environmental and individual factors placing children at heightened risk;
and document and share information with due respect for rules of
confidentiality;
Identification of children at risk
(c) Calls on States, UNHCR and other relevant agencies and partners to put in
place modalities, as appropriate, for early and continuous identification of children
at heightened risk. Risk factors that put children in a situation of heightened risk
can include both risks in the wider protection environment and risks resulting
from individual circumstances, taking into account the cumulative effects of being
exposed to several risk factors, such as:
•
Wider environmental risk factors including, but not limited to: an insecure
environment; lack of access to child-sensitive asylum procedures;
situations of displacement, particularly protracted situations;
statelessness; lack of sustainable solutions; poverty and families' lack of
self-reliance opportunities; inadequate access to and use of services such
as education and health care; disruption of family and community support
structures; prevalence of traditional practices that are harmful to children;
discrimination, intolerance, xenophobia, and gender inequality; and lack of
documentation of the parent-child relationship through birth registrations
and issuance of birth certificates; and
•
Individual risk factors, including, but not limited to: unaccompanied and
separated children, particularly those in child-headed households as well
as those accompanied by abusive or exploitative adults; stateless children;
adolescents, in particular girl mothers and their children; child victims of
trafficking and sexual abuse, including pornography, paedophilia and
prostitution; survivors of torture; survivors of violence, in particular sexual
and gender-based violence and other forms of abuse and exploitation;
children who get married under the age specified in national laws and/or
children in forced marriages; children who are or have been associated
with armed forces or groups; children in detention; children who suffer
from social discrimination; children with mental or physical disabilities;
children living with or affected by HIV and AIDS and children suffering
from other serious diseases; and children out of school;
(d) Recognizes the challenges involved in identifying children at heightened risk
as they are frequently less visible than adults and may not have the opportunity
or feel able to report protection incidents, particularly if these occur in the private
domain and/or are associated with social stigmas or taboos; acknowledges the
need to provide children access to adults with expertise in age-appropriate and
gender-sensitive interviewing and communication skills to ensure that children's
views are taken into account and their needs and protection risks are adequately
identified and responded to;
(e) Recognizes that individual, careful and prompt registration of children can be
useful for States, UNHCR and other relevant agencies and partners in identifying
children at heightened risk;
(f) Recognizes that the systematic collection and analysis of age- and sexdisaggregated data, and of data on children with specific needs, such as
unaccompanied and separated children, can be useful for States, UNHCR and
other relevant agencies and partners in identifying children at heightened risk;
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