Estonia: Country Fact Sheet

Opening Doors for Europe's Children

This Estonia Country Fact Sheet highlights the transformations made in deinstitutionalization in Estonia since 2004.  By the end of 2015, there were 1,068 children in 38 residential care settings in Estonia.

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The Multi-Country Study on the Drivers of Violence Affecting Children: A Cross-Country Snapshot of Findings

Maternowska, M. C., A. Potts and D. Fry - UNICEF

This study is a snapshot of a multi-country study involving Italy, Peru, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe of how individual characteristics, interpersonal relationships, and the communities in which people live interact with institutional drivers to increase or reduce a child’s risk of violence.

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A Mandate to End Placement of Children in Institutions and Orphanages: The Duty of Governments and Donors to Prevent Segregation and Torture

Eric Rosenthal - American University Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

In this article, Eric Rosenthal examines the implications of the report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan Méndez, focused on children deprived of liberty, on the placement of children in institutions and orphanages. 

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Spain: Country Fact Sheet

Opening Doors for Europe's Children

This country fact sheet highlights the care reforms that Spain has instituted over the past few years. This sheet also provides short facts and the latest developments on children in alternative care in Spain.

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