The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration present a rare opportunity to build a sustainable framework for international collaboration on the global governance of migration and refugees and the protection of vulnerable individuals. This policy briefing

Children on the move: From protection towards a quality sustainable solution is a practical guide for all professionals working with vulnerable children on the move. It promotes the development of a well-connected, transnational network of child protectio

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as multiple other international standards states that children have the right to grow up in a family environment. Realizing this

Haiti has been a 'popular' country of origin, meaning that thousands of children were at some stage of the adoption process – albeit simply "identified" as potentially adoptable – when the earthquake struck. There were diverse and contrasting responses by

The 82 page report is based on an independent assessment by ISS in 2009, commissioned by UNICEF Viet Nam and by the Department of Adoption of the Ministry of Justice of Viet Nam. The main aims were to firstly identify and address problems in the adoption

At the request of the Ivorian adoption authorities, and thanks to the support of the French International Adoption Service, in March 2010 the ISS/IRC has carried out a mission to assess the Ivorian adoption system and identify the steps that need to be un

This publication presents the final version of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, which was formally welcomed by the UN General Assembly on November 20th to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The p

Thematic Fact sheet from ISS/IRC on kafala and adoption, of the fact sheet series  on the provision of care for children deprived of family or at risk of so being, those in need of adoption or who have already been adopted.   The way in which kafala is co

This 2-page document is part of a series of ISS/IRC fact sheets on the provision of care for children deprived of family or at risk of being deprived. It looks at family reintegration as the return on a permanent basis to the family of origin of a child w

To mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Social Service has prepared this document, which deals with both internal and intercountry adoption. While certain principles and practices referr