La présente circulaire a pour objet de présenter les contours de la 'kafala' dans les pays d'origine, d'en préciser les effets en France et de rappeler les conditions dans lesquelles un enfant ayant fait l'objet d'un recueil légal et devenu français peut être adopté.

Andrea Mazzarino, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, visited Russian orphanages as part of a human rights investigation into the conditions and potential abuses in the orphanage system, especially for children with disabilities.

Three former orphans with severe disabilities attempt to make the grueling ascent to Africa’s highest peak to help Russian orphanages. Their Journey is documented in a new RT documentary.

This document reports on an Institutional Learning Process that has critically analysed the impact and effectiveness of Terre des hommes’ (Tdh) engagement in Albania over the last 14 years. It looks at the role Tdh has played in the emergence of a State Child Protection System (CPS) in Albania. 

This report includes the statistical information regarding looked-after children in the UK for the year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.

A police force in South Yokshire, UK is criticised for turning a blind eye to the sexual exploitation of 1,400 children in Rotherham has been further rebuked for “weaknesses” in its child protection procedures.

The Oak Foundation and The International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking at the University of Bedfordshire are supporting this 0.5 post to develop a greater focus on actions taken by young people to combat sexual violence against children, including strategies for developing youth participation undertaken by international service providers.

This document from the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina provides an overview and assessment of the alternative care system in the country.

This study involved the use of qualitative methods as part of a larger process evaluation to explore the longer-term experiences of parents who participated in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Incredible Years Parenting Programme (IYPP) in disadvantaged settings in Ireland.