The XVIIIth ISPCAN International Congress will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, on 26th - 29th September 2010. It will be organized in collaboration with Hawaii 2010 Local Organizing Committee, which consists of a consortium of over 20 Hawaii organizations and government departments that have been implementing innovative programs to protect children and strengthen families for almost 40 years.

The Moldovan Family Code has been amended to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment by parents and others with parental authority.

On the occasion of upcoming European Parliament elections Euronet and Eurochild developed jointly a Manifesto targeting the candidates and asking them for commitment to representing the rights of children and making them a priority in their actions.

The Portuguese Association for Victims is organizing the "Victims in Europe" - 23rd Annual Conference of Victim Support Europe. The conference will be held on 25th and 26th June 2009 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic is organizing a conference under the title: "Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings: reducing prostitution and sexual exploitation". The conference will be held on 3rd June 2009 in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Mario project is a joint effort of four NGOs working in the field of child protection to form an advocacy platform for improving protection of children in Europe and pressurizing European and national decision-makers about child trafficking issues. The partners of this 3-year project are ECPAT Nederland, Neglected Children Society in Bulgaria, Nobody's Children Foundation in Poland, Save the Children in Albania and Terre des hommes - Child Relief in Albania, Kosovo and Hungary, all experienced in implementing child protection projects in the European context.

"Comprehensive response to child pornography" project is a joint initiative of Centre for Inclusive Education and Save the Children Norway - SEE Regional Office aiming to strengthen the system for prevention of online sexual exploitation of children in Bosnia and Herzegovia. The project is implemented with the financial support of Save the Chidren Norway, the Bosnia and Herzegovina government and the OAK Foundation.

The Council of Europe is setting up a platform on children's rights composed of a network of focal points and representatives of civil society, ombudspersons, international organisations and experts, and research institutions. Main goal is to endorse the future guidelines on integrated national strategies for the protection of children against violence. The platform will enable e-consultation and ad hoc discussions between different stakeholders.

According to news portal UAUA.INFO, exploiting small children for begging in the streets is thriving in the biggest cities of Ukraine. It appears that it is all based on begging business chain, where the youngest are the most valuable. The younger the child is, the more profit it can generate. Police data show that in 2004 there were 1500 criminal investigations related to involving children in begging.

Council of Europe has recently published "International justice for children", an analysis of child friendly national and international justice systems. The booklet examines monitoring mechanisms and current systems of admissibility, determining how easy children can gain access to them.