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Study of the Office of the UNHCHR on challenges and best practices in the implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration

Document number
2482
Date
2010
Title
Study of the Office of the UNHCHR on challenges and best practices in the implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration
Author/publisher
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography,
Summary
This report seeks to set out the specific standards and principles that inform the international framework of protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration. It examines challenges in the practical implementation of this framework, and notes some best practices in terms of legislation, jurisprudence and joint efforts at the bilateral, regional and international levels. The report ends with conclusions and recommendations which aim to strengthen the implementation of the international framework and better protect the rights of the child in the context of migration.
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