The Convention was adopted by Resolution A/RES/45/158 of 18 December 1990. It entered into force on 1 July 2003. The States Parties amount to 56 (in October 2021). The Convention sets out the rights of migrant workers and members of their families.
https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-13&chapter=4
The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Council of Europe Treaty Series – No. 201) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 25 October 2007 and entered into force on 1 July 2010. It has been ratified by all the member States of the Council of Europe.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=201
The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (Council of Europe Treaty Series – No. 197) was adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 3 May 2005 and entered into force on 1 February 2008. It has been ratified by all the member States of the Council of Europe with the exception of the Russian Federation.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=197
The Convention was adopted by resolution 44/252 of 20 November 1989 at the Forty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. It entered into force on 2 September 1990. The States Parties amount to 196 (in October 2021) and is the most widely ratified international instrument world-wide. The Convention provides for a set of rights to which all children are entitled.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx
UNHCR’s Global Strategy – Beyond Detention 2014-2019 aims to make the detention of asylum-seekers an exceptional rather than routine practice. The first main global goal is to end the detention of children.
These Guidelines reflect the current state of international law relating to the detention of asylum-seekers and are intended to guide governments and decision-makers, including judges.
