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...

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 –...

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...

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...