This Situational analysis was realised in the framework of the international project Mario – Joint Action to Protect Children from Exploitation in Europe funded by the OAK Foundation.
In 2009, ECPAT Bulgaria published and disseminated...
Summary: The ruling states that any such removal must provide special consideration of vulnerable populations, such as elderly and children, meaning that authorities cannot evict these communities without safeguards. [2 May 2012] - The ...
[9 February 2012] - The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will be open for signature at a signing...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
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Summary: Bulgaria routinely locks up asylum seekers, despite EU law banning the use of detention centres, forcing migrants west. And children locked in detention centres are allowed to walk in enclosed yards twice every day. [5 November 2011] - "...
Summary: OHCHR spokesman said that “[t]he hate speech that has been fuelling the anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria is of great concern,” adding that it is unacceptable for an entire community to be targeted for an offence allegedly committed by an...
Romani children are overrepresented in institutional care compared to their proportion of the population as a whole in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Slovakia. All six countries have adopted specific laws which govern...
Summary: The UN Human Rights Committee has urged Bulgaria to close its children's institutions, including for children with disabilities, and instead provide alternative care. [15 August 2011] - The Mental Disability Advocacy Center applauds hard-...
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the first Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's...
