Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, para. 15
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Recalling that, around the world, nearly 50 million children have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced, including more than 10 million child refugees, 1 million child asylum seekers and another 20 million migrant children who have crossed international borders, an estimated 17 million children internally displaced due to conflict and violence and more than 300,000 unaccompanied and separated children, and that children now comprise half of all refugees,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
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Person(s) affected
Children
Persons on the move
Year
2018
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations, Human Rights Council Resolution, 2018.