The scope of jurisdiction – particularly the ‘extraterritorial’ reach – of human rights treaties has long been a contentious issue before human rights courts and treaty bodies. This debate has recently taken centre stage in discussions surrounding the repatriation of...

Sibling relationships are the longest relationships a person has in his or her life. They contribute to the individual’s psychological development, are part of his or her identity and are a potential source of mutual support. Although siblings are not...

This policy brief addresses the need of protecting the child’s right to identity, including family relations, in cases of parental child abduction under the Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCH 1980 Child...

Without access to the relationships and information relevant to forming a cohesive identity, children systematically face a range of challenges – legal, psychosocial and medical – throughout their life. Losing the connections and family relations that are essential for maintaining...

Article 8 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) notes that a child has a right to identity including a name, a nationality and family relations. Whenever a child is deprived of one of these elements,...