Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside Their Country of Origin 2005, para. 91
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[States must have full respect for the preconditions provided under article 21 of the Convention as well as other relevant international instruments, including in particular the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption and its 1994 Recommendation Concerning the Application to Refugee and other Internationally Displaced Children when considering the adoption of unaccompanied and separated children. States should, in particular, observe the following:] If it is contrary to the expressed wishes of the child or the parents;
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Persons on the move
Year
2005
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Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 6, Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside Their Country of Origin (2005), para. 91.