On 11 December 2019, the Committee of Ministers adopted a Recommendation to member states on effective guardianship for unaccompanied and separated children in the context of migration. This Recommendation seeks to ensure that unaccompanied and separated children’s rights and their best interests are respected in line with international and European standards. It also seeks to ensure that guardianship is effectively provided and is appropriate to the rights and specific needs of the children concerned. Effective guardianship would ensure that state efforts to find sustainable, rights-based solutions are initiated and implemented without delay. It protects migrant children from neglect, trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, involvement in criminal activities, forced labour, torture and other harmful practices or forms of violence, including gender-based violence. Governments also should ensure that children are provided with information and advice and that they have access to an independent complaint mechanism and remedies to exercise their rights or act upon violations of their rights. The implementation of this recommendation will be promoted through the Council of Europe Committee for the Rights of the Child (CDENF) which also will act as a regular forum for exchanges of good practices in reinforcing the national guardianship systems.