{"id":8910,"date":"2018-06-14T11:54:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T01:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endchilddetention.org\/?page_id=8910"},"modified":"2018-06-29T12:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T02:15:54","slug":"international-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endchilddetention.org\/toolbox\/issue-child-immigration-detention\/international-law\/","title":{"rendered":"International Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1529634651528{background: #dddddd url(https:\/\/endchilddetention.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/funky-lines.png?id=9956) !important;background-position: 0 0 !important;background-repeat: repeat !important;}”][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” content_placement=”middle”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1528980772265{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:32px|text_align:center|color:%234a4a4a|line_height:36px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1528952414067{padding-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_headings style=”theme3″ linewidth=”42px” borderclr=”#f45318″ lineheight=”” title=”Immigration Detention is a Child Rights Violation” titleclr=”#4a4a4a”][\/vc_headings][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely and rapidly ratified international human rights treaty in history. Has your country ratified it?<\/a><\/p>\n

The UN CRC provided authoritative guidance<\/a> that immigration detention is a child rights violation, and that the principle of \u2018detaining as a last resort\u2019 does not apply to children in the context of migration.<\/p>\n

Article 3 of the CRC provides that the best interests of the child is a primary consideration. The Committee on the CRC has consistently and clearly stated that a child\u2019s best interests should supersede other considerations of the state, including immigration control.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the CRC Committee clarified the rights of children in the context of migration in a day of general discussion. The CRC Committee made it clear that:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe detention of a child because of their or their parent\u2019s migration status constitutes a child rights violation and always contravenes the principle of the best interests of the child. In this light, States should expeditiously and completely cease the detention of children on the basis of their immigration status\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Para 78. 79<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Accordingly, the CRC Committee has called on States to:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 adopt alternatives to detention that allow children to remain with family members and\/or guardians in non-custodial, community-based contexts while their immigration status is being resolved, consistent with their best interests, and with children\u2019s rights to liberty and family life.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Para 78, 79<\/a><\/p>\n

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