On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Parliament has presented a motion for a resolution on children’s rights. The resolution (2019/28769RSP)) takes into account a number of developments in recent years. Some of the considerations include: promoting children’s rights is an explicit objective of … Read more
Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) is helping to make fundamental rights a reality for the 800,000 children of the incarcerated as the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights celebrates its 10th anniversary. Article 24(3)[1] of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights enshrines the right of children to family contact when in their best interests. Clear evidence … Read more
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the landmark United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and a conference was held on November 20th at the European Parliament to commemorate this child’s rights standard, the most widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. Much of the conference consisted of reflections on the … Read more
Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) has published It’s Time to Act, a child-friendly version of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)5 to Member States concerning children with imprisoned parents, which provides guidance on how to better support the rights of children with a parent in prison. The original Recommendation, a combined effort … Read more
After the adoption of Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member States concerning children with imprisoned parents in April 2018, organisations across Europe worked with children, including their voices to make this milestone document more accessible. This set of European guidelines is designed to help encourage action, as well as … Read more
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents welcomes the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of their Liberty. We particularly welcome the Study’s detailed discussion on the rights of children living in prison with a parent, and the research which has been undertaken on this crucial subject. Laurel Townhead, Human Rights … Read more
Among the many publications that COPE produces annually, these stakeholder briefings serve several functions. Intended to provide report summaries and outline research findings; introduce good practice; provide policy updates; bring awareness to special issues; or report on program and campaign launches, they are pithy documents geared towards network members, professionals in the field and researchers. … Read more
The 2019 International Coalition of Children with Incarcerated Parents (INCCIP) conference entitled, ‘When a parent is incarcerated: International perspectives on a child’s journey’ and held at Huddersfield University on 12-14 August 2019, included a workshop focusing on Roma and Traveller children of prisoners. The workshop set it’s aims on reckoning with the intersection of two … Read more
Following the success of its first conference in New Zealand in 2017, the International Coalition for Children with Incarcerated Parents (INCCIP) held its second biennial conference entitled When a parent is incarcerated: International Perspectives on a Child’s Journey on 12-14 August 2019 at the University of Huddersfield. The three day event included presentations, workshops, and … Read more
In December 2017, Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) published volume 6 of the European Journal of Parental Imprisonment ‘First port of call: The role of schools in supporting children with imprisoned parents’. The articles highlight the key role schools have in supporting children affected by imprisonment and explore the importance of Human Rights Education principles; … Read more
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