Inter-Agency Guiding Principles on …

inter -agencyGuiding Principles onUNACCOMPANIED andSEPARATED CHILDRENI nternational Committee of the Red CrossCentral Tracing agency and Protection Division19 Avenue de la Paix1202 Geneva, SwitzerlandT +41 22 734 60 01F +41 22 733 20 57E-mail: photo: Marie Chordi/ICRCJ anuary Guiding Principles ON unaccompanied AND separated Inter-Agency Guiding Principles on unaccompanied and separated children ,developed by this group for the purpose of Guiding future action, are based oninternational human rights, humanitarian and refugee law. They seek to ensurethat all actions and decisions taken concerning separated children are anchoredin a protection framework and respect the Principles of family unity and the bestinterests of the child. All stages of an emergency are addressed: from preventingseparations, to family tracing and reunification, through to interim care andlong-term solutions. The pooling of complementary skills and expertise that hasresulted in these Principles has to be matched by an equal level of collaborationon the ground if the rights and needs of separated children are to be effectivelyaddressed.

Inter-agency Guiding Principles on UNACCOMPANIED and SEPARATED CHILDREN International Committee of the Red Cross Central Tracing Agency and Protection Division

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