Table 2.

Search strategy related to General Comment No. 14 and the Best Interests of the Child (BIC)-Model

Best interests of the child-aspects	Search terms	General Comment No. 14	BIC condition
The child’s views	Views OR opinions OR ideas OR	Para. 53–54
The child’s identity	Identity OR personality OR “evolving capacities” OR values OR traditions OR	Para. 55–57	9
Preservation of family environment and maintaining relations	Continuity OR stability OR stable OR family OR familial OR “social network” OR peer* OR relation* OR separate* OR	Para. 58–70	2, 7, 14
Care, protection and safety of the child Quality of family environment Quality of social environment	Care OR caring OR protect* OR safe* OR secure OR adequate OR integrity OR violen*OR risk* OR abuse OR wellbeing OR emotional OR physical OR affection OR degrading OR bullying OR harm OR pressure OR harassment OR exploitation OR injury OR “degrading treatment” OR conflict* OR upbringing OR “child rearing” OR parenting OR caring OR supervision OR guidance OR atmosphere OR affective OR interest OR example* OR respect OR support OR future OR perspective OR consequences OR “life circumstances” OR “living circumstances” OR	Para. 71–74	1–14
Vulnerability	Vulnerab* OR disabilit* OR disable* OR minorit* OR victim* OR resilien* OR	Para. 75–76
Right to health	Health OR treatment OR development* OR psycho* OR psychiatric OR behavior OR	Para. 77–78, 84	1, 2, 7, 8, 14
Right to education	Education* OR school OR teach* OR learning OR capacit*	Para. 79, 84	7, 11, 14
Age Children	AND Child* OR young* OR adolescen*OR kid* OR minor* OR infant*
Background Refugee	AND Asylum* OR refugee* OR fled OR flee OR resettle* OR “forced migrat*”
Timing On arrival	AND “Recently arrived” OR “recently-arrived” OR “new arrival*” OR “on arrival”