How to support children to cope with their parent’s imprisonment and enhance their potential to lead safe, included, happy, achieving lives? On 10 January, MEP Julie Ward and the Brussels-based Alliance for Childhood European Network Group invited COPE to co-organise a two-hour Quality of Childhood (QoC) session at the European Parliament devoted to the issue … Read More
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Quality of Childhood session on children of prisoners
On 10 January 2017, MEP Julie Ward and the Brussels-based Alliance for Children European Network Group are planning a two-hour Quality of Childhood (QoC) session at the European Parliament devoted to the issue of children with imprisoned parents. COPE has been invited to co-organise the session. The QoC session will provide a good opportunity to … Read More
Written Declaration on the protection of the children of imprisoned parents
On 12 September, ten Members of the European Parliament placed a Written Declaration (WD) on the protection of children with imprisoned parents before the parliament under Rule 136 of the body’s Rules of Procedure. Read the text here. The sponsoring MEPs, members of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Children’s Rights, include Patrizia Toia (Italy), Sergio Gaetano … Read More
European Parliament resolution explicitly mentions children of imprisoned parents
To mark the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Parliament adopted a resolution in November calling for the full implementation of the Convention to guarantee respect for the rights of all children. The EP Resolution represents a milestone for child rights. Children with imprisoned parents are explicitly … Read More