Joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights ... 2017, para. 38
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States parties should take all appropriate measures aimed at ensuring children’s right to be heard in the immigration procedures concerning their parents, in particular where the decision could affect the children’s rights, such as the right to not be separated from their parents, except when such separation is in their best interests (see art. 9 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child).
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on Migrant Workers
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Year
2017
Paragraph type
Other
Paragraph focus
Right to be heard, express his or her views and participation