CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: This section contains a mix of press articles and statements, all of which are a useful way of building a profile of Emma and understanding her views on these issues. The subject of international adoption features strongly here as this is an important issue which can threaten children’s rights and is an issue that Emma has addressed.

Baroness Nicholson exposes lead poisoning of gypsy children in Kosovan refugee camps

Baroness Nicholson MEP
12 November 2008
Today, 12 November at 10am, Baroness Nicholson MEP will chair a meeting in the European Parliament to call for the relocation of two UN refugee camps in Kosovo built close to toxic wasteland where a generation of children are facing ill health and premature death because of lead poisoning.
Four refugee camps […]

“The rights of Kashmiris cannot be ignored…”

Baroness Nicholson calls on UK government to give ethnic identity to the Kashmiri people

23 May 2007
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne today tabled two questions in the House of Lords calling the attention of the British government to the situation of Kashmiris in both Britain and Pakistan.
As author of the European Parliament’s high-profile report on Kashmir that […]

An objective report on Romania’s disabled children

Press Statement
Bucharest, 31st March 2007
A few months before Romania joined the EU, a series of controversial reports appeared about the harsh living conditions for disabled children in several institutions in Romania.  In order to investigate this situation comprehensively, The Children’s High Level Group charity took the initiative to commission a report called Assessment of Institutions […]

Report on disabled children in Romania

Text of speech delivered by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP
at a press conference to launch the report “Assessment of Institutions for children with disabilities”. 
Bucharest, 31st March 2007 
“Romania’s child welfare system has been thoroughly reformed and successive governments have done a good job of getting children out of institutions and into family and community care.
“Unfortunately there […]

Baroness Nicholson’s credentials in Child Health and Development

Press release, 2006
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP is currently World Health Organisation Special Envoy for Health, Peace and Development, an honorary post that was recently reconfirmed.
She is a former Board Member of UNICEF (UK), Director of Save the Children (UK), consultant to Barnardos, National Children’s Homes, Westminster Children’s Hospital, & Foster Parents, Plan and other […]

More community nurses are needed in Romania

200 Community Nurses to be trained and hired   

Press statement, 1st November 2006
The Romanian Children’s High Level Group announce a new “civil society-government partnership” to promote community nursing in Romania.
The Romanian Children’s High Level Group will fund the training and employment of 100 community nurses – with funding the Romanian Government for another 100.
Community nurses carry […]

JK Rowling and Children’s High Level Group meet Czech Ambassador to Romania

PRESS STATEMENT – Bucharest, 26th January 2006
Three members of the newly formed Children’s High Level Group – Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP, Professor Kevin Browne, and the children’s writer JK Rowling – today met Radek Pech, the Czech Ambassador to Romania, in the British Council offices in Bucharest.
The purpose of the meeting was to introduce […]

ROMANIA FOR EUROPEAN CHILDREN

Statement at launch of Children’s High Level Group in Romania
Bucharest, 13th January 2006
Press release
This mornings press conference was called by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP,  Mr Ion Tiriac and Mrs Theodora Bertzi, representing Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu) in order to announce the following initiatives:

ROMANIA FOR EUROPEAN CHILDREN fundraising dinner, with guest of honour J.K. […]

Romanian child rights experts comment on child welfare reform

Press release
Statement by group of independent Romanian child right experts, issued in response to an interview on RTE (Radio Television Eire) with John Mulligan.
Bucharest, August 3rd 2006
FACTS:
-  Romania’s population is almost 23.000.000 inhabitants;
-  In December 2004 Romania had 82,918 children in the child care system;
- 50,239 of these children live with their families (including 15,834 […]

Launch of Children’s High Level Group

PRESS STATEMENT
25TH JAN 2006
The new NGO will promote child welfare reform across Europe
In the past, the following statements have been made:
“The year 2005 has marked the entry into force of two new laws related to the promotion and protection of child rights and the legal status of adoptions.  These reforms emphasise the primary responsibility of the […]