Moving Forward: Implementing the 'Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children'
Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) | 07 March 2013 | 2.4MB
This new handbook, Moving Forward: Implementation of the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children,’ is aimed at legislators, policy-makers and decision-makers, as well as professionals and care providers, to support the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009. It explains the key thrusts of the Guidelines, outlines the kind of policy responses required, and describes ‘promising’ examples of efforts already made to apply them in diverse communities, countries, regions and cultures. View document

Child Welfare Policies, Services And Their Aptitude For Care And Protection Of Vulnerable Children And Their Families
Project EDU-CARE | 2014
The Technical Team under the Project “EDU-CARE: Social Operators Active in the Protection of the Children and in the Promotion of the Children’s Rights in Nepal” reports on the child care practices, policies, and programs currently in effect in the country. View document

Kenya Careleavers Conference Report: “How I Left Care”
Kenya Society of Careleavers and Koinonia Old Beneficiaries Welfare Association | 07 December 2013
Koinonia Old Beneficiaries Welfare Association and Kenya Society of Careleavers report on their annual Careleavers Conference that took place on December 7th, 2013 at the Shalom House, Dagoretti Corner. View document

An Exploration of the Differential Usage of Residential Childcare Across National Boundaries
Frank Ainsworth and June Thoburn | 31 January 2014
This important article reviews some of the language and conceptual issues that need to be addressed to be able to meaningfully compare differential usage of residential childcare services across national boundaries. View document

UN CRC Country Care Reviews: Overview
Better Care Network | 11 February 2013
In this page, country care reviews for States that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are introduced and listed in order of the sessions of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. State Reports and Concluding Observations by the Committee with a particular focus on sections with recommendations for Family Environment and Alternative Care are captured and highlighted.

Identifying Basic Characteristics of Formal Alternative Care Settings For Children: A Discussion Paper
Better Care Network, Family for Every Child, International Social Service, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International | 16 March 2013 | 184 KB
The discussion paper provides an overview of existing definitions of formal care within the UN Guidelines and a summary of the basic characteristics identified for each, together with explanations for the proposed characteristics. View document

The Right of Boys and Girls to a Family. Alternative Care. Ending Institutionalization in the Americas
Inter-American Commission of Human Rights | 05 March 2014 | 2.6 MB
This report (in Spanish) by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) analyzes children’s right to live and be raised by their families, and establishes the resulting obligations for States when it comes to supporting and strengthening families’ ability to raise and care for their children. View document

Ending Legalised Violence Against Children (Global Report 2013)
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children | 31 December 2013 | 1.7 MB
This comprehensive report by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children analyses data regarding progress toward eliminating corporal punishment amongst all states party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). View document

UN CRPD Country Care Reviews: Overview
Better Care Network | 02 September 2013
In this section, country care reviews for States that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are introduced and listed in order of the sessions of the Committee. View document

Latin American and Caribbean region launches Call to Action to end the placement of children under three years of age in institutions
UNICEF LAC | 22 October 2013
On the 22nd October 2013, a new regional campaign in the Latin American and Caribbean region was launched to end the placement of children under three years of age in institutions. View document