This paper is the fifth of the second edition of the child rights bridging papers for the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 to 10 December 2016). It examines specificities affecting children on the move and other children affected by migration related to the interaction of international mechanisms of migrants’ rights protection.
The paper highlights key SDGs, sections of the NY Declaration, and recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by migration, related to the interaction of international mechanisms of migrants’ rights protection. It oulines recommendations regarding international mechanisms of migrants’ rights protection. The paper explains the context and key challenges and issues related to international mechanisms of migrants’ rights protection, including invisibility of migrant children despite the comprehensive protection of treaties, interpreting the CRC in the context of international migration, stepping up the implementation of obligations, commitments and recommendations, ensuring coordination of civil society in these different initiatives, and the perspective of children in the context of migration is often absent. Finally, the paper lists conventions and international instruments relevant to migrant children
