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medical assistance to foreign nationals (particularly children), within the territory of a State
Party, even if they are there illegally, is contrary to the Charter;
(b)
In Yean and Bosico v. Dominican Republic,73 the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights pronounced on the situation of children born in the Dominican Republic to
migrant parents in respect of birth registration and the right to education. The Court ruled
that the migratory status of a person is not transmitted to their children, and that the
discriminatory application of nationality and birth registration laws and regulations
rendered certain children stateless, unable to access other critical rights to education, a
lawfully registered name, and equal protection before the law.
F.
Policy coherence at the national, regional and international levels
85.
The following are recent developments in ensuring policy coherence at all levels:
(a)
In 2003 a working group on the education of migrant children was set up by
the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture. This group includes all relevant
ministries, international organizations, academic experts, NGOs, teachers, and directors of
schools. The aim of the working group is to share best practices, exchange information, and
coordinate actions in relation to migrant children;
(b)
The Federal Migration Service of Russia has joined with the Office of the
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), UNICEF and NGOs to provide social support to
conflict-affected migrant children. Joint actions have been undertaken to provide
humanitarian aid to child victims and create conditions for their social and psychological
rehabilitation;
(c)
Several Government agencies in Mexico (in particular the Foreign Ministry,
the Migration Institute and the National Welfare Agency), together with international
agencies, developed an integrated model of protection for unaccompanied migrant children
through an inter-institutional roundtable on unaccompanied children and migrant women.
In 2007, the Government of Mexico appointed 68 child protection officers;
(d)
On 6 May 2010, the European Commission adopted the Action Plan74 on
Unaccompanied Minors (2010–2014), which aims to increase the protection of
unaccompanied children entering the European Union. The action plan includes a
commitment to the standards of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, such as the
principle of the best interests of the child, and highlights the need to support the
development of child protection systems in countries of origin;
(e)
The Council of the Baltic Sea States has established a network of national
contact points who meet regularly in order to build systems to respond to the needs of all
separated and unaccompanied children arriving in the region;75
(f)
National human rights institutions in the Asian region adopted the Seoul
Guidelines on 11 November 2008, during the International Conference on Human Rights
and Multicultural Society. This document underlines specific actions to promote and
protect the right of migrant workers;
73
74
75
Judgement of 8 September, 2005 (Inter-Am Ct. H.R., (Ser. C) No. 130 (2005)).
European Commission, Communications from the Commission to the European Parliament and the
Council – Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors (COM (2010)213/3).
See http://www.childcentre.info/contactpoints/index.html.
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