Child Identity Protection (CHIP) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Call by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Special Rapporteur on Birth Registration, Name and Nationality in Africa on the topic...

Child Identity Protection welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the upcoming thematic report on surrogacy and violence against women and girls. There is no international consensus from a legal, normative, policy, or ethical perspective on surrogacy. States parties to...

The Law Faculty of the University of the Western Cape and Miller du Toit Cloete Incorporated with the International Academy of Family Lawyers hosted the 25th edition of its family law conference from 8 to 10 March 2023 in Cape Town...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) welcomes the opportunity to provide input for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) report on the rights of the child and violations of the human rights of children in armed conflicts (HRC res. 55/29), which is being coordinated...

Child Identity Protection welcomes the opportunity to provide input for the study on ensuring quality education for peace and tolerance for every child as part of resolution 54/5, which is being coordinated by the Child and Youth Rights section within...

This legal memorandum addresses child rights concerns regarding proposed amendments to the Civil Code; those proposed amendments may be, at least in part, a response to decisions from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The proposed amendments address “the...