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On 12 June 2025, COPE will host the 17th edition of its Annual International Conference in Malta, in partnership with Mid-Dlam għad-Dawl. This year’s focus: understanding and dismantling the stigma children face when a parent is imprisoned. Stigma linked to parental imprisonment is shaped by broader societal structures. It can reinforce inequality, isolate children and have lasting effects. Tackling it means rethinking how children’s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are upheld, and demanding change that centers children and families…. more.



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Archived newsletters

August 2024: Children of Prisoners Europe newsletter – Game with Mum & Dad Edition

August 2024: Children of Prisoners Europe: a summer update

September 2023: Children of Prisoners Europe: an end-of-summer wrap up

July 2023: Children of Prisoners Europe: a summer update

January 2023: Children of Prisoners Europe: a New Year’s update

October 2022: Children of Prisoners Europe: an autumn update

June 2022: Children of Prisoners Europe: recent events and wishes for the summer

April 2022: Children of Prisoners Europe: a spring review

December 2021: An end-of-year wrap-up and holiday wishes

November 2021: Capacity building for a stronger network

April 2021: Child inclusion and child participation – updates from the COPE network

February 2021: Child’s rights and child participation on UN World Day of Social Justice

November 2020: Today is World Children’s Day

August 2020: Progress for children with imprisoned parents

June 2020: Children should take part in decision making

May 2020: Keeping children connected – now and in the future

April 2020: It’s time for a paradigm shift

December 2018: COPE newsletter Dec 2018

May 2018: COPE newsletter May 2018

July 2017: COPE newsletter July 2017

April 2017: COPE newsletter Apr 2017

November 2016: COPE newsletter Nov 2016

February 2016: COPE newsletter Feb 2016

August 2015: COPE newsletter Aug 2015

November 2014: COPE newsletter Nov 2014