Nearly one million children in the European Union have a parent in prison. In addition to being separated from their parent, these children frequently experience trauma linked to the stigma and discrimination of having a parent in prison and violation of their rights. In Bulgaria, an estimated 12,500 children have a father in prison. Children of Prisoners Europe … Read more
Vienna, 11-12 April 2018 To mark the end of the initial two year working mandate of the EuroPris Family Relations Expert Group, EuroPris held a workshop on the topic on 11-12 April 2018, hosted by the Austria Federal Ministry for Constitution, Reform, Regulation and Justice. Meeting on an annual basis and collaborating in the interim, the … Read more
On 10-11 April, the second expert meeting for the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty took place in Vienna, with some fifty leading child rights and child welfare experts participating, including COPE and QUNO representatives. After a year of challenges with respect to funding and timeframe, the Study, launched in 2016 and led by … Read more
Throughout 2017, COPE worked closely with the Council of Europe’s Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP) to draft a Recommendation and Explanatory Memorandum on children with imprisoned parents. We are very pleased to announce that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted this Recommendation and issued it to its 47 Member States … Read more
EuroPris (European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services) is organising a workshop on Family Relations the 11-12 April 2018 in Vienna, highlighting the relationships between children and their imprisoned parents as well as relationships of prisoners with siblings and parents. EuroPris’ Family Relations expert group, who has recently published their Good Practice Collection, will head … Read more
Children with imprisoned parents need your support to allow their voices to be heard Following last year’s CATS conference focusing on “Reaching for an inclusive world”, the 2018 edition will be centred on the theme of “Safe Together”. Chosen to focus on the importance of collaboration between age groups in creating safe environments for … Read more
This year’s conference is called ‘Keeping Children Connected’ – Progress and Parental Imprisonment: A Child’s Perspective. The conference will take place on Friday 8 June 2018, at the Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West, Manchester M15 6EB Early bird discounts for registration are available until Friday 23 March, 2018. Register here This pan-European conference, hosted … Read more
The 11th European Forum on the Rights of the Child took place in Brussels on 7-8 November 2017, focussing on “Children deprived of liberty and alternatives to detention”. There were a number of presentations during the Forum, notably from Manfred Nowak, Independent Expert for the United Nations Secretary-General’s study on children deprived of liberty and … Read more
In 2016, the UN launched a “Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty”. There is a severe lack of quantitative and qualitative data, research and verified information relating to children deprived of liberty. The UN Global Study, lead by Independent Expert Manfred Nowak, intends to look at the scale of the issue (collecting disaggregated data) … Read more
In the European Union, some 800,000 children are separated from a parent in prison. The pan-European network Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) has been working with the Fédération des Relais Enfants Parents (FREP) for 20 years to support initiatives across Europe that focus on preserving and strengthening bonds between children and their parent in prison, … Read more
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