Research Institutions and Networks
- Interamerican Children's Institute - Instituto Interamericano del Niño Uruguay
- Centre for Children & Young People, Southern Cross University Australia
- Centre for Research on the Child and Family, School of Social Work and Psychology, University of East Anglia England
- NOVA - Norwegian Social Research Norway
- Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre (SJSC) University of Western Sydney Australia
- Myers-Joint-Brookdale Institute Israel
- Research Program on Infancy and Childhood, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Mexico
- Caribbean Child Development Centre Consortium for Social Development and Research University of the West Indies Jamaica
- Children's Rights Centre, University of Ghent Belgium
- Unicef - Innocenti Research Centre Italy
- Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Ireland
- Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia Czech Republic
- Department of Social Work - Charles University Prague Czech Republic
- The Catalan Interdisciplinary Research Network on Children's Rights and Children's Quality of Life (X.C.I.I.I.) Spain
- Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge England
- Child and Youth Research and Training Programme, University of Western Cape South Africa
- The Children's Institute, University of Cape Town South Africa
- Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University USA
- OVCSupport.net - A Global Hub on Children and HIV
- Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford
Other Research Resources:
- Publication: Gilligan, R. (2009) Promoting Resilience: Supporting children and young people who are in care, adopted or in need. BAAF, London.
- Publication: Bragi Gudbrandson (2007): Rights of children at risk and in care.
- Moving Away From Residential Care. Reports from the 2nd Conference on Children and Residential Care, Stockholm May 2003.
- The YIPPEE Project: The Project aims to 'increase knowledge of the post-compulsory education of young people who have been in public care as children'
IGO and NGO resources
- Better Care Network
- Barnardo's, UK
- Casa-Alianza
- "LA GUIA E" web page created by careleavers in Argentina
International Standards:
- European Convention on the Adoption of Children (1967)
- European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock (1975)
- Recommendation 869 on payment by the state of advances on child maintenance (1979)
- European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children (1980)
- Recommendation 1443 International adoption: respecting children's rights (2000)
- Recommendation 5 (2005) of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the rights of children living in residential institutions