Rights of the child 2005, para. 16f

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[Urges all States to continue to intensify efforts in order to ensure the implementation of the right of the child, irrespective of the child's status, to birth registration, preservation of identity, including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law;] Addressing cases of international abduction of children, bearing in mind that the best interest of the child shall be a primary consideration, and encourages States to engage in multilateral and bilateral cooperation to ensure, inter alia, the return of the child to the country where he or she resided immediately before the removal or retention and, in this respect, to pay particular attention to cases of international abduction of children by one of their parents or other relatives;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
2005
Paragraph type
OP
Paragraph focus
Identity, family relations and birth registration
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
16f