Research Projects and Advocacy

The goal of this project is to broaden empirical knowledge and develop strategic skills for the effective management of deinstitutionalisation programmes for children with disabilities. The project will focus on six countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) and pursue three main objectives: To broaden the empirical knowledge and skills among Armenian, Ukrainian, Moldavian …

Deinstitutionalisation for Children with Disabilities Read More »

Following the Toolkit on Administration of Justice, the Toolkit on Migration aims to provide a guide for States and other actors to: support the process of ending detention of children for migration-related reasons, and ensure their fundamental rights throughout the whole status determination process. In order to achieve this objective, the toolkit provides a collection …

Global Study Toolkit: Ending Deprivation of Liberty of Children for Migration-related Reasons Read More »

At least 330,000 children are deprived of liberty for migration-related reasons every year worldwide. Because of the limited data available publicly, little is known about the characteristics of these children. This study aims to verify the existence, accessibility, and quality of data on immigration detention of children. In order to verify what categories of data are …

A Model for Better Data Collection on Children Detained for Migration-related Reasons Read More »

Click here Considering the success of the 2019 MOOC on Children Deprived of Liberty “Learning from the UN Global Study” and the current efforts to ensure the implementation of its recommendations, an updated version has been developed. This course is enriched by new materials and activities, such as readings, quizzes, discussions, etc. These have been …

MOOC: Enacting the Recommendations of the Global Study Read More »

The Global Study has highlighted the dire situation of more than 7.2 million children worldwide and stressed the need for replacing strategies and considering alternatives to detention of children. This project aims to create a process for structured implementation of the Study’s recommendations in Austria. For this purpose, it will conduct a comprehensive analysis of …

Personal Liberty of Children in Austria revisited Read More »

The Global Campus of Human Rights presents the Child-friendly Animated Film based on the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty. A large team was involved in the creation of this short film, including children and youth in different regions. This process ensured that the film is accurate and of high quality, as …

Child-friendly Animated Video of the Global Study Read More »

In June 2018 South Africa presented the numbers of children in detention in its response to the Global Study questionnaire. Among the numbers provided was the number of children in Secure Care Centres. This was significant because it was the first time that the number was captured in a manner that was comparable to other …

Oversight Mechanism – Rights of Children in Secure Care Centres in South Africa Read More »

This project aims to support Ombudspersons for Children in implementing the recommendations of the Global Study within particular national and European multi-level governance. This function will be piloted in the Italian context, which will open the possibility for future interventions in other European countries. Two workshops will be organised at the Headquarters of the Global …

Enacting the Global Study Recommendations in the European Context Read More »

The Global Study was published in 2019 and reprinted in a corrected version in 2020. The Global Study Team has created an Executive Summary of 68 pages that outlines the key messages and recommendations of the 800-page long Global Study. The Global Campus will partner up with its regional child rights officers to identify students/graduates …

Executive Summary of the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty Read More »

In the context of these follow-up initiation process activities, the Global Campus is an academic partner of the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre working on the project “Advancing Child Rights Strategic Litigation”. This project is coordinated by the University of Nottingham and comes under the auspices of the Global Campus-Right Livelihood Foundation Partnership Agreement. …

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