Child Rights Connect webpage dedicated to COVID-19 responses
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is having a major impact on the lives of children and families. Given the large amount of resources developed by different organizations, at Child Rights Connect we want to help you in your search for information. For this purpose, we have pulled together resources from our members and partners, as well as some relevant press releases and statements on the topic and divided them into different sections. We seek to provide clarity by offering an overview of the responses to the disease by various organizations. We hope this will help civil society and the general public to quickly review information that is of interest. We will be updating the webpage regularly as the crisis unfolds.
Child Rights Connect staff in Geneva is working from home following the Swiss government guidelines. You can reach us via email.
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Our child advisors and mentors inform upcoming report of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders on positive change
You can read the full submission from Child Rights Connect and its Children’s Advisory Team (CAT) and Mentor Group here. 7 of the current and former members of Child Rights Connect’s Children's Advisory Team recently shared case studies to [...]
Joint civil society statement on Secretary-General’s fourth biennial report on the status of the treaty body system
At the UN General Assembly, TB-Net and other organisations (including Amnesty International, the Geneva Human Rights Platform (Geneva Academy), the International Service for Human Rights, and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights), raised the need to [...]
Saving the planet is saving children: Voices of Children for COP27 and beyond
“I want to see my land smiling. I want to see it’s revived beauty I want to see the areas affected from deforestation filled with trees. I want everyone to inhale fresh air. I want fresh water for everyone I [...]
Landmark CRC Concluding Observations on Child Human Rights Defenders linked to freedom of expression!
In September 2022, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) held its 91st Session and adopted recommendations for the State parties under review. For the first time, the Committee adopted a landmark recommendation on child human [...]
Joint statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
In the framework of the Human Rights Council 51 session, Child Rights Connect and its members made a joint statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine established by the Council in March. In [...]
Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on Child Rights Mainstreaming: Child Rights Connect inputs to the survey
The Guidance Note that the UN Secretary General is developing on child rights mainstreaming is a unique opportunity to make the UN’s work more rights-based and therefore more effective. In addition to facilitating civil society, including children’s participation in the [...]
Strong calls from States and civil society for UPR recommendations on Child Human Rights Defenders
“(...) The more stakeholders that are aware, and the more agencies that are aware of the applicable human rights framework, as well as the legal and practical challenges faced by children when taking on human rights advocacy, the more attraction [...]
CRC session 91 opened with the first ever opening statement by children!
At the 91st CRC session, our Children’s Advisory Team (CAT) delivered a statement, which marks the first time ever that children have addressed the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the opening of their session! Here is the [...]
Expression of Solidarity with our Member Defence for Children International – Palestine
Child Rights Connect stands in solidarity with its member Defence for Children International - Palestine (DCIP) and the children they work with, following another raid of their offices the night of 17 to 18 August by the Israeli army. The [...]
Civil society welcomes the conclusions of the Chairpersons meeting on the UNTBs work!
From 30 May to 3 June 2022, the Chairs of the Treaty Bodies participated in their 34th annual meeting in New York. TB-Net submitted written contribution, participated in meetings and closely monitored the discussions. In the end, the Chairs reached an [...]
This page responds to the child advisors’ call for a platform to monitor the follow-up to the Day of General Discussion (DGD) on Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights defenders. It showcases direct follow-up activities to the 2018 DGD as well as examples of the different ways in which the global movement for children human rights defenders is growing at different levels and in many different forms.
