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This guide analyses the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) through a child rights lens and outlines the measures foreseen in these documents (the Global Compacts) for the protection of the rights of the child.
Although the Global Compacts are not legally binding, they have significant implications for everyone involved. Recognising the principle of State sovereignty, both compacts provide important guidance on measures to be undertaken for the benefit of refugees, migrants and the communities of host and destination…
La presente «Ley Marco Regional en Materia de Migraciones con enfoque en Derechos Humanos» fue recibida y aprobada por los Presidentes y Presidentas miembros plenos del Foro de Presidentes y Presidentas de Poderes Legislativos de Centroamérica y la Cuenca del Caribe (FOPREL), en el marco de la tercera reunión de la «Comisión Interparlamentaria Especial para las Migraciones», celebrada en la ciudad de México, Estados Unidos Mexicanos, a los diecinueve días del mes de agosto del año dos mil diecinueve.
La «Ley Marco Regional» constituye una iniciativa pionera en el ámbito regional y fue…
This roadmap to ending the detention of children in immigration from the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts outlines the commitments, examples of practice, reference documents, and guidelines for each stage of the strategy from June 2019 to June 2025. Stages include:
- Developing national action plans for ending child immigration detention
- Reporting on the number of children held in immigration detention each year
- Developing and implementing child-sensitive alternatives to immigration detentio
- Reporting on progress in…
This four-page document is a synthesis of the working document entitled “Child Rights in the Global Compacts: Recommendations for protecting, promoting and implementing the human rights of children on the move in the proposed Global Compacts,” drafted by the Steering Committee of the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts. The working document draws upon the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), provisions in international law and other frameworks to put forth proposed goals, targets and…
This paper is the sixth of the second edition of the child rights bridging papers for the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 to 10 December 2016). It examines specificities affecting children on the move and other children affected by migration related to labour rights for migrant workers.
The paper highlights key SDGs, sections of the NY Declaration, and recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by…
This paper is the fifth of the second edition of the child rights bridging papers for the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 to 10 December 2016). It examines specificities affecting children on the move and other children affected by migration related to the interaction of international mechanisms of migrants’ rights protection.
The paper highlights key SDGs, sections of the NY Declaration, and recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the…
This paper is the fourth of the second edition of the child rights bridging papers for the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 to 10 December 2016). It examines specificities affecting children on the nove and other children affected by migration related to migrant women and girls.
The paper highlights key SDGs, sections of the NY Declaration, and recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by migration…
This paper is the third of the second edition of the child rights bridging papers for the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 to 10 December 2016). It examines specificities affecting children on the nove and other children affected by migration related to migrants stranded in distress.
The paper highlights key SDGs, sections of the NY Declaration, and recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by migration, related to migrants stranded in…
This paper is the second of the second edition of the child rights bridging papers for the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 to 10 December 2016). It examines specificities affecting children on the move and other children affected by migration related to diaspora and migrant associations.
The paper highlights the key SDGs, sections of the NY Declaration, and recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by migration. The paper outlines seven…
This paper is the first of the second edition of the child rights bridging papers for the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 to 10 December 2016). It examines specificities affecting children on the move and other children affected by migration related to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The paper includes recommendations for ensuring the rights and wellbeing of children on the move and describes the key challenges and issues for children in migration and achieving the Sustainable Development…