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Research Groups
United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty
Thematic Research Groups
All of the groups below also include members of the Study’s Advisory Board.
| Research Institution /Academia | UN focal point | NGO focal point | |
| Children Deprived of Liberty in the Administration of Justice | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna/Austria | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
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| Children Living in Places of Detention with their Parents | European Inter-University Centre (EIUC)/Global Campus, Venice/Italy | Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) |
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| Children Deprived of Liberty for Migration related reasons | Joint Research Centre/European Commission, Ispra/ Italy |
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| Children Deprived of Liberty in Institutions | Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria/ South Africa | United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) |
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| Children Deprived of Liberty related to Armed Conflict and Children Deprived of Liberty related to national security | Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York /USA |
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Cross-cutting Research Groups (leads)
Health: University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia)
Child Participation: Terre des Hommes (London, United Kingdom), with Ursula Kilkelly (University College Cork) and Laura Lundy (Queen’s University of Belfast)
Gender: University of Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus), the United Nations Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Disabilities: United Nations Special Rapporteur on Persons with Disabilities, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and National University of Ireland Galway (Galway, Ireland).
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