Child Abuse and Neglect

The brochure by Children Support Center on effective and positive parenting "Let's grow together" has been published by Bulgarian SAPI, Lithuanian Children Support Centre and Latvian „Centre against Abuse: Dardedze" in the framework of the project „ Childhood without Abuse" and this year social awareness campaign "Protect me- I am small".

 

The International NGO Council on Violence against Children has just issued a report on violating children's rights: harmful practices based on tradition, culture, religion or superstition.Each year, thousands of children die worldwide and the childhoods and development of millions more are scarred by harmful practices perpetrated by parents, relatives, religious and community leaders and other adults. All violations of children's rights can legitimately be described as harmful practices, but the common characteristic of the violations highlighted in this report is that they are based on tradition, culture, religion or superstition and are perpetrated and actively condoned by the child's parents or significant adults within the child's community.

On 22nd and 23rd of October took place the 9th International Conference „Helping Children-Victims of Crime" organized by Nobody's Children Foundation, the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Social Policy of Warsaw's City Hall.
Conference sessions revolved around helping children exposed to violence and abuse, as well as protecting the rights of children involved in legal proceedings. Domestic and international experts spoke about systemic solutions for preventing crimes against children; they also discussed methods, projects and initiatives offering practical assistance to children-victims of crime and their families.

The seminar will take place on 29th and 30th of November in Madrid. In light of the recent adoption of the 2011 EU Directive aimed at combating sexual abuse and exploitation of children as well as child pornography, this event is intended as a platform to debate and assess the new EU legislation and to promote the effective investigation and prosecution of offences in this area of law.
The aim of the new EU instrument is to respond effectively to the challenges of new technologies that have made child pornography much more widely available.