Is there a latin american child migration law? An analysis of the ‘Advisory Opinion n. 21 on the rights of child migrants’ rendered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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https://doi.org/10.30612/videre.v11i21.9795

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Migration. Children. Inter-American Court of human Rights. Advisory Opinion no. 21/14.

Abstract

In 2014, in response to the request of the Southern Cone countries, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an Advisory Opinion on the rights of migrant children in an attempt to emphasize the minimum guarantees that the countries of the region should grant to this category of migrant, especially considering their hypervulnerability when compared to adult migrants. Such request, made in the light of the growing migratory flow of unaccompanied minors in the Americas, has led the Court to point to a number of rights that should be particularly guaranteed, such as the right to seek and receive asylum, non-criminalization, non-detention, and non-return of minors, culminating in the design of what can be considered as a Latin-American Child Migration Law, being it why the present research is deemed relevant, as it emphasizes what would be the bases of this Law. For that matter, a descriptive and exploratory research was conducted, parting from an inductive method through a detailed study of the Advisory Opinion no. 21/14, and, thus, primarily using the documental technique, chosen qualitatively.

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Tatiana A. F. R. Cardoso Squeff, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU

Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia e professora adjunta na graduação na mesma instituição. Doutora em Direito Internacional pela UFRGS, com período sanduíche na University of Ottawa. Mestre em Direito Público pela Unisinos, com período de estudos junto à University of Toronto, com fomento CAPES e DFAIT. Pós-graduada em Relações Internacionais pela UFRGS/PPGEEI, em Direito Internacional pela UFRGS/PPGD. 

Marcia Leonora S. R. Orlandini, Universidad de Valencia

Doutoranda em Direito Internacional pela Universidad de Valencia (ES). Mestre em Direito pela PUCSP. Especialista em Filosofia pela UFU. Graduada em Direito pela UFMG. Professora adjunta do curso de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, onde coordena a Clínica de Enfrentamento ao Trabalho Escravo. 

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2019-07-19

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Squeff, T. A. F. R. C., & Orlandini, M. L. S. R. (2019). Is there a latin american child migration law? An analysis of the ‘Advisory Opinion n. 21 on the rights of child migrants’ rendered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Revista Videre, 11(21), 121–134. https://doi.org/10.30612/videre.v11i21.9795

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Vol. 11 No. 21 (2019): Revista Videre

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