ISS core intervention areas
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ISS core intervention areas
Children on the move
Children on the Move are children who have been directly or indirectly affected by migration and displacement, either internationally across borders or within the same country. They include child migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced children, children left behind while parents or caregivers migrate, stateless children and child victims of cross-border trafficking.
The ever-evolving and increasing recourse to assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) has wide implications for children. By adopting a child-rights-approach, ISS calls for greater protection for children born through surrogacy. This approach does indeed acknowledge surrogacy as a reality, yet does not equate to encouraging nor promoting the practice itself.
International Family conflicts and Mediation
For over 90 years, ISS intercountry casework has tackled cross-border family conflicts – including child abductions. ISS wants to raise awareness on the legal complexity of cross-border family cases and highlight that International Family Mediation can be a practical, efficient tool to solve cross-border family disputes and a preventive measure of child abductions.
Every person has a universal right to know who they are and where they come from. Based on its extensive field-experience and expertise related to post adoption services, especially in cross-border access to records, information, search and reunion, ISS is well-equipped to provide individualised support to adoptees and their families.
