United Nations

• Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
• Protocol to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
• Global Compact on Refugees
• Convention on the Rights of the Child

The 2030 Agenda recognises migration as a key dimension of sustainable development, including references to migration and decent work, protection from forced labour and the need to promote safe migration, the urgency of reducing cost of remittances, and the imperative of collecting disaggregated data on migration. Sustainable Development Goals targets 8.8, 10.7, 10.c and 17.18 specifically address migration as a key dimension of sustainable development.

Council of Europe

The Council of Europe aims to ensure that all refugee and migrant children can benefit from the protection measures set out in international and European legal instruments and enjoy the full realisation of their rights. Several steps in line with this were undertaken to respond the ongoing challenge of protecting the rights of refugee and migrant children.

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)11 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on effective guardianship for unaccompanied and separated children in the context of migration
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on supporting young refugees in transition to adulthood, 2019
• How to convey child-friendly information to children in migration, A handbook for frontline professionals 
• Age assessment for children in migration - A guide for policy-makers (2019) 
• We are children, hear us out! Children speak out about age assessment (2019) Report on consultations with unaccompanied children on the topic of age assessment
• Promoting child-friendly approaches in the area of migration - Standards, guidance and current practices (2019)
• Guide for Parliamentarians: Visiting places where children are deprived of their liberty as a result of immigration procedures (2017)
• Age assesment: Council of Europe member states’ policies, procedures and practices respecful of children’s rights in the context of migration (2017)