UNICEF has published a report on children in armed conflict which offers comprehensive information and data from the last 25 years as well as solutions to prevent grave violations children’s rights in these contexts. This publication includes: an agenda to...

The ICCS Convention (No. 34) on the issue of multilingual and coded extracts from civil-status records and multilingual and coded civil-status certificates signed at Strasbourg on 14 March 2014 entered into force on July 1, 2022 between Belgium, Germany and...

In a case involving Chile and Spain, a child J.M born in Spain was moved to Chile at aged 15 months to receive medical treatment by his Chilean mother, approved by the Spanish father. A year later the Spanish father...

Following the DGD in September 2021, the CRC Committee published its outcome report and recommendations in June. The report notes the issue of child’s identity and family connections as a common theme, as well as acknowledges the multiple self-advocates who...

Knowing origins is a right. 30 May has been set aside by donor conceived organisations to raise awareness about the necessity of “knowing their complete genetic identity, including medical history and ancestral identity.” Child Identity Protection (CHIP) would like to...

As part of the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child on 9 March 2022, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on family reunification, with a specific focus on children in migration and international protection and children allegedly...

The Civil Registration Vital Statistics (CRVS) Inception Workshop for Assessing Inequalities in Registration was held on 11 March 2022 in Lao PDR. The key purposes of the workshop were “to provide an overview of the project, to further develop relationships...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child recently met with the Netherlands regarding children who are stateless and children in conflict situations in Syria. Children in Syria have had access to Dutch diplomatic assistance, however, the Netherlands has not...

Girls Not Brides published its partnership strategy until 2025. It presents six shared goals. With its partners Girls Not Brides intends in particular to “amplify the voices of girls at risk of child marriage and defend girls’ rights to health,...

As mentioned by UN statistical commission “Although significant progress has been made across the world, universal registration of vital events is yet to be achieved and millions of people worldwide are born and die without any legal tender of their...