Lumos

Policy Paper

A journey for children's rights: Joint reaction to the new EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child

08.07.2021

On 24 March, the European Commission adopted its first encompassing EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, aimed at mainstreaming children’s right throughout all ...

Policy Paper

Hope and Homes for Children and Lumos first reactions on the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child

30.03.2021

March 24 marked an important date for the rights of the child. The European Commission released the new EU Strategy on the Rights of the ...

Policy Paper

The EU must prioritise social inclusion in its COVID-19 Recovery

19.01.2021

The EU must prioritise social inclusion in its COVID-19 Recovery - Urgent call for targets and safeguards for investments in social inclusion and the shift ...

Policy Paper

Building a rights-based child protection system in Ukraine, free from institutions

10.12.2020

Thousands of children in Ukraine with disabilities, developmental disorders, illnesses, or from disadvantaged social backgrounds are deprived of their human rights and grow up without ...

Policy Paper

Lumos' Recommendations to Portuguese EU Presidency

03.12.2020

Lumos calls on the Portuguese EU Presidency to recognise the risk of trafficking for children that are in institutional care, including the role of the ...

Policy Paper

Joint recommendations for the European Disability Rights Strategy 2021-30

22.11.2020

This paper outlines how children with disabilities end up in institutional care and explains how growing up in an institution is particularly harmful to this ...

Policy Paper

Joint recommendations for the European Child Guarantee

22.11.2020

Following the EU’s acknowledgement of the harm caused by institutionalisation and its commitment to supporting the shift from institutional to family and community-based care, Lumos ...

Policy Paper

Joint recommendations for the EU strategy on the rights of the child

01.10.2020

Millions of children around the world live in institutions – including so-called “orphanages”, residential special schools and reception centres – that expose them to a ...

Policy Paper

Recommendations to the EU Strategy to fight child sexual abuse

24.08.2020

Policy Paper

Lumos’ recommendations to the German Presidency of the Council of the EU

30.06.2020

The priorities set by the German Government ahead of its Presidency term include a wide range of activities which could positively impact the EU’s role ...