Refugee Children and Adolescents 1997, para. (a) i

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[Calls upon States and relevant parties to respect and observe rights and principles that are in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian law and that are of particular relevance to international refugee protection, especially to safeguarding child and adolescent refugees, including:] the principle of the best interests of the child and the role of the family as the fundamental group of society concerned with the protection and well-being of children and adolescents;
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
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Families
  • Persons on the move
Year
1997
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OP
Reference
ExCom Conclusion No. 84, Refugee Children and Adolescents (1997), OP (a) i.
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OP
Paragraph number
(a) i