The Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) has approved a number of initiatives that will contribute to the better preservation and restoration of the child’s right to identity. The Toolkit to Prevent and Address Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption...

UNICEF, World Health Organization and other organizations drafted an addendum to the WHO/UNICEF guidance Health sector contributions towards improving the civil registration of births and deaths in low-income countries. The addendum reminds us that “one of the most effective ways...

The International Association of Child Law Researchers has launched a website that explains what is international parental child abduction for children and young people. Developed in partnership with young people, the website explains The 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention and...

Throughout end 2022 and continuing into 2023, UNHCR with different partners is working towards the forging of a new Global Alliance to end Statelessness comprised of States, UN agencies, civil society, academics and stateless-led groups. Child Identity Protection (CHIP) was...

Every year, United Nations (UN) intergovernmental bodies, such as the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council, adopt several resolutions negotiated among States, which include political expressions and policy recommendations on issues relating to international law, human rights,...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) recently published their report titled Addressing Statelessness through the Rule of Law. It mainly focuses on statelessness and the right to nationality, on how the rule...

The present report was submitted to the General Assembly on the progress in advancing children’s rights agenda in armed conflict. A trend of grave violations is the abduction of children, which in the last year has increased by 20 per...

The Handbook provides guidance and assistance to countries to help them strategically design and carry out evidence based and measurable communication for development activities in support of a comprehensive improvement programme of civil registration, vital statistics and identity management systems....

CHIP congratulates its President, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio – a formidable force of nature with multiple “top” hats – for her recent selection to be part of the Commission for Protection of Minors. Established in March 2014 this Commission seeks to...

This advocacy brief is based on a desk review of practices in 38 European States in relation to the detention of asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, either upon or after arrival, for reasons relating to immigration or asylum. It seeks...