Ukraine and other affected countries : protecting all rights of children, including their right to identity
Child Identity Protection (CHIP) advocates for all national and foreign entities to prioritise peace, safety and protection measures that enable children to remain with or return to their families whenever it is in their best interest. Displacement should be fully prepared, supported and carried out in compliance with international standards to safeguard all elements of identity.
In emergency situations, all national and foreign entities should :
- prioritise measures that concentrate on maintaining contact with the child and their family and eventual reunification whenever in their best interest, to protect the child’s right to identity and family relations;
- fully prepare, support and carry out any displacement of a child in a way that safeguards all elements of identity; and
- ensure that long-term decisions as to the extra-familial care and/or parentage of a child, must never be made during or in the immediate aftermath of the emergency, as this can cause, among other things, the arbitrary and unwarranted modification of a child’s identity.
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