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Statement of Good Practice

Document number
2364
Date
2010
Title
Statement of Good Practice
Author/publisher
United Nation Children's Fund, Save The Children, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption,
Summary
The Statement of Good Practice aims to provide a clear and simple overview of the principles, policies and practices required to implement measures that will ensure the promotion and protection of the rights of separated children in Europe. It reflects the experience and practice of the SCEP’s specialist Network of Non-Governmental Partners. The Statement of Good Practice is principally informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and two other documents: the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment Number 6 on the Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside Their Country of Origin, 2005, here referred to as General Comment No 6 and UNHCR’s Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in dealing with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum, 1997, here referred to as the UNHCR Guidelines. Whilst the latter document has impacted significantly on the Statement of Good Practice it is important to affirm that the Statement of Good Practice is relevant to all separated children and not just those who are seeking asylum. Throughout the Statement of Good Practice there are references to the key informing documents
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