Statement of Good Practice
The Statement aims to provide a straightforward account of the policies and practices required to implement and protect the rights of separated children in Europe. The Statement is principally informed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and two ohter documents : UNCRC General Comment No 6, on the Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside Their Country of Origin, 2005 and UNHCR’s Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in dealing with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum of February, 1997.
An annex lists further references to relevant international and regional law, policy and guidelines.
Please note that some references are accompanied by a short text. These are only summaries of the relevant article or paragraph and not the complete text. Those who wish to use articles of law or policy to advocate for the rights of separated children should refer to the complete text of these instruments.
Statement of Good Practise
4th revised edition, March 2010 [Adobe PDF, 698 Kb]
This Statement of Good Practice sets out the policy and practice basis for the programme’s work.
Statement of Good Practice 3rd edition, 2004: Other languages