Giovanna Ricciardi • 3rd+Children’s Rights Specialist at International Social Service (ISS)Children’s Rights Specialist at International Social Service (ISS)

Giovanna Ricciardi • 3rd+Children’s Rights Specialist at International Social Service (ISS)Children’s Rights Specialist at International Social Service (ISS)1yr • 1 year ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn

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Last week I was delighted to represent the International Social Service (ISS) GS during the transnational roundtable on hashtag#kafalah in Paris in the framework of the Project FAMIMOVE. Together with Sandrine PEPIT - director of Droit d'Enfance (ISS France)- and Wiem Guedira - legal officer at Droit d'Enfance - FondationMéquignon (ISS France) – we joined the discussions on the challenges regarding the reception of hashtag#kafalah in legal systems that do not foresee this protection measure. Important insights on the Dutch system have been shared by Jolien Janse part of the FAMIMOVE Advisory Board, and the Dutch Central authority, as well as by Cécile Corso on the preparation of hashtag#kafils by the Femmes Informations Juridiques Internationales (FIJI).

This meeting has represented a great opportunity for the International Social Service (ISS) to recall the findings of its 2020 publication 'Kafalah - Preliminary analysis of national and cross-border practices' (available in French and English) and to propose possible avenues to ensure that hashtag#kafalah is indeed a child protection measure respectful of children’s rights, both domestically and across borders.

Thank you Fabienne Jault and Mayela Celis for having the International Social Service (ISS) on board!

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