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UN Call for Submissions on Ending Immigration Detention of Children

By humanrightsathome

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Mr. Felipe González Morales, has decided to focus his next thematic report on ending immigration detention of children and seeking adequate reception and care for them.

The Special Rapporteur’s report will be submitted to the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. 

While the Report will look at the issue worldwide, this is a topic of great concern to US advocates.  Further, recent reports stress the additional issues that detained immigrant children face because of COVID-19. 

The deadline for submissions, which should be limited to 2500 words, is April 20, 2020.  More information — including specific prompts and questions that the Special Rapporteur wants to highlight and information regarding how to submit material — is available here .