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ContactThe Czech Helsinki Committee (CHC) is a nongovernmental organization which main purpose is to monitor and to protect human rights, with a particular attention for vulnerable groups (children, elderly, minorities etc.). CHC is also working with children with parents.in prison … Continue reading
Category Archives: Children of Imprisoned Parents Network (COPE)
On Friday 20 May 2016 the Annual COPE Conference will be held in Zagreb, Croatia. The title of the Conference of this year will be: “Children with a parent in conflict with the law: What are their best interests? How … Continue reading
COPE has received some exciting news from Plataforma NNAPES (the group of 10 organisations across Latin America and the Caribbean working with and on behalf of children with imprisoned parents). The Argentinian-based members of NNAPES, ACIFAD (Families of Prisoners Association) … Continue reading
Djamila is the child of a prisoner detained in a foreign country. She currently works as a social worker specialising in youth psychiatry in the Netherlands and has the role of ambassador for the non-profit organisation Exodus Nederland. Exodus supports … Continue reading
Relais Enfants Parents Romands director Viviane Schekter opened “Parenthood and Detention”, an interdisciplinary conference it organised in Lausanne on 18 November, by emphasising the need for further development of support initiatives for imprisoned parents and increased coordination among the various … Continue reading
The Ombudsman’s Office for Children in Croatia, a full member of the COPE network and represented by the Deputy Ombudsman for Children, Maja Gabelica Šupljika, has been working to improve the situation of children of imprisoned parents since 2006. This … Continue reading
In October 2014, Children of Prisoners Europe welcomed UK organisation Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group (POPS) as an applicant member of the network. This further partnership—POPS and Children of Prisoners Europe worked very successfully together on the Coping project (2010-2013)—promises to … Continue reading
COPE’s Norwegian member, For Fangers Pårørende (FFP), offers support and advice to families and friends of prisoners. The NGO’s mission is to provide transparency and improved conditions for their families. FFP provides advice and support by phone, email and at their offices … Continue reading
On 21 March 2014, for the first time in Europe, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Italian Ministry of Justice, the Ombudsman for Childhood and Adolescence and Bambinisenzasbarre ONLUS, Italian member of the Children of Prisoners Europe network, on behalf of … Continue reading
The Child Rights Action Group (CRAG), which consists of 15 child rights organisations including Children of Prisoners Europe, spearheaded an open letter to Members of European Parliament. The main aim of this letter is to remind all MEPs of the … Continue reading
The Child Rights Action Group (CRAG) of which COPE is a member, sent an open letter to the recently elected European Parliament President, Jean-Claude Juncker, in September 2014, urging him to uphold his commitment to build a Europe that invests … Continue reading
The new European Parliament must have the institutional capacity to stand up for the interests of children in every aspect of its work. We call on you, to ensure the rights of all children around the world are respected and … Continue reading
Network Member Pact Launches ‘Our Voice’: The Charter For Children & Young People With A Family Member İn Prison Pact has teamed up with a group of young people between the ages of 13 and 17 who have experienced the imprisonment … Continue reading
The theme of the German Juki-Online Consultation project for children and young people, launched in 2013 and funded by the German television lottery, was detention. Building on network member Treffpunkt e.V.’s (http://childrenofprisoners.eu/treffpunkt-e-v/) existing online advice centre for families of prisoners, a … Continue reading
German network affiliate, Morning Tears Deutschland e.V.,( http://morningtears.de/) has begun a campaign to create more child-friendly visiting spaces within Cologne Prison. The campaign, “Room to bond,” (https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/20155?utm_campaign) is an initiative of BAG-S, (http://www.bag-s.de/) with assistance from Alanus University,( http://www.alanus.edu/eng.html) Morning Tears, Children for a … Continue reading