Centre Response to UN General Comment
In January 2012, Centre staff gave a detailed response to the request from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for submissions on a General Comment on a Child’s Right to Health. View the Centre’s submission.
Human Trafficking
Claire Cody, Oak Fellow, presented a paper at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, organised by Johns Hopkins University’s Protection Project: ‘Incorporating Human Trafficking in Academic Institutions: The European Experience’, 25–26 November 2011.
Later that week Claire participated in the Regional Forum on the ‘Social Dimensions of Human Trafficking in the Western Balkans’ hosted by the King Baudouin Foundation and GIZ in Skopje, Macedonia, 28–30 November 2011.
Partnership working with the College of the Bahamas
Professor Rebecca Wallace, Director of the Centre for Rural Childhood, and Karen Wylie, CRC Research Associate, spent the first week of November at the College of the Bahamas. They presented a paper on restorative justice in prisons at the COB’s research symposium on the topic of violence. They also contributed to presentations and discussions on human trafficking and migration, COB’s new research theme for 2011–2013.
DoBe
The evaluation study on the effectiveness of the DoBe ‘Teach-IT’ resource has now been completed. DoBe develop resources and training to give educators the tools, skills and attitude to deliver exciting and creative lessons.
Postgraduate laws
The University of London runs a Postgraduate Laws external programme, with support from our Centre for Rural Childhood. Specialisations in Youth Justice, International Human Rights Law and International Refugee Law are available.
It's open to non-lawyers and non-graduates, so if you'd like to find out more, come along to our information seminar on Thursday 26 May at 5pm at Perth College UHI (room 107, Brahan Building), Crieff Road, Perth PH1 2NX.
Spaces are limited, so please book by e-mailing your details to enquiriescrc@perth.uhi.ac.uk
Article 12 UNCRC action-based research project
This action-based research project, commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, ran from 1 October 2010 to 31 March 2011.
It was designed to raise awareness of Article 12, UNCRC – namely the right of children to be heard and have their views taken seriously in all matters affecting them – in accordance with General Comment 12 of the UNCRC Committee on the Rights of the Child (1 July 2009), which identified that "there is a need for better understanding of what Article 12 entails and how best to fully implement it for every child".
General Comment 12 is required to be disseminated by governments through "holding workshops and seminars and incorporating it into the training of all professionals working for and with children".
The project was carried out by Mark Kelly and Lynn Whitaker of the Centre for Rural Childhood, Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands, under the leadership of Professor Rebecca Wallace.
To access further details of the project and its findings, visit www.voiceofthechild.net
Child Recovery and Reintegration Network
Home: The Child Recovery and Reintegration Network - a dedicated online resource for the recovery and reintegration of children affected by sexual exploitation and trafficking globally - has recently gone live. Developed and maintained through an Oak Foundation fellowship, the site is supported by an Advisory Group of experts and hosted by the UHI Centre for Rural Childhood in Scotland. The online resource provides summaries of the key stages in the recovery and reintegration phase and directs readers to relevant texts. This important resource also has dedicated spaces for both researchers and practitioners to access tools and resources and post comments.
Please visit Home: The Child Recovery and Reintegration Network for more information and to contribute to the site www.childrecovery.info