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Policy PaperCall For A Moratorium On Intercountry Adoption In Response To The Conflict In UkraineMonday May 30, 2022This joint statement urges receiving States, international bodies, and humanitarian agencies to adopt a harmonised approach and call for a moratorium on intercountry adoptions from Ukraine.
Policy PaperA Journey For Children’s Rights: Joint Reaction To The New EU Strategy On The Rights Of The ChildThursday July 8, 2021In order to make sure the Child Rights Strategy truly becomes a success in the years to come, and benefits all children, it is essential that children and civil society organisations representing children play an important role in its implementation.
Policy PaperLumos & Hope And Homes For Children First Reactions On The EU Strategy On The Rights Of The ChildTuesday March 30, 2021This paper sets out Lumos’ Recommendations to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights 2020-2024.
Policy PaperThe EU Must Prioritise Social Inclusion In Its Covid-19 RecoveryTuesday January 19, 2021Urgent call for targets and safeguards for investments in social inclusion and the shift from institutional to community-based support.
Policy PaperBuilding A Rights-based Child Protection System In Ukraine, Free From InstitutionsThursday December 10, 2020A coalition of 22 child rights organisations calls on the Ukrainian government and the European Union to act before it is too late to protect the rights and future of some of the most forgotten and left behind children.
Policy PaperJoint Recommendations For The European Disability Rights Strategy 2021-30Sunday November 22, 2020This paper outlines how children with disabilities end up in institutional care and explains how growing up in an institution is particularly harmful to this vulnerable group of children.
Policy PaperJoint Recommendations For The European Child GuaranteeSunday November 22, 2020Lumos and Hope and Homes for Children have detailed a set of recommendations for the European Child Guarantee.
Policy PaperJoint Recommendations For The EU Strategy On The Rights Of The ChildThursday October 1, 2020Millions of children around the world live in institutions – including so-called “orphanages”, residential special schools and reception centres – that expose them to a catalogue of human rights abuses and enhanced risk of violence, and which cannot meet their needs.
Policy PaperRecommendations To The EU Strategy To Fight Child Sexual AbuseMonday August 24, 2020This paper sets out Lumos’ Recommendations to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights 2020-2024.