20/11/2009 - On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), SOS Children's Villages and the Council of Europe have published a youth friendly version of the rights of children in alternative care together. The publication is based on the UNCRC, the Q4C Standards and the Recommendations of the Council of Europe on the rights of children living in residential institutions (2005). More... The first briefing paper of the Leaving Care campaign was issued at the end of September. Ready for downloading! More...Based on the data analysis of all stories, the national coordinators developed quality standards on four phases of the out-of-home child care: decision-making, admission, care-taking and out-of-care/leaving care. More... |