Landmark resolution advances children’s right to a healthy environment
The consideration of children’s rights has been historically absent from environmental or climate-related policies, laws, and action, due to weak political will and a general lack of awareness of the many links between child rights [...]
Online Child Consultation with the European Union: Resolution on Children in Armed Conflict
On 13 December 2025, Child Rights Connect and its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict hosted an online consultation with European Union (EU) representatives and children living in armed conflict settings, enabling children to inform the upcoming [...]
UN80 Initiative: Joint messaging from civil society organisations working on children’s rights
Today, on Human Rights Day, we are pleased to share the Joint Messaging from civil society organisations working on children’s rights in the context of the UN80 Initiative. This collective message underscores the urgent need [...]
Public Warning: Fraudulent Use of Child Rights Connect’s Name in South Sudan
Child Rights Connect has become aware of attempts to use our name to fraudulently contract humanitarian services in South Sudan. Child Rights Connect does not engage in any humanitarian activity in the country and [...]
CRC pre-session takes place online in a reduced format thanks to Committee members’ commitment amid UN liquidity crisis
Despite the ongoing UN liquidity crisis, which led to the cancellation of the May pre-session and the September session and pre-session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child made an exceptional decision to hold [...]
Denis and Dulce Launch School Kit on Children’s Environmental Rights and Climate Change
On 9 September, an online webinar titled Advancing Children’s Right to a Healthy Environment was held to launch new guidance on General Comment No. 26 (GC26). The event was part of the How To Child Rights series and organized by Child Rights Connect’s WG on Child Rights [...]
Lana and Karen Participate in the First Session of the IGWG on the New Optional Protocol to the CRC Convention
From 1-3 September 2025, the first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) was held in Geneva to explore the possibility of a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. [...]