CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

Children’s Right to Nationality

Submitted by anakano on Thu, 2012/03/01 - 20:52

Primary Author(s):

Open Society Justice Initiative, Kohn, Sebastian

Primary Institution:

Open Society Justice Initiative

(2011)

Language English

Kohn, S. (2011). Children’s Right to Nationality. Open Society Justice Initiative.

The most important international legal instrument protecting children’s right to nationality is the Convention on the Rights of the Child, given that nearly every country around the globe has signed and ratified it. Article 7 of the Convention guarantees the right of all children to acquire a nationality.1 Although the right itself is clear, the way it operates, and in particular, the obligation to implement, are not.

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U.S. Immigration Law and the Traditional Nuclear Conception of Family: Toward a Functional Definition of Family that Protects Children's Fundamental Human Rights

Submitted by rrn-owner on Wed, 2011/07/27 - 17:23

In this Article, the author exposes how Congress, by failing to protect functional families in the context of immigration law, has failed to follow human rights law in a way that is meaningful to children and that honors its own highly valued principles of family preservation. Although the paramount purpose of U.S. immigration law is not, admittedly, to protect the integrity of family, Congress does explicitly aim to do so in certain circumstances. But even where Congress aims to further family unity, it fails desperately because U.S.

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Refugee resettlement: a literature review

Submitted by evan on Tue, 2010/09/14 - 15:15

This international literature review on refugee resettlement policy, provides part of the information platform for progressing a multiyear, cross-departmental research project being led by the Department of Labour called “Refugees plus ten: perspectives on integration, identity and community”. It also contributes to a Department of Labour-led review of aspects of refugee policy related to the resettlement of refugees.