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Joint Statement by European Organisations on the Protection of Unaccompanied Children Displaced from Ukraine

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Joint Statement: Responding to Cross-Border Risks & Ensuring International Protection for Unaccompanied and Separated Children from Ukraine in Europe.

Four years into the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the under noted organisations across Europe issue this joint statement to warn of the urgent need to address the needs and risks facing unaccompanied and separated children and young people displaced from Ukraine as the EU considers the...

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Safety not at the cost of divorce: UMDP position on evacuation of children

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On February 13, the draft Law of Ukraine on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Settlement of the Issue of Mandatory Evacuation No. 12353 was sent to the President of Ukraine for signature.

The Law introduces targeted changes in the process of evacuating the population from settlements located in the territories of active and possible military (combat) operations, aimed at prompt response in conditions of military danger, including to...

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Position of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network on the inadmissibility of marriages under 18

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Position of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network on the provisions of the draft new Civil Code of Ukraine, which provide for the right to register a marriage in case of pregnancy or birth of a child upon reaching the age of fourteen

A draft updated Civil Code of Ukraine has been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which contains provisions that effectively allow for the legitimization of marriages involving children under the age of 18, in particular...

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