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Children in Institutions

The Beginning of the End?

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2003 )

There is a growing global consensus in favour of family-based alternatives to institutional care for children. No residential institution --no matter how well meaning-- can replace the family...

There is a growing global consensus in favour of family-based alternatives to institutional care for children. No residential institution --no matter how well meaning-- can replace the family...


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Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, in Africa

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: November 2004 )

Trafficking in human beings is increasingly understood as a major and worldwide human rights violation and development issue. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre new Insight Trafficking in Human Beings...

Trafficking in human beings is increasingly understood as a major and worldwide human rights violation and development issue. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre new Insight Trafficking in Human Beings...


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Law and Sustainable Development since Rio

Legal Trends in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Series: FAO Legislative Study
( Print: January 2004 )

The ten years following the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) have been years of intense activity in the reform of national and international laws. This publication...

The ten years following the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) have been years of intense activity in the reform of national and international laws. This publication...


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Right to Adequate Food in Emergencies, The

Series: FAO Legislative Study
( Print: January 2004 )

When natural disasters hit and violent conflicts arise, the right to food is often endangered. In most cases, food is used as an instrument to exert pressure on populations and countries. This study...

When natural disasters hit and violent conflicts arise, the right to food is often endangered. In most cases, food is used as an instrument to exert pressure on populations and countries. This study...


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Laying the Foundations for Children's Rights

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2005 )

This study provides a critical and constructive analysis of how far the international community and individual states have come in their efforts to establish the normative, legal, and institutional...

This study provides a critical and constructive analysis of how far the international community and individual states have come in their efforts to establish the normative, legal, and institutional...


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Evolving Capacities of the Child, The

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2005 )

The Convention on the Rights of the Child introduced for the first time in an international human rights treaty, the concept of the ‘evolving capacities’ of the child. This principle recognizes that...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child introduced for the first time in an international human rights treaty, the concept of the ‘evolving capacities’ of the child. This principle recognizes that...


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Cities With Children

Child Friendly Cities in Italy

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in...

The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in...


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Birth Registration and Armed Conflict

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

The present publication reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The...

The present publication reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The...


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Making Philippine Cities Child Friendly

Voices of Children in Poor Communities

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: April 2006 )

The study analyses how the Philippines national Child Friendly Movement has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children. The...

The study analyses how the Philippines national Child Friendly Movement has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children. The...


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Perspectives and Guidelines on Food Legislation, with a New Model Food Law

Series: FAO Legislative Study
( Print: April 2006 )

The present text draws on FAO's experience in providing technical assistance to governments developing new food laws and regulations, setting out and examining the many elements of the national...

The present text draws on FAO's experience in providing technical assistance to governments developing new food laws and regulations, setting out and examining the many elements of the national...


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Legal Framework for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources, The

Series: FAO Legislative Study
( Print: June 2006 )

Based on information gathered through national surveys and other sources, this study provides an overview of the main legal instruments at both international and national levels, including the...

Based on information gathered through national surveys and other sources, this study provides an overview of the main legal instruments at both international and national levels, including the...


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Caring for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

This Insight is intended to advance the discussion on the impact of HIV and AIDS on children in three key ways: by drawing attention to the situation of children orphaned by AIDS and the limitations...

This Insight is intended to advance the discussion on the impact of HIV and AIDS on children in three key ways: by drawing attention to the situation of children orphaned by AIDS and the limitations...


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Protégeons les enfants touchés par le VIH et le SIDA

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: February 2008 )

Ce rapport entend faire progresser le débat sur l'impact du VIH et du sida sur les enfants en attirant l'attention sur la situation des enfants orphelins à cause du sida et sur les limites des...

Ce rapport entend faire progresser le débat sur l'impact du VIH et du sida sur les enfants en attirant l'attention sur la situation des enfants orphelins à cause du sida et sur les limites des...


Two Faces of Education in Ethnic Conflict, The

Towards a Peacebuilding Education for Children

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: May 2001 )

This publication challenges a widely-held assumption - that education is inevitably a force for good. While stressing the many stabilizing aspects of good quality education, the book shows how...

This publication challenges a widely-held assumption - that education is inevitably a force for good. While stressing the many stabilizing aspects of good quality education, the book shows how...


Promoting Children's Participation in Democratic Decision-Making

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: May 2001 )

Listening to children and considering seriously what they have to say has not been a widely adopted practice throughout the world. Since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)...

Listening to children and considering seriously what they have to say has not been a widely adopted practice throughout the world. Since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)...