On 28 September 2022, a joint statement on illegal intercountry adoptions was issued by the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, three different Special Rapporteurs and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances....
- 13 September 2023
Last month, the UN Special Rapporteur on sale and sexual exploitation (UN SR) and a consortium of stakeholders have produced a report that addresses the complex ethical dimensions of voluntourism and its effects on children. This report underscored the unintended...
- 06 September 2023
The world’s indigenous peoples are keepers and practitioners of unique cultures and traditions that are distinct from the dominant societies in which they live. Throughout history, indigenous peoples have sought to protect and defend their territories and way of life,...
- 18 August 2023
On 13 July 2023, the Human Rights Council adopted as orally revised without a vote a new resolution on the right to nationality. This resolution seeks to tackle the issue of discrimination in nationality laws, where in a number of...
- 18 August 2023
The following two reports launched globally focus on different circumstances, in which children’s right to identity may be at risk. UNHCR’s report, Global Trends – Forced Displacement in 2022, outlines the global trends of this phenomenon in 2022. It includes...
- 27 July 2023
The Toolkit, which is a key resource for all Central Adoption Authorities and other actors in responding to potential past practices and in preventing any illicit practice, is comprised of the following four parts: fact sheets on illicit practices; a...
- 13 June 2023
DW (Germany) invited CHIP to speak about international standards related to surrogacy and the connected rights of children in the context of current reforms being considered by the Colombian government. CHIP was able to stress the importance that any regulation...
- 30 May 2023
The reports shows that the practice of child marriage has continued to decline globally, even if an estimated 640 million girls and women alive today were married in childhood. Today, one in five young women aged 20 to 24 years...
- 23 May 2023
The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) has launched two resources aimed at enhancing engagement with the Committee on the Rights of the Child on childhood statelessness. The first one, titled The child’s right to a nationality and childhood statelessness –...
- 11 April 2023
At its 52nd session, the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted, without a vote, its Resolution on birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. This new HRC resolution is the result of a...
- 11 April 2023
