The key findings and conclusions of NRP 76 (150 researchers) are available in a synthesis report “Interventions in people’s lives” which summarizes the findings of the research projects, makes recommendations for policy, practice and stakeholders. The report’s conclusions were presented...

In collaboration with OHCHR and UNICEF, CHIP supported the implementation of the 2023 Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/52/25 on Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. As part of this resolution, a recommendation was...

Pursuant to resolution 54/6, adopted by the Human Rights Council, on the centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective, a comprehensive thematic study is being prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on...

This year, the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child including a resolution was dedicated the rights of the child and inclusive social protection. The resolution includes a helpful paragraph that notes the importance of the child having a...

In a series of recent judgements at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), there has been a degressive trend from international norms, guaranteeing the child’s right to identity in family relations (Art. 8(1) CRC). In the decision Gauvin-Fournis and...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) fully welcomes the forthcoming work on General comment 27 on children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies announced by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee), which is especially relevant for children who...

In Gauvin-Fournis and Silliau v. France the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recognised, by a slim majority (4 votes to 3), that France, in refusing the applicants access to any information relating to their origins, whether concerning their donor,...