This Implementation Guidance Document is structured as a companion to Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)5 to member States concerning children with imprisoned parents. It is by no means exhaustive. Providing examples of good practice from our member organisations, it is designed to guide and support the many stakeholders that the Recommendation addresses by presenting actionable … Read more
This media toolkit is a communications tool for NGOs working with and advocating for children who have a parent in prison, and more broadly for families affected by the imprisonment of a loved one. From the outset, this toolkit has been written with medium-sized NGOs (about 15-20 people) in mind, although many of the methods, … Read more
Now available in six languages (BG, EN, ES, FR, PL, RO).
On Tuesday 26 May, COPE held its first ever webinar, entitled Keeping children connected to a parent in prison in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, featuring a series of insightful presentations and discussions about the challenges that the pandemic presents for prisons, and in particular for prisoners and their families. Some 390 people from 38 … Read more
Today Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) launches its annual ‘Not my crime, still my sentence’ advocacy campaign to support efforts to safeguard the rights of children who have a parent in prison. This year’s campaign follows on the heels of the publication of It’s Time to Act, a child-friendly version of Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)5 … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the accompanying measures put in place to control it, are having a dramatic impact on some of Europe’s most vulnerable children, families and communities, compounding structural weaknesses in child protection and welfare systems. In the long-term, the socio-economic impact of the crisis, coupled with strained government services, will test the capacity … Read more
Join us on Tuesday 26 May to discuss how individuals, organisations and states across Europe are working to maintain contact between children and their parent in prison during the current pandemic.
It is with deep regret that due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have taken the decision to cancel this year’s COPE Conference and Annual Networking Meeting due to take place in Leiden, 12-14 June 2020. We are particularly saddened to have to do this as we were looking forward to celebrating COPE’s 20th anniversary together with you. … Read more
2019 saw advances in both qualitative and qualitative data collection. With more robust data on who they are and where they are, support initiatives for children with a parent in prison are able to be stronger and more focused on individual needs. Data collection with a focus on mutual trust involves the prisoner-parent and is … Read more
Shona Minson, a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford and a COPE member since 2014, has released her book Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child at a crucial moment when awareness of children with imprisoned parents is reaching critical mass in some European contexts. Drawing … Read more
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