The United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) and The Freedom Fund have released a global evidence review on ‘Modern Slavery Risks Among People Lacking Official Documentation’. This report examines how access to official documentation is a foundational step...
  • 22 April 2024
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Pursuant to resolution 54/6, adopted by the Human Rights Council, on the centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective, a comprehensive thematic study is being prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on...
  • 17 April 2024
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A child-friendly version of the 2024 Report by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children to the Human Rights Council entitled ‘Children on the Move- They Have Rights, and their Rights Move with them!’ has been...
  • 09 April 2024
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released the 2024 edition of the ‘Background note on gender equality, nationality laws, and statelessness’. This publication highlights gender equality issues in nationality laws and causes of statelessness. Currently, 24 countries have...
  • 21 March 2024
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This year, the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child including a resolution was dedicated the rights of the child and inclusive social protection. The resolution includes a helpful paragraph that notes the importance of the child having a...
  • 20 March 2024
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The Global Survivors Fund has released its outcome report based on an Expert Roundtable on Children born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Breaking down Barriers to the Rights to Identity and Nationality that took place in June 2023. This outcome report...
  • 19 March 2024
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After years of preparation and perseverance, the editors Claire Achmad, Sharon Shakargy and Katarina Trimmings – two of whom are CHIP special advisors – have launched a comprehensive handbook on surrogacy. It not only includes Chapters specifically targeting issues related...
  • 18 March 2024
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UNICEF recently launched its newest publication, Collecting Data on Early Childhood Development in Household Surveys. In line with the SDGs, the latter intends to ‘guide the collection of reliable, internationally comparable data on key ECD indicators that can be produced...
  • 23 February 2024
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Family for every child launched in December 2023 the ‘Supporting Integration’ toolkit documents (“Supporting Integration: A Toolkit for Practitioners Working with Children and Young People on the Move”), which shares good practice guidance for practitioners working with child migrants. The...
  • 23 February 2024
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At the end of 2023, UNICEF launched its new data portal on child marriage. The Child Marriage Data Portal measures countries’ progress towards the achievement of relevant SDGs, through country profiles and an exploration of trends in moving forward towards...
  • 22 January 2024
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