Statement Topic: Advocacy and Policy

Submission to the Australian Law Review Commission’s Discussion Paper Review of Surrogacy Laws
By Pascal Rudin
Child Identity Protection (CHIP) welcomes this opportunity to provide input to the Australian Law Review Commission’s (ALRC) Discussion Paper Review of Surrogacy Laws (Discussion Paper).
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Training at leading Universities on the Child’s Right to IdentityÂ
By Pascal Rudin
Over the year, Mia Dambach, Executive Director was able to provide a number of lectures at the University of Geneva and University of Leiden. In
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Webinar series on “I was born. I exist. Add me to the list.” Accelerating birth registration for the hardest-to-reach populations — those living in poverty
By Pascal Rudin
Child Identity Protection (CHIP) is pleased to collaborate with the host organisation ATD Fourth World and partners, African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and UNICEF on
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Committee of Experts on access to origins
By Pascal Rudin
On 28-30 October, the Committee had its second meeting to continue its work on the draft recommendation on the rights of donor-conceived persons to know
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October 2025, Chile: The country’s new and innovative adoption legislation at the heart of an event on child identity and participation
By Mia Dambach
The @Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica de ValparaĂso (Chile), @TransformAdopciĂłn, @GRISIJ and the @Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) recently held an online international seminar in the framework of
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Webinar : Child Identity Theft – Preventing and Protecting Children from Financial Abuse
By Pascal Rudin
Webinar : Child Identity Theft – Preventing and Protecting Children from Financial Abuse RECORDING OVERVIEW Webinar : Child Identity Theft – Preventing and Protecting Children
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October 2025, Spain: Participation of Child Identity Protection in a conference on care and adoption held in Galicia
By Mia Dambach
Following in the steps of its five previous biennial events, MANAIA – the care and adoption association of Galicia, founded by adoptive families – held
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October 2025, Americas: Publication of a compendium of decisions on children’s rights by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
By Mia Dambach
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, together with Mexico’s Supreme Court, recently published a comprehensive systematisation of decisions made by the first in the field
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September 2025, Africa and Asia: Dissemination of various guides to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems
By Mia Dambach
Various organisations have come together to develop the Practitioners’ Guide on Digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems aimed at relevant stakeholders in Africa, based
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Comments on the Report on the different manifestations of violence against women and girls in the context of surrogacy presented by Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences (A/80/158)
By Pascal Rudin
We welcome the Special Rapporteur’s initiative to foreground women’s rights in surrogacy, alongside children’s rights, following the recommendations already made by the UN Special Rapporteur
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