The Global Survivors Fund has released its outcome report based on an Expert Roundtable on Children born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Breaking down Barriers to the Rights to Identity and Nationality that took place in June 2023. This outcome report...

After years of preparation and perseverance, the editors Claire Achmad, Sharon Shakargy and Katarina Trimmings – two of whom are CHIP special advisors – have launched a comprehensive handbook on surrogacy. It not only includes Chapters specifically targeting issues related...

UNICEF recently launched its newest publication, Collecting Data on Early Childhood Development in Household Surveys. In line with the SDGs, the latter intends to ‘guide the collection of reliable, internationally comparable data on key ECD indicators that can be produced...

Family for every child launched in December 2023 the ‘Supporting Integration’ toolkit documents (“Supporting Integration: A Toolkit for Practitioners Working with Children and Young People on the Move”), which shares good practice guidance for practitioners working with child migrants. The...

At the end of 2023, UNICEF launched its new data portal on child marriage. The Child Marriage Data Portal measures countries’ progress towards the achievement of relevant SDGs, through country profiles and an exploration of trends in moving forward towards...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) has offered inputs to inform the forthcoming global report on the role of public service delivery in the promotion and protection of human rights and in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including in relation to...

As part of global efforts to ensure that the role of caregivers, particularly of women, is acknowledged and further supported, a new resolution was adopted at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council on 10 October. For children and...

Weather-related disasters caused 43.1 million internal displacements of children in 44 countries over a six-year period – or approximately 20,000 child displacements a day – according to a UNICEF analysis released recently. Children Displaced in a Changing Climate is the first global...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) supports the multiple documents prepared for this Special Commission (SC) from 10 to 17 October 2023 and congratulates the work of the HCCH’s Permanent Bureau (PB) in the drafting of high quality material, welcoming the inclusion...

The OHCHR submits the first-ever child-friendly report, conducted with over 600+ child participants worldwide. The premise of this report is based on children’s right to social support. Most children cannot access social aid and protection and, therefore, cannot access their...