Resources and Publications
Highlighted Publications
The Center for Human Rights of Children publishes numerous resources and publications. Here are some of our most requested materials:
- Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States (2024)
- No Right to Life: Lives Lost and the Legalized Violence that Shaped a Humanitarian Crisis in the Arizona Borderlands, CLALS Working Paper Series, No. 44 (Nov. 2023)
- Atrocity Crimes Against Migrant Children and Families in the United States: An Accountability Framework for Family Separation (PDF)
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Special Rapporteur’s Report on The Impact of Climate Change and the Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants (PDF)
- A Report to the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Human Rights of Migrant Children (PDF)
- Building Child Welfare Response to Child Trafficking 2010 (PDF)
Past Center for the Human Rights of Children Publications
2026
2025
2023
- Considerations for Tender-Aged* Children in Immigration Court Proceedings (PDF)
- Comments to Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Opposition to the Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (PDF)
- The Inappropriate Use of Juvenile Records in Immigration Discretion (PDF)
2022
- An NGO Alternative Report for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Submitted by the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Submitted by the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Submitted July 15, 2022 (PDF)
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on Human Rights Violations at International Borders: Trends, Prevention, and Accountability (PDF)
2021
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of the child and family reunification, jointly submitted by the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University School of Law & the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, et al. (PDF)
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Special Rapporteur’s Report on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on the Torture of Migrant Children in the United States (PDF)
- CHRC and International Human Rights Law Student Submit Input on Mass Incarceration as a Driver of Systemic Racism
- CHRC_organizedcrime_report_april2021
- Submitted Input: An NGO input to the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, including its Causes and Consequences regarding the Role of Organized Criminal Group
- Submitted Input: An NGO input to the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights report on pushback practices and their impact on the human rights of migrants(PDF)
2020
- Addressing Environmental Toxins that Affect Children Through A Children's rights Framework: Tools to help you succeed (PDF)
- Hague Abduction Law for the Contemporary Immigrant Parent and Child
- Re: Comments Opposing Proposed Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review, Federal Register Vol. 85, No. 115 (June 15, 2020)
2018
- Unaccompanied Immigrant Child and Family/Sponsor Community Service System Study: Metropolitan Chicago Area
- Supporting Newcomer Students: A Chicago-Specific Exploration of Social and Emotional Learning Initiatives
- Sex Trafficking of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth in the United States
- Re: DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002; RIN 1653-AA75, 0970-AC42; Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Apprehension, Processing, Care, and Custody of Alien Minors and Unaccompanied Alien Children
2017
2016
For a full listening of all Center for the Human Rights of Children publications please see our Loyola eCommons page.
The Center for the Human Rights of Children strives to provide up-to-date information and resources for those interested in learning more about our work and the advancement of children’s rights.
Highlighted Publications
The Center for Human Rights of Children publishes numerous resources and publications. Here are some of our most requested materials:
- Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States (2024)
- No Right to Life: Lives Lost and the Legalized Violence that Shaped a Humanitarian Crisis in the Arizona Borderlands, CLALS Working Paper Series, No. 44 (Nov. 2023)
- Atrocity Crimes Against Migrant Children and Families in the United States: An Accountability Framework for Family Separation (PDF)
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Special Rapporteur’s Report on The Impact of Climate Change and the Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants (PDF)
- A Report to the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Human Rights of Migrant Children (PDF)
- Building Child Welfare Response to Child Trafficking 2010 (PDF)
Past Center for the Human Rights of Children Publications
2026
2025
2023
- Considerations for Tender-Aged* Children in Immigration Court Proceedings (PDF)
- Comments to Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Opposition to the Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (PDF)
- The Inappropriate Use of Juvenile Records in Immigration Discretion (PDF)
2022
- An NGO Alternative Report for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Submitted by the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Submitted by the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Submitted July 15, 2022 (PDF)
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on Human Rights Violations at International Borders: Trends, Prevention, and Accountability (PDF)
2021
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of the child and family reunification, jointly submitted by the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University School of Law & the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, et al. (PDF)
- Submitted Input: An NGO Input for the Special Rapporteur’s Report on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on the Torture of Migrant Children in the United States (PDF)
- CHRC and International Human Rights Law Student Submit Input on Mass Incarceration as a Driver of Systemic Racism
- CHRC_organizedcrime_report_april2021
- Submitted Input: An NGO input to the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, including its Causes and Consequences regarding the Role of Organized Criminal Group
- Submitted Input: An NGO input to the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights report on pushback practices and their impact on the human rights of migrants(PDF)
2020
- Addressing Environmental Toxins that Affect Children Through A Children's rights Framework: Tools to help you succeed (PDF)
- Hague Abduction Law for the Contemporary Immigrant Parent and Child
- Re: Comments Opposing Proposed Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review, Federal Register Vol. 85, No. 115 (June 15, 2020)
2018
- Unaccompanied Immigrant Child and Family/Sponsor Community Service System Study: Metropolitan Chicago Area
- Supporting Newcomer Students: A Chicago-Specific Exploration of Social and Emotional Learning Initiatives
- Sex Trafficking of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth in the United States
- Re: DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002; RIN 1653-AA75, 0970-AC42; Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Apprehension, Processing, Care, and Custody of Alien Minors and Unaccompanied Alien Children
2017
2016
For a full listening of all Center for the Human Rights of Children publications please see our Loyola eCommons page.