“It’s probably the thing of which I am most proud”: J K Rowling in conversation with Eddie Redmayne

The Harry Potter creator talks to the star of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them about her work with the Lumos charity and the urgent need to end the institutionalisation of children.

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EDDIE REDMAYNE: Good evening, good evening ladies and gentlemen.

I am so excited that you are excited! Welcome to Carnegie Hall and – thank you! – Welcome to a very what I hope is a very special evening. More than 25 years ago, an author put pen to paper and created one of the most extraordinary stories that the world has ever seen. Her astounding imagination continues to thrill us, it captivates us, it enthrals us, it moves us, and it leaves us wanting more. And tonight ladies and gentlemen. . . there will be more.

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Cavada fait son come-back

L'ancien journaliste sera le chef de file du Nouveau centre pour les élections européennes de juin prochain en Ile-de-France.

Jean-Marie Cavada revient. Le président du Nouveau Centre Hervé Morin a annoncé, mercredi 28 janvier, que l'ancien journaliste sera le chef de file de la formation centriste pour les élections européennes de juin prochain en Ile-de-France.

Madrane à propos du trafic de mineurs congolais: "Si des erreurs ont été commises, je prendrai les mesures nécessaires"

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ABONNÉS Exclusif: Rachid Madrane veut suivre les délinquants et radicalisés à la trace!

In the area of social inclusion and protection, the adoption of amendments to the social welfare law, the family law and the draft law on financial support for families with children are still pending.

On rights of the child, the national plan of action for children expired in 2015. The National Council on the Rights of the Child remained inactive. Ensuring more effective coordination of the child protection system should be prioritised and efforts made to ensure uniform implementation of policy. Administrative data are still not disaggregated to enable monitoring of vulnerable groups, particularly Roma and children with disabilities. There is a need to

organise assistance to children living and/or working on the street on a local level. Violence against children remains a serious concern. A new national strategy for the prevention of and protection of children from violence still need to be developed. There is a need to align the legal framework and statistics with international standards on child abuse. Children with disabilities in large institutions face particular difficulties as regards access to education.

Additional mechanisms need to be put in place to secure full implementation of the legislation regulating juvenile offenders and child victims in criminal proceedings. Prevention programmes and programmes for reintegrating juvenile offenders into the community are only available in large cities and are funded on a project basis. Better protection for child victims who testify in criminal proceedings should be ensured through the provision of units for child victim protection.

Are we taking too many children into care?

The numbers of children being taken into care are at record levels and rising, leading to fears that the system could soon be at breaking point. Why is this happening – and what can be done?

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The latest figures show that there were a total of 70,440 children in the care system in England as of March this year. Photograph: Mito/Rex/Shutterstock

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Adoption racket gets messy as couples refuse to return babies

TNN | Dec 2, 2016, 05.55 AM IST

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MYSURU: The impulsive decision of educated childless couples from across Karnataka and Kerala to adopt childrenillegally, has landed them in trouble as Mysuru district police is considering action against them for human trade. The police uncovered an organized child trafficking racket recently.

Private adoption in India is a crime and there are instances where action has been initiated in the form of fines or punishment against parties involved in adoption without the sanctity of government agencies or the law courts.

CID slaps murder charges on baby trafficking accused

Dwaipayan Ghosh | TNN | Dec 2, 2016, 08.36 AM IST

KOLKATA: The CID took a step closer to building a watertight case against the 20 alleged baby traffickers arrested so far -including four doctors -by slapping murder charges (IPC 302) on the accused. The fresh section was added on Thursday after the initial postmortem report of the remains of two babies, buried on the Machhlandapur NGO grounds, reached the agency headquarters at Bhawani Bhawan.

The findings hint that the babies might have been murdered about eight to 10 months ago. The move also came hours after CID arrested two Kolkata-based doctors for being involved in the scam.

The probe agency also slapped Section 88 of the Juvenile Justice Act that deals with negligence of caregivers who were employed at the two juvenile homes in Machhlandapur and Hanspukur, located in the two Parganas, respectively . Sources in CID said the prime reason behind slapping murder charges was to ensure that none of the accused could get bail.

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Karnataka child trafficking case: Children were sold to couples in US, Kenya

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The police have so far succeeded in tracing and rescuing as many as 16 children, including nine girls.

Four raids in investigation into trade in Congolese orphans

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In an investigation into the trade in Congolese orphans the Federal Police this morning carried out four raids, three in Brussels and one in Liege. Earlier in the investigation, a woman was taken into custody. She is seen as the key figure.

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