Age, gender and diversity / Unaccompanied / Separated children

violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment).

28 February 2019 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee camps - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - France - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This decision concerns several violations to the right of unaccompanied foreign minors to social, legal and economic protection in France on several grounds (violations of Article 17§1 of the Charter) due to: •shortcomings identified in the national shelter, assessment and allocation system of unaccompanied foreign minors; •delays in appointing an ad hoc guardian for unaccompanied foreign minors; •the detention of unaccompanied foreign minors in waiting areas and in hotels; •the use of bone testing to determine the age of unaccompanied foreign minors considered as inappropriate and unreliable; •a lack of clarity to access an effective remedy for unaccompanied foreign minors;

24 January 2018 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights | Legal Instrument: 1961 European Social Charter | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Effective remedy - Right to education - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: France

2 August 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Family reunification - Persons with disabilities - Regional instruments - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: France - Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

29 April 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Family reunification - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: France - Iraq - Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

22 January 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Family reunification - Mentally disadvantaged persons - Refugee camps - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: France - Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

30 July 2008 | Judicial Body: France: Conseil d'Etat | Topic(s): Safe third country - Single procedure - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea