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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures, para. 39
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- 7. Also expresses its grave concern that, in some countries, the socioeconomic conditions of family members, particularly women and children, are adversely affected by unilateral coercive measures, imposed and maintained contrary to international law and the Charter, that create obstacles to trade relations among States, restrict movement through various means of transport, impede the full realization of social and economic development and hinder the well-being of the population in the affected countries, with particular consequences for women, children, including adolescents, the elderly and persons with disabilities;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2018
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 12
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- Taking note with appreciation of the report submitted by the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee at the present session on the study on the global issue of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights, in which the Committee defines the areas, reasons and cases in which this issue arises in the world, and the way in which human rights are threatened and violated, and makes recommendations for the consideration of States on how to protect the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 3
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- Calls upon States to ensure appropriate, integrated and gender-sensitive child protection care and services for all unaccompanied and separated migrant children and adolescents starting from the time of their arrival, in accordance with relevant international legal frameworks, taking into account the principle of the best interests of the child and the special needs of unaccompanied migrant children and those separated from their families, to protect them against all forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence and to work to provide for their health, education and psychosocial development in a manner that is age- and gender-sensitive and that ensures a continuum of protection throughout the migration cycle and across transnational borders;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 5
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- Encourages States to prevent the separation of migrant children and adolescents from their families, to establish effective systems in conformity with their international obligations and commitments, and to prioritize family reunification for unaccompanied or separated children with their parents, except when further separation is necessary in the best interests of the child, taking full account of the right of the child to express his or her views freely in matters that affect them and ensuring that applications by the child, or his or her parents, to enter or leave a country for the purpose of family reunification are dealt with in a positive, humane and expeditious manner and entail no adverse consequences for the applicants or family members;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 11
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- Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, within the framework of the preparations for the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration and in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 71/1 and 71/280 of 6 April 2017, to provide inputs submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Office of the High Commissioner for the forthcoming stocktaking meeting and to engage with Members States and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration to help to identify, through a human rights-based approach, concrete measures and best practices to improve the human rights situation of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 6
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- Reminds States that the detention of a migrant child or adolescent on the basis of their migration status or that of their parents is seldom, if ever, in the best interests of the child, and also reminds them of their commitment to work towards ending this practice, and calls upon States to consider reviewing policies that criminalize cross-border movements and to adopt alternatives to detention for children that take into account the best interests of the child, as a primary consideration, and respect the human rights of migrant children and adolescents, including the right to preserve their identities and family relations and not to be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with their families;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 4
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- Also calls upon States to promote and protect effectively the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, especially unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, regardless of their migration status, and to address international migration through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and a comprehensive and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination in promoting and protecting the human rights of all migrants and avoiding approaches that might aggravate their vulnerability;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 4
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- Recalling also all previous resolutions of the General Assembly on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular those relating to the situation of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, such as resolutions 69/187 of 18 December 2014 and 71/177 of 19 December 2016, the Human Rights Council resolutions on the protection of the human rights of migrants, in particular resolutions 9/5 of 16 September 2008, 12/6 of 12 October 2009, 29/12 of 2 July 2015, 33/7 of 29 September 2016 and 35/17 of 22 June 2017, Commission on Population and Development resolution 2013/1 of 26 April 2013, entitled “New trends in migrations: demographic aspects”, and the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, adopted on 3 October 2013,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 14
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- Expressing serious concern about the vulnerability of and risks faced by migrants in countries of transit and destination, in particular children, including adolescents, who are unaccompanied or separated from their families, who are forced to flee or decide to leave their homelands owing to multiple causes and who travel alone migratory routes, regardless of their migratory status, since they may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses that can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well-being, and may also be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by transnational criminal organizations or gangs, including crimes such as theft, kidnapping, extortion, physical abuse, the sale of and trafficking in persons, forced labour, and sexual abuse and exploitation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 19
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- Recognizing that discussions on the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration are an important opportunity to address the issue of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 7
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- Taking note of the reports submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the panel discussion on unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights held at the thirty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council and on the promotion and protection of the human rights of migrants in the context of large movements, submitted to the Council at its thirty-third session,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 2
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- Urges States to give primary consideration at all times to the best interests of the child, particularly with regard to children in transit or crossing borders, and when formulating policies on integration, return or family reunification, to carry out individualized, comprehensive best-interest assessments to identify the protection needs of migrant children and adolescents, particularly unaccompanied and separated children, and to carry out early and prompt assessments of victims of violence, exploitation and abuse who may qualify for refugee status or other forms of protection;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 8
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- Taking note with appreciation of the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, especially the reports in which the mandate holder addressed the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, in particular his report on the human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility, presented to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fifth session,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 10
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- Encourages States to take into consideration the present resolution in the development of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration, and to consider specific measures to strengthen the rights of migrant children and adolescents, paying particular attention to the specific needs of unaccompanied and separated migrant children;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 12
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- Invites the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, in accordance with their mandates, to continue to give due consideration to the situation of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and the impact of this issue on the full enjoyment of their human rights, and to continue to report thereon;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2017, para. 17
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- Recognizing that, for the full and harmonious development of a child’s personality, he or she should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding, and, therefore, that States of origin, destination and, where appropriate, transit should, as applicable under national law, facilitate family reunification as an important objective in order to promote the welfare and the best interests of migrant children, including adolescents,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Rights of the child 2016, para. 80
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- Expresses its concern that migrant children, including adolescents, may be exposed to serious human rights violations and abuses at various points in their journey, which can threaten their physical, emotional and psychological well-being, in the countries of origin, transit and destination, and that many irregular migrant children and adolescents may not be aware of their rights and may be exposed to crimes and human rights abuses committed by, inter alia, transnational criminal organizations and common criminals and include theft, kidnapping, extortion, threats, trafficking in persons, forced labour, child labour, sexual abuse and exploitation, physical harm and death;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 7
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- Notes the request made by the Advisory Committee at its sixteenth session to extend the time schedule envisaged to allow for better informed work by, inter alia, taking into account the work currently under way by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which is scheduled to be finalized at the end of 2016, and requests the Advisory Committee to submit a final report on the global issue of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 9
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- Decides to remain seized of the matter.
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 9
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- Expressing serious concern about the situation of migrants, in particular children and adolescents, who are forced to flee or decide to leave their homelands owing to multiple causes and who are unaccompanied or separated from their families, and face a variety of risks on the migratory route, and calling upon States of origin, transit and destination to work together to find effective and sustainable solutions within a framework of solidarity and regional and international cooperation,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 12
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- Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in which migration is included for the first time in the global development framework, acknowledging that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda could have a positive impact in addressing some of the root causes of migration and hence reduce forced migration and result in situations in which migration is a choice, and recognizing the importance of international cooperation in achieving these goals,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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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;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 5
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- Decides to convene at its thirty-fifth session a panel discussion on the theme, “Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights”, the objective of which will be to identify challenges and best practices by countries of origin, transit and destination and possible joint efforts at all levels to protect the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, and requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to liaise with States and all stakeholders, including relevant United Nations bodies, agencies, funds and programmes, treaty bodies, special procedures of the Human Rights Council, national human rights institutions and civil society, with a view to facilitating their participation in the panel discussion;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 8
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- Taking note of the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of migrants in transit, in which the Office analysed the human rights situation of migrants in transit, highlighted human rights concerns and made recommendations aimed at addressing critical protection gaps for migrants in transit, including unaccompanied children and adolescents, and women and girls,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child 2016, para. 41
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- Also reaffirms its previous resolutions on migrant children and adolescents, on the protection of migrants and on violence against woman migrant workers, the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the protection of the human rights of all migrants and the work of the various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, particularly migrant children;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child 2016, para. 44
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- Also reaffirms that States, in accordance with their obligations under international law, are responsible for promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, including accompanied and unaccompanied children, including adolescents, within their territorial jurisdiction, and encourages States to promote national child and adolescent protection systems, in consultation with all sectors of society, including migrant communities, civil society organizations and other relevant actors;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child 2016, para. 72
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- Calls upon countries of origin, transit and destination to facilitate family reunification as an important objective in order to promote the welfare and the best interests of migrant children, including 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 provide child-friendly consular assistance, as appropriate, including legal assistance;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 2
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- Encourages States to take into account the principle of the best interests of the child as a primary consideration and to promote, protect and respect the rights of children, bearing in mind in particular their needs at all times, including in the process of return to their countries of origin, and ensuring that, in any type of return, whether voluntary or otherwise, the principle of non-refoulement is respected in accordance with applicable international law;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights 2016, para. 4
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- Calls upon all States to ensure that their immigration policies are consistent with their obligations under international law, and to promote and protect the human rights of all migrants without discrimination, including by taking steps to increase cooperation and coordination at all levels to address serious human rights violations and abuses, serious crimes, such as the smuggling and trafficking of unaccompanied migrant children, and other abuse and exploitation;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Rights of the child 2016, para. 87d
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- Stresses the importance of international, regional and bilateral cooperation in the protection of the human rights of migrant children, and therefore: (d) Expresses serious concern about the situation of vulnerability and risk faced by migrants in transit and destination countries, in particular migrant children, including adolescents, who are unaccompanied or separated from their families, who are forced to flee or decide to leave their homelands owing to multiple causes, and calls upon States of origin, transit and destination to work together to find effective and sustainable solutions, including within a framework of solidarity and regional and international cooperation;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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