Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside Their Country of Origin 2005, para. 7
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Unaccompanied children (also called unaccompanied minors) are children, as defined in article 1 of the Convention, who have been separated from both parents and other relatives and are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom, is responsible for doing so.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Year
2005
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 6, Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside Their Country of Origin (2005), para. 7.