A/HRC/36/51 120. States should provide information for migrant children that is adapted to their age and cultural situation, using simple and clear language; if necessary, the support of an interpreter should be available. 121. States should process quickly and efficiently any application for asylum of unaccompanied children; meanwhile, children should be housed in a shelter that is equipped according to international standards. 122. The Advisory Committee encourages Member States to continue to provide care for unaccompanied migrant children after they have reached the age of majority in order to support their transition to adulthood in the host or receiving country. 123. The Advisory Committee recommends that States should take into account the various categories of unaccompanied migrant children and their characteristics and situations in the design of policies and programmes to realize their human rights. However, this classification should not mean that they abandon a holistic approach to child rights. 124. The rights of migrant children must be effective and not only declarative. Their application must be measurable and applicable to countries of origin, transit and destination and to the return process, using specific indicators. The rights and principles determining the indicators to be employed are as follows: (a) Best interests of the child; (b) Recognition of the child as a rights holder; (c) Equality before the law and non-discrimination; (d) Life; (e) Survival and development; (f) Effective access to legal assistance and guarantees; (g) Participation and opinion; (h) Confidentiality; (i) Non-detention and non-return; (j) Presumption of minority; (k) Principle of non-revictimization; (l) Principle of progressive autonomy; (m) Principle of protection and consular assistance; (n) Principle of non-limitation of the attribution of rights; (o) Principle of priority attention. 19

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