GLOSSARY
Family tracing
CRC Article = 22(2)
Note:
Article 22(2) of the CRC obligates States Parties to provide, as they consider appropriate, co-operation in any efforts by the United Nations and other competent intergovernmental organizations or non-governmental organizations co-operating with the United Nations to protect and assist refugee children and to trace the parents or other family members of any refugee child in order to obtain information necessary for family reunification. Family tracing is of particular relevance to refugee children unaccompanied by their parents or by any other adult who, by law or custom, is responsible for the care of the child.
See also:
Family reunification Refugee children Refugee-assisting organizations Unaccompanied refugee children United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees