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This article was co-authored by IICRD's Natasha Blanchet-Cohen and builds off of the experiences from the YouthScape project.

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I thought this was especially relevent due to the recent disaster in Haiti.

"This manual, as the title suggests, is about how to protect children from sexual violence and sexual exploitation, specifically in disaster and emergency situations. It is not intended to be an academic report but instead is a practical guide that we hope will be of use to people working directly in the field. The aim is to provide fundamental information to assist personnel working in emergency situat

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A recent article in the Vancouver Sun explains how six young Surrey children were among seven Canadian kids rescued by police this week as suspected victims of an international child pornography ring.

The police were alerted to the situation from an international source that linked the image exchange to a British Columbian home.

This article is a great example of how people are working across borders to stop this awlful situation from occuring.

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One of the most widely recognized children's entertainers, Raffi, has opened a Centre for Child Honoring on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia Canada.

The Centre aims to "TO HELP TRANSFORM SOCIETIES FOR THE GREATEST GOOD by meeting the needs of their young, the Centre plans to launch project initiatives within the sectors of Education, Communications, Innovation and Society."

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The Juvenile Justice in Russia publication is designed to provide readers with an overview and description of the models that were developed and tested to date in the pilot project regions in Russia as part of the Improving Services for Youth at Risk in the Russian Federation Project – later YAR Project.

Juvenile Justice Models Part I.pdf