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The document aims to help decision-makers assess the credibility of children’s claims in a fair, objective and consistent manner. It sets out a number of observations that could serve as the foundation for guidance on the subject. It is hoped that this research will contribute towards strengthening practice in the difficult area of child asylum claims, and towards UNHCR’s elaboration of globally applicable Guidelines on Credibility Assessment.

returns to EU Member States on the Dublin Regulation and a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment.

This paper provides a historical background to the Cartagena Declaration, including the process of its adoption, its content and the way it was initially understood and applied. It then provides an overview of the extent and manner in which Latin American countries have formally incorporated the regional refugee definition into their national legal frameworks and describes the core findings of state practice in relation to the regional refugee definition. The paper concludes with a short reflection for future initiatives aimed at reinvigorating international protection and reviving some of the aspirations that made the Cartagena-inspired process so important throughout the region.

This research study examines the workings of ‘alternatives to detention’ (ATDs) through empirical research in two contexts, Toronto, Canada, and Geneva, Switzerland. Relying on a detailed literature review, and qualitative research carried out in summer 2012 in Toronto and Geneva, the report attempts to capture the workings of ATDs in particular from the perspective of the asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants they most closely affect.