"The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has issued its Annual Report Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2010. Chapter 4 is dedicated to the rights of the child and protection of children. It covers issues of violence against children, including sexual abuse and exploitation, child-friendly justice, the situation of separated children in a migration or asylum context, as well as data availability issues".

EC awards action grant to develop curriculum for training of probation officers

"Late July good news was spread among the partners of a new European project. The project ‘Criminal Justice Social Work', which aims to develop and test a European academic curriculum for the training of criminal justice professionals, was awarded its action grant by the European Commission. The allocation of the grant is a big step for the involved educational institutes, professional Organizations and CEP."