Opening Doors for Europe's Children 2018 Country Factsheets

Opening Doors for Europe's Children

The Opening Doors for Europe’s Children – a pan-European campaign that advocates for strengthening families and ending institutional care – released 16 country fact sheets about the progress with the transition from institutional to family- and community-based care (also known as deinstitutionalisation) in 2018.

Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn: Three decades of strained relations between migrants to Norway and the Child Welfare Services

Anders Vassenden & Gunn Vedøy - Child & Family Social Work

This article explores the history of strained relations between the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) and various migrant groups.

Alternative Care Thailand

CRC Coalition Thailand - Alternative Care Working Group

This website, developed by One Sky Foundation for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Coalition for Thailand Alternative Care Working Group, provides access to resources on alternative care in Thailand. 

Exploring the "Orphan Myth" in Thailand: An Analysis of Unregistered, Private Children's Homes in Sangkhlaburi District

Convention on the Rights of the Child Coalition for Thailand Alternative Care Working Group

This summary report presents key findings and recommendations from an analysis of unregistered, private children's homes in Thailand's Sangkhlaburi District.

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Rights of persons with disabilities: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

In her report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities provides an overview of the activities undertaken in 2018 and a thematic study on disability-specific forms of deprivation of liberty, in the light of the standards set forth in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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