Child Identity Protection (CHIP) has offered inputs to inform the forthcoming global report on the role of public service delivery in the promotion and protection of human rights and in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including in relation to...

As part of global efforts to ensure that the role of caregivers, particularly of women, is acknowledged and further supported, a new resolution was adopted at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council on 10 October. For children and...

Weather-related disasters caused 43.1 million internal displacements of children in 44 countries over a six-year period – or approximately 20,000 child displacements a day – according to a UNICEF analysis released recently. Children Displaced in a Changing Climate is the first global...

Child Identity Protection (CHIP) supports the multiple documents prepared for this Special Commission (SC) from 10 to 17 October 2023 and congratulates the work of the HCCH’s Permanent Bureau (PB) in the drafting of high quality material, welcoming the inclusion...

The OHCHR submits the first-ever child-friendly report, conducted with over 600+ child participants worldwide. The premise of this report is based on children’s right to social support. Most children cannot access social aid and protection and, therefore, cannot access their...

On 28 September 2022, a joint statement on illegal intercountry adoptions was issued by the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, three different Special Rapporteurs and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances....

Last month, the UN Special Rapporteur on sale and sexual exploitation (UN SR) and a consortium of stakeholders have produced a report that addresses the complex ethical dimensions of voluntourism and its effects on children. This report underscored the unintended...

The world’s indigenous peoples are keepers and practitioners of unique cultures and traditions that are distinct from the dominant societies in which they live. Throughout history, indigenous peoples have sought to protect and defend their territories and way of life,...

On 13 July 2023, the Human Rights Council adopted as orally revised without a vote a new resolution on the right to nationality. This resolution seeks to tackle the issue of discrimination in nationality laws, where in a number of...

The following two reports launched globally focus on different circumstances, in which children’s right to identity may be at risk. UNHCR’s report, Global Trends – Forced Displacement in 2022, outlines the global trends of this phenomenon in 2022. It includes...