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Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), Legal and practical aspects of effective alternatives to detention in the context of migration, 7 December 2017

Jan 26, 2022

The Steering Committee for Human Rights in this analysis, adopted on 7 December 2017, provided an overview of the applicable international human rights standards in the field of alternatives to detention in the context of migration....

Administrative Court of Sofia, Decision No. 8426, 30 December 2016

Jan 26, 2022

The asylum authorities had detained an unaccompanied asylum seeking child on the ground that it was in the interest of his own safety as he had taken part in fights with other asylum seekers at the reception centre. However, the court repealed the detention order...

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), General comment No. 24 (2019) on children’s rights in the child justice system

Oct 21, 2021

“This General comment replaces General comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice. The scope of the comment is focused on children alleged as, accused of or recognized as having infringed criminal law....

Council of State of Belgium, Decision n°251.051, 24 June 2021

Oct 21, 2021

Final decision of the Council of State on the action for suspension and annulment brought by a coalition of associations after the publication of the Royal Decree of 22 July 2018 establishing the modalities of detention of families in migration. The Council of State...

UNCRC Committee, General comment No. 6 (2005): Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside their Country of Origin

Oct 21, 2021

The objective of this general comment is to draw attention to the particularly vulnerable situation of unaccompanied and separated children; to outline the multifaceted challenges in ensuring that such children are able to access and enjoy their rights; and, to...