Rights of the child 2002, para. 28

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[Reaffirming paragraph 32 of its resolution 2000/85,] Calls upon all States to protect refugee children, unaccompanied children seeking asylum and internally displaced children, who are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as recruitment, sexual violence and exploitation, to pay particular attention to programmes for voluntary repatriation and, wherever possible, local integration and resettlement, to give priority to family tracing and reunification and, where appropriate, to cooperate with international humanitarian and refugee organizations;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Persons on the move
Year
2002
Paragraph type
OP
Paragraph focus
Refugee and internally displaced children
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OP
Paragraph number
28