At its sixty-first session (23 February-31 March 2026), the Human Rights Council adopted several resolutions addressing the protection of human rights, including issues directly affecting children across contexts such as migration, minority rights, conflict and exploitation. The resolution on “Human...

The Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on the rights of the child affected by armed conflict during its sixty-first session. The resolution reaffirms that armed conflict severely undermines the full enjoyment of children’s rights, including their rights to...

The Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law during its sixty-first session, updating the 2023 resolution. The resolution reaffirms that birth registration is essential...

On 24-26 March, the Committee of Experts on Access to Origins (CJ-OR)  held its third meeting to continue its work on the draft recommendation on the rights of donor-conceived persons to know their origins. This work is guided and supervised by...

UNHCR and UN Women have released the Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2026, providing updated global data on gender discrimination in nationality legislation and its links to statelessness. The publication highlights that despite significant progress over...

The World Bank’s Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative has published a new report titled Building Statelessness-Sensitive ID Systems, providing guidance for policymakers and development practitioners on designing identification systems that are inclusive of stateless people and those at risk of...

The European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) of the Council of Europe has published the Compendium of Promising Practices on Access to Nationality for Stateless Children, adopted at its 105th plenary meeting (18-20 November 2025). Prepared on the basis of responses...

The @Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile), @TransformAdopción, @GRISIJ and the @Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) recently held an online international seminar in the framework of the enactment of the new Law on Adoption in Chile. The country has made considerable...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, together with Mexico’s Supreme Court, recently published a comprehensive systematisation of decisions made by the first in the field of children’s rights until December 2024. These decisions, which are carefully categorised in relation to...

Various organisations have come together to develop the Practitioners’ Guide on Digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems aimed at relevant stakeholders in Africa, based on initial work in November 2024, under the guidance of the Africa regional core group...