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Nouvelles des organisations nationales de Terre des Hommes
Janvier 2010
Disparitions, départs volontaires, fugues. Des enfants de trop en Europe ?
Etude menée en Belgique, Espagne, France et Suisse sur les disparitions de mineurs étrangers non accompagnés placés en institution.
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Juin, 2009
Colloque national sur le thème "Les punitions corporelles : un défi pour les droits de l'enfant en Suisse", Berne, 27 août 2009
Lors de cette journée, les questions suivantes seront notamment abordées : comment pouvons-nous mettre fin à la banalisation des punitions corporelles envers les enfants ? Comment renforcer la protection des enfants au sein de la famille ? Comment mettre en oeuvre les droits de l'enfant dans la sphère privée ? Le colloque offre également une occasion unique pour échanger et dialoguer avec des expert-e-s internationaux.
Avec ce colloque, TdH s'adresse aux personnes qui s'engagent au sein des autorités publiques et des associations pour la prévention de la violence, ainsi qu'à toute autre personne intéressée. Le colloque signe le début d'une campagne nationale sur les « punitions corporelles envers les enfants».
Vous pouvez télécharger le programme et le bulletin d'inscription ici
Langues du colloque : allemand et français, traduction simultanée.
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June 3, 2009
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Research presentation : "Wandering young people. Assistance and protection” by TdH Italy and PARSEC on 3 June 2009 (10.00 a.m.)
in the Sala monumentale della Biblioteca Casanatense, via S. Ignazio 52, Roma, Italy.
The number of foreign unaccompanied minors arriving in Italy has steadily increased.
They are highly vulnerable persons, being at great risk of various forms of abuse and potential victims of crimes, just because they are not being cared for by an adult. Ensuring effective assistance and protection for these children must be a priority for the Italian Government.
The research conducted by Terre des Hommes Italia and Parsec looks into the assistance framework set up in Italy, by tackling the most controversial legal issues, as well as addressing sociological aspects making up such a complex phenomenon.
In addition, the study analyses responses given by five of the cities which are most affected by foreign unaccompanied minors flows.
The study concludes with a series of recommendations, addressed to competent authorities, aiming at harmonizing the application of norms, also bearing in mind good practices presented in the study.
To download the programme, please click here
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Mars 2009
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As part of his recent trip to Brazil and the Amazon jungle, Prince Charles visited the healthcare project of Terre des Hommes Netherlands : The Abaré hospital ship in the Amazon region.
photo: TdH Netherlands
For more information, please click here
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Août 2008
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ADOPTING the rights of the child
A study on intercountry adoption and its influence on child protection in Nepal
(disponible en anglais uniquement)
Published by Terre des hommes Foundation, Lausanne, together with UNICEF
August 2008
Child rights, not profit, must be at the centre of all adoptions in Nepal says a major study on adoption released today in Kathmandu by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and Terre des hommes (Tdh).
The main conclusion of the 60-page report, ‘Adopting the rights of the child: a study on intercountry adoption and its influence on child protection in Nepal’, is that intercountry adoption should not be allowed to resume without appropriate safeguards being put in place at all levels. Only four out of every 100 children adopted in Nepal are adopted by a Nepali family and many children put up for adoption are not orphaned in the true sense of the word but are separated from their families.
The study indicates that abuses such as the sale, abduction and trafficking of children is taking place in an under-regulated environment. “An industry has grown up around adoption in which profit rather than the best interests of the child takes centre stage,” said UNICEF Nepal Representative, Ms. Gillian Mellsop. “Appropriate legal safeguards and a functioning alternative care to parental care can prevent abuse and allow intercountry adoption to continue for those who need it.”
According to the study, the standard of care and protection in many orphanages does not respect the rights of the child. There are approximately 15,000 children in orphanages or children’s homes in Nepal, many of whose parents have died. However, a significant number of admissions in these homes are a result of fraud, coercion and malpractice. “The vast majority of children in institutional care don’t need to be there,” said Tdh Country Representative Joseph Aguettant. “They have family, including extended family, that may be able to provide care with proper support and some initial monitoring to ensure the child is safe. The first priority, therefore, should be to reunify 80% of the children in institutions with their families, not to re-open intercountry adoption.” He added that such a de-institutionalization programme should go hand in hand with better monitoring of centres and improvement of living conditions for the children.
UNICEF and Tdh applauded the announcement that the Government of the Republic of Nepal will ratify the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (1993) but emphasised that ratification and enactment of domestic legislation should take place before intercountry adoption procedures are allowed to resume to help ensure the best interests of the child. It was observed that some progress is being made to regulate intercountry adoption such as the new conditions and procedures recently endorsed by the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, and the initiation of the registration process for adoption agencies.
Please click here to read the report
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Décembre 2007
Un partenaire de Terre des Hommes Suisse lauréat du Prix des Droits de l'homme de la République française
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Le Père Miguel Jean-Baptiste, ardent défenseur de la cause des enfants en domesticité en Haïti, et partenaire de Terre des Hommes Suisse, a reçu, en compagnie de 4 autres lauréats, de la main de Madame Rama Yade, Secrétaire d’État aux Affaires Étrangères et aux droits de l’Homme, le Prix 2007 des droits de l’homme de la République française.
Lors d’une cérémonie émouvante, pendant laquelle s’exprimaient plusieurs défenseurs des droits humains, la Secrétaire d’Etat qui avait visité le Foyer Maurice Sixto en Haïti, a souligné l’importance de la lutte contre l’esclavage des enfants ainsi que celle de la liberté d’expression.
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