The Federal National Administrative Court No. 10 of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires has notified all interested parties, via the country’s official review, that, following its sentence and a collective action, it has declared the unconstitutionality of one of...

In a context of growing awareness-raising and recognition of irregular practices in adoption over the 1970s and 1980s in Chile, TransformAdopción and the organisation Hijos y Madres del Silencio have recently shared a photographic project to offer visibility to these...

Two years ago, a child was born in Spain to a same-sex couple – one mother is from Bulgaria, the other mother is from the UK. The child’s Spanish birth certificate lists both mothers as her parents. The legal systems...

Mariya Abdi Ibrahim has won another case in December 2021 where the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that the Norwegian authorities failed to take into account the boy’s religious and cultural background, when placing him in a context...

In preparation of the Second Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Asia and the Pacific held from 16 to 19 November 2021, a number of advocacy tools were prepared to tackle the remaining challenges to achieving universal...

This report presents the views, experiences, and recommendations of 561 children and youth from 11 countries across Asia and the Pacific on civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS), gathered through a series of discussions and consultations from March to April...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has published its report “A chance for a better future: Supported independent living and the protection of unaccompanied children in Greece”, aiming to highlight the importance of strengthening the multiple durable solutions available for unaccompanied...

Following a six-year inquiry into Irish mother and baby homes, the Irish government has announced its plans for a redress scheme to compensate mothers and children who were placed in mother-and-baby homes in the early 20th century. The government estimates...

The Human Rights Council (HRC) will dedicate its next annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child to take place in March 2022 on the theme “the rights of the child and family reunification”. As per usual practice, it...

Following the Dutch report in January 2021 placing a moratorium on intercountry adoptions, there is now a focus on the loopholes in the receiving State – in particular related to recognition of questionable birth certificates. It seems that at the...