[Recognizes that strategies and actions under this operational guidance should be underpinned by the following principles and approaches, amongst others:] In recognition that detention can affect the physical and mental well-being of children and heighten their vulnerability, States should refrain from detaining children, and do so only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, while considering the best interests of the child;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2007
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
ExCom Conclusion No. 107, Conclusion On Children At Risk (2007), OP (b) xi.