European States’ Obligations to Repatriate the Children Detained in Camps in Northeast Syria Acknowledgments This legal briefing paper was researched and written by Duru Yavan and Georgiana Epure, Aryeh Neier Fellows for the Open Society Justice Initiative, under the supervision of Legal Officer Jana Sadler-Forster and Legal Officer Maïté De Rue. The paper benefitted from input from the following Justice Initiative colleagues: Associate Legal Officer Azure Wheeler, Managing Legal Officer Juliana Vengoechea Barrios, Director of Litigation Waikwa Wanyoike, Associate Legal Officer Nora Mbagathi. The paper was reviewed by Erika Dailey and Robert O. Varenik and edited by David Berry. The Open Society Justice Initiative uses the law to promote and defend justice and human rights through litigation, advocacy, research, and technical assistance. Working as part of the Open Society Foundations, our staff are based in Abuja, Berlin, Brussels, The Hague, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, Santo Domingo, and Washington DC. www.JusticeInitiative.org This publication is available as a PDF on the Open Society Foundations website under a Creative Commons license that allows copying and distributing the publication, only in its entirety, as long as it is attributed to the Open Society Foundations and used for noncommercial educational or public policy purposes. Published by: Open Society Foundations 224 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 OpenSocietyFoundations.org For more information, contact: Info@JusticeInitiative.org © Open Society Foundations 224 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 P. +1 212-548-0600 opensocietyfoundations.org 2