As part of the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child on 9 March 2022, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on family reunification, with a specific focus on children in migration and international protection and children allegedly...
- 06 April 2022
The Adoption Authority of Ireland recently published the findings of a survey undertaken in 13 countries “to explore whether and how other countries provide and resource Intercountry Adoption Information and Tracing Services and what, if any, policies, procedures and staffing/resources...
- 06 April 2022
Two members of the Child Identity Protection (CHIP) team, Christina Baglietto and Cécile Jeannin, together with one of CHIP’s Special Advisers, Eda Aguilar Samanamud, recently concluded a technical assistance project for Paraguay, which was carried out in two stages over...
- 31 March 2022
As President of Missing Children in Europe, Madame Maud de Boer-Buquicchio*, joined a team of experts in Poland to understand and assess the situation of the children displaced within Ukraine and/or entering Europe, with a particular focus on the risk...
- 29 March 2022
The risks for children in Ukraine are increasing every day, as, as mentioned by UNICEF, some 1.5 million children have now left the country, at a rate of just under one per second, since the Russian invasion began on 24...
- 22 March 2022
On 9 March, Denmark’s Prime Minister personally apologized to a group of Inuit who were separated from their families and transferred to Copenhagen more than 70 years ago as part of a study to establish a Danish-speaking elite. The 22...
- 22 March 2022
The Civil Registration Vital Statistics (CRVS) Inception Workshop for Assessing Inequalities in Registration was held on 11 March 2022 in Lao PDR. The key purposes of the workshop were “to provide an overview of the project, to further develop relationships...
- 22 March 2022
As part of a series on use of technology, such as mobile phones, to help preserve identity – a webinar with leading experts was held on 9 March 2022 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for ensuring a legal identity...
- 10 March 2022
The Committee on the Rights of the Child recently met with the Netherlands regarding children who are stateless and children in conflict situations in Syria. Children in Syria have had access to Dutch diplomatic assistance, however, the Netherlands has not...
- 03 March 2022
Girls Not Brides published its partnership strategy until 2025. It presents six shared goals. With its partners Girls Not Brides intends in particular to “amplify the voices of girls at risk of child marriage and defend girls’ rights to health,...
- 28 February 2022
