The recent removal of five children from their parents’ home in Norway has called into question child protective services in the country. 

Izidor Ruckel was one of thousands of children found living in terrible conditions in Romanian orphanages after the collapse of the Communist government. This short video from BBC News shares his story.

 This paper reports findings from an ethnographic study in which the researcher notes and gathers personal accounts relating to material and non-material exchanges between professionals and parents.

Over a week ago, an unaccompanied eight year-old boy was placed on a plane to Paris from Comoros, an island nation off the coast of southeastern Africa, and was detained at the airport in Paris for more than a week when officials discovered he had false travel documents, according to this article from the Guardian. 

Research from the Howard League for Penal Reform suggests that children in care in the UK are more likely to be criminalized, and to come into contact with the criminal justice system, particularly children in residential care homes, according to this article from the Guardian.

In this report, Lumos welcomes actions taken by the Republic of Moldova to prevent child abuse and exploitation during the period between 2011-2015.  Lumos further notes c

The City of Gothenburg initiative Social Days 2016 presents "A Good Start in Life - The importance of early universal interventions when creating a good start in life for our children."

In this video from the Brainwaves Video Anthology, Dr. Charles Nelson shares some findings from his research on the impacts of deprivation on children's cognitive and brain development through the Bucharest Early Intervention Project.

The 31st World Tourism Network on Child Protection meeting was focused on the role and initiatives of the private sector to fight Child Exploitation in tourism. 

A recent report by Ulster University Professor Patricia Lundy (in consultation with an expert panel on redress) advised that payments should be awarded to any former child residents of Northern Ireland institutions, irrespective of whether they suffered harm from sexual, physical or emotional violence.