This report is aimed at synthesizing key concepts and standards regarding the protection of the rights of migrant children and adolescents in the Northern Triangle of Central America. This document outlines the main guidelines that have emerged from pieces of international legislation. Also, it proposes a group of basic guidelines that should guide both the formulation and implementation of public policies and the concrete work which takes place in institutions responsible for guaranteeing the protection of migrant children. It is hoped that this publication will result in the development of training activities aimed at technical and professional operators responsible for the protection of the rights of migrant children, in addition to the transformation of legislation and public policies related to migrant children so that they are in line with international Human Rights legislations. This Handbook was launched at the “Meeting on the situation of migrant childhood in the Northern Triangle of Central America, Mexico and USA” in El Salvador in March 2015.
The full text of this report is also available in Spanish - to read the Spanish version of this report, please click here. An unofficial Portuguese translation is also available.
