Age Assessment of Unaccompanied Minors in Asylum Law

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F48135445%3A_____%2F26%3AN0000001" target="_blank" >RIV/48135445:_____/26:N0000001 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://rozkotova.cld.bz/CYIL-vol-15-2024/101/" target="_blank" >https://rozkotova.cld.bz/CYIL-vol-15-2024/101/</a>

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Age Assessment of Unaccompanied Minors in Asylum Law

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

A significant number of unaccompanied minors enter the European Union each year. Minors are treated more favourably than adult migrants under EU law because they are considered more vulnerable than other migrants. In many cases, there is no document proving their identity and age and it is not always clear whether the information about the age provided by the migrant is correct. Age assessment therefore plays a crucial role in ensuring the protection of unaccompanied minors. The principles relating to the protection of unaccompanied minors are very clearly set out in international, EU, and national law, but age assessments raise a number of difficult practical issues. The Article focuses on the legal regulation of the age assessment of migrants in the Czech Republic and Lithuania and the case law of national courts. A medical examination in the form of X-rays is used as the most common and reliable way of determining the age of a foreigner. In addition, the level of mental maturity must also be assessed. From the perspective of European asylum law, the problem of assessing age is one of the most underestimated practical issues that can hinder the proper application of child protection rules.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Age Assessment of Unaccompanied Minors in Asylum Law

Popis výsledku anglicky

A significant number of unaccompanied minors enter the European Union each year. Minors are treated more favourably than adult migrants under EU law because they are considered more vulnerable than other migrants. In many cases, there is no document proving their identity and age and it is not always clear whether the information about the age provided by the migrant is correct. Age assessment therefore plays a crucial role in ensuring the protection of unaccompanied minors. The principles relating to the protection of unaccompanied minors are very clearly set out in international, EU, and national law, but age assessments raise a number of difficult practical issues. The Article focuses on the legal regulation of the age assessment of migrants in the Czech Republic and Lithuania and the case law of national courts. A medical examination in the form of X-rays is used as the most common and reliable way of determining the age of a foreigner. In addition, the level of mental maturity must also be assessed. From the perspective of European asylum law, the problem of assessing age is one of the most underestimated practical issues that can hinder the proper application of child protection rules.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2026

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Czech Yearbook of Public and Private International Law

ISSN

1805-0565

e-ISSN

1805-0999

Svazek periodika

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Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

15

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

101-117

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85219053490