Conclusions de la conférence internationale sur la résidence alternée Strasbourg 2018

Conformément aux articles de la Convention Internationale des Droits de l’Enfant, le CIRA/ICSP
appelle le Comité des Nations Unies pour les Droits de l’Enfant, le Conseil de l’Europe,
les gouvernements et les associations professionnelles à modifier les lois et les pratiques.

  1. Identifier la résidence alternée comme un droit fondamental de l’enfant.
  2. Porter leur attention sur le besoin spécifique des enfants de parents séparés et divorcés de connaître et d’être éduqué par leurs deux parents, et à considérer la résidence alternée comme la meilleure assurance pour répondre à ce besoin.
  3. Respecter l’opinion des enfants concernant leurs préférences relatives à leurs modalités de vie après la séparation ou le divorce de leurs parents.
  4. Définir clairement et rendre opérationnel le concept « d’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant » dans le contexte de la séparation des parents, afin de parvenir à une compréhension de cet « intérêt supérieur » qui soit fondée sur des preuves scientifiques et centrée sur l’enfant.
  5. Identifier la résidence alternée comme étant dans l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant, dans la mesure où cet arrangement maintient les relations de l’enfant avec ses deux parents et réduit les conflits entre les parents.
  6. Assurer, dans toute la mesure du possible, la survie et le développement des enfants de parents séparés et divorcés, et prendre toutes les mesures législatives, administratives, sociales et éducatives appropriées pour protéger ces enfants de toute forme de violence, de préjudice ou de maltraitance, physique ou mentale, négligence ou traitement négligent, maltraitance ou exploitation, y compris l’aliénation parentale en tant que forme de violence psychologique envers les enfants et de violence familiale.

Nous appelons les gouvernements et les employeurs à :

  1. Instituer des politiques familiales qui soutiennent et protègent la participation des deux parents au travail et à la vie familiale, y compris un soutien égal aux mères et aux pères en ce qui concerne les congés parentaux et les congés pour raisons familiales.

Nous appelons le Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies, le Conseil de l’Europe et les institutions internationales à :

  1. Prendre des mesures pour que les États membres ne discriminent pas les enfants de parents séparés ou divorcés sur la base du statut parental, notamment en ce qui concerne l’éloignement d’un parent de la vie quotidienne d’un enfant.
  2. Encourager les États signataires de la Convention à adopter la résidence alternée comme fondement du droit de la famille.

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Conference Conclusions 2018

In accordance with the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the ICSP calls upon the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe, governments and professional associations:

1. to identify shared parenting as a fundamental right of the child.
2. to focus on the specific need of children of separated and divorced parents to know and be raised by both of their parents, and to endorse shared parenting as best ensuring that this need is protected.
3. to respect the views of children of separated and divorced parents in regard to their stated preferences for post-separation living arrangement.
4. to clearly define and operationalize the concept of the “best interests of the child” in the context of parental separation, toward an evidence-based, child-focused understanding of “best interests.”
5. to identify shared parenting as in the best interests of the child, as it maintains children’s relationship with both parents and reduces conflict between parents.
6. to ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of children of separated and divorced parents, and to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect these children from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including parental alienation as a form of emotional child abuse and family violence.

We call upon governments and employers:

7. to institute family policies that support and protect both parents’ involvement in work and family life, including equal support for mothers and fathers in regard to parental leave and leave for family reasons.

We call upon the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe, and International Institutions:

8. to take measures to ensure that member states do not discriminate against children of separated and divorced parents on the basis of parental status, specifically in regard to removing a parent from the daily life of a child.
9. to encourage states that are signatories to the Convention to adopt shared parenting as the foundation of family law.to encourage states that are signatories to the Convention to adopt shared parenting as the foundation of family law.

Download Final Conference Report (pdf)

Conference Conclusions 2018

In accordance with the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the ICSP calls upon the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe, governments and professional associations:

1. to identify shared parenting as a fundamental right of the child.
2. to focus on the specific need of children of separated and divorced parents to know and be raised by both of their parents, and to endorse shared parenting as best ensuring that this need is protected.
3. to respect the views of children of separated and divorced parents in regard to their stated preferences for post-separation living arrangement.
4. to clearly define and operationalize the concept of the “best interests of the child” in the context of parental separation, toward an evidence-based, child-focused understanding of “best interests.”
5. to identify shared parenting as in the best interests of the child, as it maintains children’s relationship with both parents and reduces conflict between parents.
6. to ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of children of separated and divorced parents, and to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect these children from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including parental alienation as a form of emotional child abuse and family violence.

We call upon governments and employers:

7. to institute family policies that support and protect both parents’ involvement in work and family life, including equal support for mothers and fathers in regard to parental leave and leave for family reasons.

We call upon the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe, and International Institutions:

8. to take measures to ensure that member states do not discriminate against children of separated and divorced parents on the basis of parental status, specifically in regard to removing a parent from the daily life of a child.
9. to encourage states that are signatories to the Convention to adopt shared parenting as the foundation of family law.to encourage states that are signatories to the Convention to adopt shared parenting as the foundation of family law.

Download Final Conference Report (pdf)