Quaker UN Summer School 2012

By Chris Diskin Before arriving at the Quaker United Nations Office Summer School in early July 2012 I was unsure of quite what to expect of the course, the QUNO staff or the other participants. I had worked for Friends House in London for a couple of years and while I thought I had a…

Spotlight on children of prisoners at UN

Children with parents in prison are the focus of the UN today (Friday 30/09/2011) as its Committee on the Rights of the Child explores the rights of ‘children of incarcerated parents’ during the committee’s 2011 Day of General Discussion. When parents go to prison their children are often deeply affected. “Children of prisoners are often…