refugee Day (20th June) has published a new guide on the international protection of people, who are being trafficked. It aims to provide bases under…
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News - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)has published a survey on Roma and Travellers regarding their current situation. The survey was conducted to offer formal statistical information on the largest ethnic minority in the European Union The…
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News - On 20 May 2020, the European Commission presented its country-specific recommendations (CSRs) providing policy guidance to EU Member States. As we look towards recovery, the strong emphasis on the social impact of the pandemic is a welcome step. The Spring Package outlines…
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News - Good news; the Armenian National Assembly has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Daniel Holtgen, Spokesperson of the Council of Europe (CoE), congratulated Armenia, which is now the 47th…
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News - A European Expert Group (EEG) conference on the transition from institutional to community-based care was held in Brussels on 16 January 2020, to evaluate the progress made in the deinstitutionalisation process in a European context. During the…
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News - In Finland, parental leave will be the same for both mothers and fathers in order to reach gender equality and to motivate men to spend more time with their kids. For now, maternity leave is 4.2 months for mothers and 2.2 months for fathers. In addition, 6 months of …
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News - On 18th December 2019, the UN General Assembly Third Comittee formally adopted a Resolution on the Rights of the Child, which focuses on the rights of children without parental care. This is a landmark moment in the progress within the field of rights of children…
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News - A Strategic Action Plan for Roma and Traveller Inclusion 2020–2025 plan has been announced by the Council of Europe. The action plan notes that 10–12 million Roma and Travellers in Europe are extremely poor and excluded. The widespread presence of anti-Roma…