Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
Covid-19 and the Rights of Children of Parents who are Incarcerated
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, of which QUNO is co-convenor, produced this Briefing Paper...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents – International Standards and Guidelines
Children of incarcerated parents continue to face a range of challenges to the full respect for and enjoyment of their...
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Work to date: Children of incarcerated parents
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has provided interpretation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
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Replicating good practice from Italy: recommendations for States on children of incarcerated parents
Child Rights Connect's Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents has produced a series of recommendations for States on the...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents and Minorities in Criminal Justice Systems
This briefing paper was prepared for the 8th session of the UN Forum on Minority Issue in November 2015, and revised in...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents International Standards and Guidance
The risks faced by children of incarcerated parents can be compounded by criminal justice and penal systems that do not...
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Video: Children of Parents Sentenced to Death
This video explores the situation of children when their parent is sentenced to the death penalty or executed....
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Lightening the Load of the Parental Death Sentence on Children
This is a very detailed study exploring the situations of children whose parents have been sentenced with capital punishment. It...
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Children of Parents Sentenced to Death: New Work at QUNO Geneva (Briefing paper)
A short briefing paper giving more detail into the history of QUNOs work on children of incarcerated parents, and more...
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Children of (Alleged) Offenders: Revised Draft Framework for Decision-Making
This publication arose out of QUNO’s wider work on the question of women in prison and children of prisoner’s. The...
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Written statement: Children of incarcerated parents (2012)
In this submission to 19th session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO highlights the risks to physical and mental well-being...
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If my parents go to prison, what happens to me? (Briefing Paper)
In 2011, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child held a Day of General Discussion on the issue...
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Collateral Convicts: If my parents go to prison, what happens to me? Exhibition on children of incarcerated parents
An exhibition by the NGO Group for the Committee on the Rights of the Child, focusing on “the often neglected...
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Written statement: Children of incarcerated parents (2011)
In this statement to the 16th session of the Human Rights Council, Quakers welcome the UN General Assembly’s adoption of...
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Written Statement: Children of Prisoners (2010)
In this submission to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council, Quakers highlight the problem of children of incarcerated...
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