Explores the principles of the Draft UN Guidelines governing the prevention of resort to alternative care and provides a short case study on successful programming

Provides a formal mechanism to determine the best interests of the child as a mechanism within a child protection system

A great change is coming over childhood in the world’s richest countries. Today’s rising generation is the first in which a majority is spending a large part of early childhood in some form of out-of-home child care. This Report Card discusses the opportunities and risks involved in the child care transition, and proposes internationally applicable benchmarks for early childhood care and education.

Investigation of intercountry adoption agencies on the internet and their compliance with the UNCRC.

A manual for starting and improving rehabilitation and recovery services for freed slaves, including child victims of slavery, trafficking, the worst forms of child labor, and forced marriages.

Examines the institutional challenges in implementing national social protection programmes

International Social Service’s first segment of the series addresses the historical background and the principles and objectives of the Guidelines

A comparative study on the ethical responsibility of receiving countries of intercountry adoption.

Provides principles of program design and technical recommendations for effective field interventions

Documents the potential hazards and misconceptions surrounding intercountry adoption