Haiti

This paper explores foster carers’ therapeutic capacities and considers some key implications for fostering agencies.

In the present report, the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, describes the activities undertaken in relation to the discharge of her mandate since her previous report to the United Nations General Assembly. The report presents a thematic study on safeguards for the protection of the rights of children born from surrogacy arrangements, highlighting the rights of the child to identity, access to origins and to a family environment.

The purpose of this consultancy is to undertake a revision of the current legislation relevant to and with an impact on De-Institutionalization of children from Residential Care and propose the related legislative ammendments

The current study provides an in-depth examination of the psychometric properties of the “Your Life, Your Care” survey which measured the subjective well-being (SWB) of children and young people in out of home care (OHC) in England and Wales.

In this Q&A piece for the New Yorker, author Isaac Chotiner interviews Jack P. Shonkoff of Harvard University whose research has addressed the consequences of excessive stress on young children. In the article, Shonkoff discusses "the psychological effects of detention [on children], the differences in how toddlers and teen-agers register trauma, and why kids who appear to have adapted to their circumstances are often at risk of the most serious problems."

The US House Oversight Committee has released a new report on child separation at the U.S.-Mexico border that reveals how many children were separated from their parents and families upon entry into the United States and how long those separations lasted, according to this article from the Atlantic.

This desk review provides a picture of funding for the child protection sector over the period 2010–2018. The authors highlight funding trends, main donors and recipients, and examine funding levels in comparison to financial requirements in a selection of countries in 2018.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

This paper reviews and contributes to evolving analyses of the public health, legal, and ethical consequences of immigration policy.

This desk review provides a picture of funding for the child protection sector over the period 2010–2018.