The Spanish government has issued new directives to reinforce the ban on surrogacy, in line with the Supreme Court ruling of December 2024, which declared such contracts null and void and contrary to Spanish public order. The 2024 court ruling...

In line with Human Rights Council Resolution 52/25, this study presents digital technologies as an additional tool to help achieve target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which aims to ensure legal identity for all by 2030. These technologies can...

A recent paper published by Antonio Ferrandis Torres, a recognised child protection expert working for the local government in Madrid, Spain, addresses children’s identity rights in processes of searches for origins. This paper is a reflection on the progress made...

Focused on offering robust, high-quality data on the situation of the nearly one billion children on the African continent, UNICEF has recently launched its 2025 statistical compendium jointly with the African Union Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for...

The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) has recently published a report, which explores the range of challenges and obstacles faced by stateless children in pursuit of education. The report reflects on the disparity between international human rights standards calling...

The 2025 report reveals that 24 countries still deny women the right to confer their nationality to their children on an equal basis with men, perpetuating statelessness. Discriminatory nationality laws can leave children without citizenship, particularly when fathers are unknown,...

Under the authorship of Dr. Irene Salvo Agoglia and with the support of the National Service for Specialised Protection of Children and Adolescents and UNICEF Chile, a comprehensive and historical book on adoption in Chile has been published. The book,...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recently published its report on international human rights standards relevant to care and support, promising practices and challenges, and suggested recommendations on promoting human rights in care and support systems (A/HRC/58/43). In...

UNICEF reports that in today’s world, technology could play a role in better protecting children. Digital public infrastructure (DPI) “can play a crucial role in advancing children’s well-being by ensuring equitable access to essential services such as education, healthcare and...