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Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders for 90 years

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    Every year, the ISS provides its services to approximately 75'000 families around the world

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    Every year, the ISS provides its services to approximately 75'000 families around the world

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    Every year, the ISS provides its services to approximately 75'000 families around the world

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    Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders for 92 years

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    Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders for 92 years

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    Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders for 92 years

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    Every year, the ISS provides its services to approximately 75'000 families around the world

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    Every year, the ISS provides its services to approximately 75'000 families around the world

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Adoption of a historic resolution at the ISS IC in Melbourne, Australia

ISS Members recently participated at the ISS International Council to discuss emerging social challenges affecting children and families on the move. The necessity to collaborate as a network and further develop and expand well targeted individualized services addressing the complex needs of migrant families and children was also discussed in detail.
One of the outcomes of the IC was the adoption of a historic resolution, deciding unanimously for the membership expansion by giving the opportunity to more organizations adhering to ISS working principles, to join as members and actively participate in policy and decision making. The Secretary General, closed the meeting by stating that "ISS has taken the right decision in terms of membership structure. ISS is now better equipped to serve more and more children and families on the move and to serve better".

The National Centre for Mediation and Conflict Resolution - Read Quotes

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"Cross border family disputes are nowadays mostly law driven.
The party-parents apply to attorneys for advice and they lead them to require jurisdiction which is in favour of each of them. Consequently, the party-parents find themselves in an international battlefield over the children.

The handbook introduce, in a most clear and professional manner, to party-parents and family advisors, a different option to resolve their international family dispute through mediation. The reliable comprehensive guidebook, published by the expertise of the ISS, approves them that this option can serve the best interests of the children and also a trustworthy possibility for themselves"


Dr. P. Segal

IRC and ISS reserved area

ISS Global Report 2015

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