Childwatch International
Key Institution Profiles

Inter-American Children's Institute, specialized agency of the Organization of American States
Address Main lines of research Staff profile and disciplines Networks

Instituto Interamericano del Niño
- organismo especializado de la Organización de los Estados Americanos

Avenida 8 de Octubre 2904
Montevideo, 11600
Uruguay

Tel: +598-2-487-2150
Fax: +598-2-487-3242
E-mail: iin@redfacil.com.uy
(Headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay)
and FPilotti@oas.org
(representative in WashingtonDC, USA)

E-mail: iindg@redfacil.com.uy
Web site: http://www.iin.org.uy

Rodrigo Quintana Meléndes
Director General
E-mail: iinrqm@redfacil.com.uy

- Intercountry adoption
- Child welfare system
- Childhood indicators
- Drug abuse
- Comparative law
- Integration of children with disabilities
- Sexual violence and exploitation		 - Sociology
- Economics
- Law
- Systems analysis
- Psychology
- Documentation
- Education
- Research		 - Niños de América Latina (NIDAL): research network coordinated by the Institute CLASCO, UNICEF
- Red De edes (CD-ROM) CIID
- International Sociological Associations (Childhood Research Committee)
- Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
- Children's House in Cyberspace
- Red Interamericana de Información sobre Niñez (RIIN)

Last updated: 24 June 1999