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This toolkit, which is a key resource for all Central Adoption Authorities and other actors in responding to potential past practices and in preventing any illicit practice, is comprised of the following four parts:
- fact sheets on illicit practices;
- a checklist to assist decision-making by Central Authorities;
- a Model Procedure to respond to suspected and actual cases of illicit practices; and
- guidelines on enhancing cooperation and coordination to prevent and address illicit practices, including patterns.
At its resumed eleventh emergency special session, the world body adopted a new resolution calling for an end to the war, only hours before the conflict enters its second year on Friday, 24 February 2023.
The results were 141 Member States in favour and seven against - Belarus, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, Russia and Syria. Among the 32 abstentions were China, India and Pakistan.
By the terms of the 11-paragraph …
In a joint statement published 18 March 2022, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Children with Disabilities expressed deep concern about the institutionalisation of children with disabilities and called on States Parties to end institutionalisation on the basis of disability and to promote the development of support for children in a family in the community.
On November 20 and 21 Member States of the UN General Assembly participated in a High-level meeting on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The …
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 72/182 and Human Rights Council resolution 41/15.
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur seeks to highlight the situation of internally displaced children who are suffering and dying because of the lack of rapid and appropriate responses to their specific needs and protection concerns and the lack of capacity and resources to fill protection…
In its resolution 73/155, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-fourth session a comprehensive report on the rights of the child containing information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with a focus on children without parental care. The present report outlines Legal and normative framework related to children without parental care, Programmatic advances for children without parental care, Ongoing challenges to care reform, and Conclusions and recommendations.
This Note from The Hague Conference on Private International Law aims to promote the proper interpretation and application of Article 2 of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (“1993 Hague Convention” or “Convention”). It does so by seeking to clarify a) the scope of the Convention, and b) the concept of habitual residence, and ultimately promote greater consistency in determinations of habitual residence in Contracting States in the context of this Convention, including by “developing a common…
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) and the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW Committee) jointly adopted two general comments on the human rights of children in situations of international migration in September 2017. The 'Joint General Comment on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return' states that "Both Committees have repeatedly affirmed that children should never be detained for reasons…
This document includes the general comments adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Article 19 of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): the right to live independently and being included in the community.
Within General Comment No. 5, the Committee explicitly states that children have the right to grow up in a family and that institutions, regardless of size or quality, are not adequate substitutes for growing up with a family.
In defining independent living arrangements, the Committee states:
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This Resolution Booklet includes the motions and resolution adopted by the European Youth Parliament at its 2017 meeting. Resolutions in this booklet are related to volunteering and residential care, as well as economic and monetary affairs, culture and education, employment and social affairs, environment, public health, food health and safety, civil liberties, human rights, and more.