This conceptual article examines the role and limitations of the best interests standard in international and domestic policy, with a particular focus on how the standard is implicated in the treatment of unaccompanied minors in the United States. Motivated by emergent interdisciplinary scholarship on global youth and informed by a comparative consideration of best interests across other professions, we propose a new model of best interests. This model calls for a multidimensional recognition of youths’ family‐, community‐ and decision‐making contexts; acknowledgment of youths’ rights; and a commitment to speaking with, rather than for, young people. What results is a novel and dynamic understanding of best interests with relevance to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

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更好的“最大利益”：比较背景下的移民政策

这篇概念性文章探讨了最佳利益标准在国际和国内政策中的作用和局限性，并特别关注该标准如何与美国无人陪伴的未成年人的待遇有关。受全球青年涌现的跨学科奖学金的激励，并通过对其他专业的最佳利益的比较考虑，我们提出了一种最佳利益新模型。这种模式要求对青年的家庭，社区和决策环境进行多维认识；承认青年的权利；并承诺与年轻人而不是年轻人交谈。结果是对学者，从业者和政策制定者具有最大兴趣的新颖而动态的理解。