Source: https://home.crin.org/issues/deprivation-of-liberty/children-in-institutions
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 10:12:03+00:00

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The systemic abuse and neglect of children in care institutions is well established, yet the violence continues and few survivors ever secure redress. Children in residential and community care may endure sexual abuse, or be subjected to physical and emotional violence. The harm inflicted on them can last a lifetime and the people responsible for protecting them often hide the abuse. Children who have lived in institutions are also more likely to be drawn into the criminal justice system, perpetuating the cycle of violence and detention.
The occurrence of abuse and neglect of children in care institutions has been known to governments for decades, yet few survivors ever secure redress. The institutional abuse of children takes many forms, including sexual abuse of children in residential care and community-based settings, physical or emotional abuse, and harms suffered from living in the ‘dehumanising institutional environment’ of residential care.
CRIN has produced this guide, "When the State doesn’t care", to enable advocates to access the legal and practical tools needed to end violations suffered while in institutional care and to provide survivors with information on avenues of redress. The report provides a global overview of potential methods of redress for violations of children's rights in care institutions, examines how a child, or those acting on behalf of a child, can bring a case domestically, and examines how to get justice at the regional and international level.
Legal assistance toolkit for children and children’s rights organisations.
Rights, Remedies and Representation: A global report on access to justice for children.
Country reports on access to justice for children.
Case study: Romania: The ‘Legal Black Hole’ for Children in Institutions.
Case study: Bulgaria: No more excuses on education for children with mental disabilities.
Center for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania  European Court of Human Rights, Application No. 47848/08.
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee v. Bulgaria  European Court of Human Rights, Applications Nos. 35653/12 and 66172/12.
Nencheva v. Bulgaria  European Court of Human Rights, Application No. 48609/06.
Mental Disability and Advocacy Centre (MDAC) v. Bulgaria, European Committee of Social Rights, Complaint No. 41/2007.
Mental Disability Advocacy Centre, Litigating the right to community living for people with mental disabilities. A handbook for lawyers, 2014.
Mental Disability Advocacy Centre, Access to Justice for Children with Mental Disabilities: Standards and Findings, 2015.

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