UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty meeting: call to action

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

Data collection and children affected by parental incarceration

Based on COPE’s estimates, 800,000 children have a parent in prison on any given day in the European Union, a figure that rises to 2.1 million when all Council of Europe countries are included. The total number of children affected throughout a year is likely even higher again, given that the total number of people … Read more