Events Archive

Strategies to End Violence against Children in Institutions: The Right to Grow up in a Family and the Dangers of Orphanage Voluntourism
Disability Rights International,

This Side Event at the UN Conference of States Parties will feature a panel that will discuss strategies to end violence against children in institutions by enforcing their right to grow up in a family.

ChildHub and Promise Webinar Series: Formal Agreements and the Daily Work of Multidisciplinary Interagency Cooperation
ChildHub,

In this webinar, a panel of experts will discuss how their formal interagency agreements were developed and what they contain.

Webinar: Law as one enabling factor
PROMISE Webinar Series – From 0 to Barnahus,

This webinar will look at the range of legal realities enabling the setup and success of the Barnahus in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Introduction to the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support
National Family Support Network,

This webinar is part of the National Family Support Network's Webinar Wednesday series and will provide an overview of the US nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support. 

Webinar: Working together in the best interests of the child: discussions on the formal agreements and the daily work of multidisciplinary interagency cooperation
PROMISE Webinar Series – From 0 to Barnahus,

In this webinar, take a deeper look at the Barnahus Quality Standards 2 & 5: Multidisciplinary and interagency collaboration, and Interagency case management for child victims and witnesses of violence. A panel of experts will interactively discuss key questions among themselves.

AFCC 55th Annual Conference: Compassionate Family Court Systems: The Role of Trauma-Informed Jurisprudence
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts,

This conference will focus on addressing the role of trauma in family courts and the judicial system and advancing the system’s response to the needs of families. It will be held in Washington, DC on 6-9 June 2018.

Cross-Border Family Mediation: Dispute Resolution for International Families in Your Community Conference
International Social Service-USA (ISS-USA), MK Family Law, The George Washington University School of Law, and Leslie Ellen Shear, Attorney and Counselor at Law,

This day-long conference, Cross-Border Family Mediation: Dispute Resolution for International Families In Your Community, will be held on June 5, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Terre des hommes Innovation Bootcamp in Budapest
Terre des hommes,

From June 1 to 4, Terre des hommes organizes an Innovation Bootcamp in Budapest. The Bootcamp will gather experts from around the world to co-create six innovative ideas that aim to improve the protection of children.

World Congress on Justice for Children: Strengthening justice systems for children: Challenges, including disengagement from violent extremism

The International association of youth and family judges and magistrates (IAYFJM), Terre des hommes Foundation, and Penal Reform International (PRI) with Child Rights International Network (CRIN), Defence for Children International (DCI), Judicial Training Institute of Belgium(IGO- IFJ) and the Information for All Programme of UNESCO, are organizing the 2018 World Congress on Justice for Children at the UNESCO House in Paris-France from the 28th to 30th of May 2018.

Webinar: Adapting the Barnahus concept to local realities
PROMISE Webinar Series – From 0 to Barnahus,

This webinar will compare how Barnahus Linköping, Sweden and the Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb, Croatia work to achieve the Barnahus Quality Standards in their local contexts.