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The Impact of the Best Interests and the Respect for the Views of the Child Principles in Child Custody Cases
The best interests of the child and the respect for the views of the child are pillars designed and recognized in international children’s law as principles on which children’s rights in general evolve. Both principles operate across a wide range of issue
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Best of UNICEF Research Retrospective: Documenting impact and lessons learned
This retrospective comprises a selection of reports from the past six years of UNICEF research, focusing on children’s rights, protection, and health. The featured examples, including six case studies, has been selected in an annual exercise to award and
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Prevention and Early Intervention Services to Address Children at Risk of Poverty: Peer review in social protection and social inclusion 2015-2016
As of March 2016, Ireland is in the process of developing a more coordinated and integrated approach to children’s services, aimed at tackling the complex problems of disadvantaged families in a more joined-up and holistic way. This Peer Review looked at
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Becoming a human rights friendly school: A Guide for schools around the world
The Human Rights Friendly Schools project aims to empower young people and promote the active participation of all members of the school community in integrating human rights values and principles into all areas of school life. The project is founded on t
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Reviewing the Provision of Education for Young People in Detention: Rights, Research and Reflections on Policy and Practice
This thematic Report is the third in a Special Report Series addressing the rights and well-being of children and youth in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It addresses the relevant rights instruments and standards for education in the youth justice system,
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Understanding policy development and implementation for children and young people
This Foundation Report is the second in a Special Report series addressing the rights and wellbeing of children and youth in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It reviews key policies and legislation relating to children and young people, including the pledges
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Core Standards for guardians of separated children in Europe. Goals for guardians and authorities
The Ten Core Standards for guardians of separated children are the result of an extensive project that was coordinated by Defence for Children in eight European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden). T
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Building Your Child Helpline: A user-friendly guide to starting or scaling-up a child helpline
This publication by Child Helpline International (CHI) offers support and advice on how to improve or initiate a child helpline, using a model most suitable to local circumstances. It gives opportunity to draw from experiences of already existing helpline
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Review of current laws, policies and practices relating to age assessment in sixteen European Countries
This document is a synthesis of current laws, policies and practices related to age assessment in 16 countries in Europe collected by the Members of the Separated Children in Europe Programme (SCEP) between June and November 2010. The main purpose of the
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No child born without a chance- Northern Ireland
This report sets out the key actions the Northern Ireland Executive must take over the next four years if it is to meet its obligations to children living in poverty. One in four children in Northern Ireland is growing up in poverty which equates to over
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Restorative Justice- A guide for young people
The booklet “Restorative Justice- a guide for young people” was produced by the Youth Justice Agency in collaboration with the Restorative Justice Forum (NI). This child friendly guide uses a comic book format to explain how restorative justice can be use
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Is the government keeping its promises to children? Report card 2012
The Children’s Rights Alliance works to secure the rights of all children in Ireland by campaigning for the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Report Card 2012 evaluates the new Government on its progress since taking off