CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. 2

Paragraph
Original document
Document type
  • International treaty
Paragraph text
  1. For this purpose, States Parties shall provide, as they consider appropriate, co-operation in any efforts by the United Nations and other competent intergovernmental organizations or non-governmental organizations co-operating with the United Nations to protect and assist such a child and to trace the parents or other members of the family of any refugee child in order to obtain information necessary for reunification with his or her family. In cases where no parents or other members of the family can be found, the child shall be accorded the same protection as any other child permanently or temporarily deprived of his or her family environment for any reason , as set forth in the present Convention.
Document legal status
  • Legally binding
Document body
  • United Nations General Assembly
Document means of adoption
  • Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Persons on the move
Document year
  • 1989
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Article 22, 2.
Paragraph info
Article 22
Paragraph number
2