28th April 2010 Norway’s Organization for Families and Friends of Prisoners (FFP), a Eurochips member, is organizing a seminar in Oslo entitled Children with Imprisoned Parents: Exchanging Experience and Good Practice, on May 7, 2010, to coincide with Eurochips’ annual General Assembly meeting the following day. The seminar will be a day to share experiences, … Read more
2nd April 2010 The Centre for Social and Educational Research, DIT, was commissioned by the Management Committee of the Visitors’ Centre in the Mountjoy Prison Complex to carry out research into the effects of parental imprisonment on children.The topic has to date received little formal attention in Ireland, despite the fact that imprisonment affects a … Read more
2nd April 2010 “When the Innocent are Punished – Children of Imprisoned Parents” is a EU-funded transnational project launched in October 2009 and piloted by the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The 18-month project, which aims to contribute to the development of harmonised legal rights and administrative practices within the EU for the treatment … Read more
The United Nations’ 2010 Bangkok Rules include indispensable provisions regarding the rights of imprisoned mothers, among an expansive number of other focuses. Rules 48-52 are below: Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and mothers with children in prison [Supplements rules 28 and 29 of the Nelson Mandela Rules] Rule 48 1. Pregnant or breastfeeding women prisoners shall … Read more
6th December 2009 Eurochips Partner Bambinisenzasbarre has been awarded the mention of “Special Merit” within the “Premio Amico della Famiglia 2008” (2008 Friend of the Family Prize) The Italian association Bambinisenzasbarre (BASBA) received the mention “Special Merit” within the “Premio Amico della Famiglia 2008” from the Italian Family Under-Secretary Carlo Giovanardi. The price was launched … Read more
4th December 2009 FFP and the company Splint have developed a workshop for youth on being a young person with an imprisoned family member. Through Forum Theatre methods involving audience participation we explore what it can be like for a young person to have a parent or another close person in prison. We also focus … Read more
3rd December 2009 The Norwegian Forum for the Convention of the Rights of the Child has submitted a shadow report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. FFP has contributed to this work. Among other issues, attention is drawn to the situation of children with imprisoned parents and children whose parents risk … Read more
21st November 2009 Relais Enfants-Parents Cameroun (REPCAM) organized a two-day conference in June in Yaoundé entitled “Children and Imprisoned Parents.” Some 120 participants attended the event, including a representative from the Justice Ministry, the director of Yaoundé Prison and prison officers. One aspect of the conference revolved around the training of prison officers and awareness-raising … Read more
20th November 2009 The Limerick-based Bedford Row Family Project has launched “Voices of Families Affected by Imprisonment,” a research report carried out by Kelleher Associates that focuses on the needs of families attending the project. The overall aims of the research were to give expression to families’ experience of having a family member in prison; … Read more
15th November 2009 The Children’s Ombudsman has set up an expert group to learn more about the situation of children with imprisoned parents. The members of the expert groups are children with experiences from being in this situation. The children have had three meetings so far with the Children’s Ombudsman Reidar Hjermann. At the meetings they … Read more
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