FEBRUARY 2012 Newsletter

Greetings Friends and Colleagues,

Below, you will find details regarding new CHRC initiatives, upcoming events, internships, and global children's rights news. Enjoy!


Warm regards,
Center for the Human Rights of Children
Loyola University Chicago  
www.luc.edu/chrc

Save the Date: Children's Rights in Africa

Monday, April 16, 2012

Brigette De Lay, Child Protection Officer for UNICEF and Advisory Board Member of the Center for the Human Rights of Children (CHRC), is scheduled to visit Loyola University Chicago in April, 2012. As a visiting scholar and child rights expert, Ms. Delay will give an evening lecture, titled, "Child Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current trends, challenges and the way forward." Dr. Terry Northcut, Associate Professor in Loyola's School of Social Work and the CHRC's 2011 African Child Rights Fellow, will present preliminary findings from her research project, "Psychosocial Support to Orphan and Vulnerable Children in Ethiopia - An Institutional Perspective."

5pm-7pm, Regents Hall
Lewis Towers, Water Tower Campus
Loyola University Chicago
This event is open to the public. Please see www.luc.edu/chrc for more details closer to date.

Spring/Summer 2012 Children's Rights Internship Opportunity

The Center for the Human Rights of Children is seeking two graduate-level interns to assist with a new research project, "Conducting a Legal Services Assessment for Child Trafficking Survivors in Cook County." This internship is an excellent opportunity to work on an issue that has both local and national impact addressing the rights of children.
Applications are due by March 2, 2012. Please click here for details.

Building Healthy Homes/Healthy Communities - Tackling Environmental Disparities

In December 2011, the CHRC, in collaboration with the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Medical Center, and Loyola Law School’s Civitas ChildLaw Center, received an award to support a new interdisciplinary initaitve addressing disparities resulting from environmental toxins in homes and Communities in Chicago and Cook County. It is an exciting beginning to an initiative that showcases the University’s commitment to cutting-edge environmental issues, our community, public-private partnerships, and interdisciplinary and multi-sector collaboration and research. The CHRC's work on the project will include efforts to better understand the disproportianate impact environmental toxins have on children, and to try to identify solutions from a rights-based approach.

CHRC Faculty Experts

Introducing Our Affiliated Faculty

The Center for the Human Rights of Children is one of Loyola University Chicago's six University Centers of Excellence. In its pursuit of an agenda of interdisciplinary research, education, and service to address critical and complex issues affecting children and youth, the CHRC relies on faculty and staff members from a broad range of disciplines, schools, and organizations in achieving its goals. The CHRC is fortunate to have a talented and dedicated group of scholars and experts committed to the Center's mission. To see our affiliated faculty members, please click here.

News & Upcoming Events

UN Declaration of Human Rights Education and Training
On Monday, December 19, 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations officially adopted the UN Declaration of Human Rights Education and Training. This document recognizes the right of everyone to have access to human rights education. The Declaration names the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the primary basis for this education, and provides an opportunity for people to expand their understanding of fundamental human rights. To access the full document, please click here.


25th Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference
March 4-7, 2012 in Tampa, FL

This conference is the focal point for the national dissemination of outcome data, ongoing research and policy development updates in the children’s mental health field - will feature a wide array of symposia, papers and poster presentations from an international field of scholars, educators, policy makers and families. For more informaton, please visit http://cmhtampaconference.com/

Global Summit on Childhood
March 28-31, 2012 in Washington, DC

A “Global Summit on Childhood” conference is presented by the Association of Childhood Education International. This summit will bring together individuals and organizations from many sectors to examine the challenges facing childhood today and consider ways to address them. For more information, please visit http://www.acei.org/acei-news/call-for-papers.html

Poverty, Coercion, and Human Rights Conference
April 13-15, 2012, Loyola University Chicago, Water Tower Campus

This conference is based on the belief that there is an urgent need for philosophers and scholars in closely-related disciplines to explore the ways in which poverty impacts individual agency with respect to social and economic human rights, sex trafficking, slavery, and economically-driven migration. Please click here for details. For further information, or to register, please contact Randall Newman at rnewman2@luc.edu or 773.508.2373. Advanced registration is appreciated.

Child Trauma in the Public Sector Symposium
May 31 -  June 1, 2012
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL

For more information, please contact Anne Studzinski.