On Thursday, 19 June from 14:00 to 16:00, a side event entitled “Ending Child Immigration Detention” will be hosted by Terre des Hommes (TdH), International Detention Coalition (IDC), Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), Save the Children, and the Global Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children, sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Italy and Mexico.
There has been increasing momentum to end child immigration detention as a matter of priority in recent months. States, UN human rights bodies, inter-governmental agencies, and civil society have all seen the detrimental impacts of detention on child health and well-being and are joining the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to call for a “complete and expeditious” end to child immigration detention. This side- event will present a number of good-practice examples from states who are exploring, developing and implementing child and family-sensitive alternatives to the detention (ATD), including a discussion of the many cost, compliance and human rights benefits of ATD.
Distinguished panelists include:
- Mr. Farah Abdullahi Abdi, formerly detained child migrant
- Mr. Amedeo Trambajolo, Minister Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Italy
- Mr. Raúl Heredia, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Mission of Mexico
- Mr. François Crépeau, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants