Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 1
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Calls upon countries of origin, transit and destination to facilitate family reunification, as appropriate, as an important objective that promotes the welfare and the best interests of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, as applicable under national law, due process and the relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto, and to comply with the consular notification and access obligations set forth in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations so that States may, as appropriate, provide child-friendly consular assistance, including legal assistance;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Families
Persons on the move
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights (2016), A/HRC/RES/33/7, OP 1.