Integrating human rights, children’s rights and a gender perspective in services and care for children and families affected by drug use (Oct. 2024)
This guide represents years of collective learning, sharing and thinking. It brings together in a unified document the enormous wealth of knowledge, analysis and proposals developed by the project Children Whose Parents Use Drugs and the human rights legal framework that guarantees children’s rights as well as those of parents who use substances. It offers an overview of the challenges faced by children and families affected by substance dependence. Subsequently, the concept of hidden harm is presented in relation to the three sections of the guide. The theoretical analysis is followed by an explanation of the scope and purpose of the guide, along with the basic definitions of terms used in this text.