Guardianship Service
Organisation name in original language
Service des Tutelles / Dienst Voogdij
Category of human rights structure
Government administration
Country
Belgium
Website URL
Not available
Type(s) of body
Not applicableLegal source(s)
- Programme Law (I), Article 479, Title XIII, Chapter VI: Guardianship of unaccompanied foreign minors (Loi-programme (I) (art. 479) – Titre XIII – Chapitre VI: Tutelle des mineurs étrangers non accompagnés)
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- Receives and assesses reports of unaccompanied foreign minors.
- Identifies minors and appoints guardians.
- Oversees guardians’ work and training.
- Approves or withdraws guardian status.
- Allocates subsidies to non-governmental organisations.
Specific mandates
Not applicableStructured cooperation with partners at national level
- Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil)
- General Delegate of the French Community for Children’s Rights
- General Administration of Youth Assistance
- Child Focus, Caritas, the Regional Integration Centre for Foreigners in Liege (Cripel),Esperanto, Mentor Jeunes, Mentor-Escale, Synergie 14 and theEl Paso Centre
- Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office
- Youth support services
- Public youth protection institutions
- Criminal Policy Service (Federal Public Service Justice)
- Federal Police
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation
- Immigration Office, Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Federal Migration Centre (Myria)
- Surya, PAG-ASA
- Crebis research centre
- Samusocial
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- n/a
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