101st CRC Session Child Rights Connect statement
At the opening of the 101st CRC session (1 September 2026), Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network. Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies and CSOs, colleagues and friends, Child Rights Connect, as [...]
Child Rights Connect Annual Report 2025
We are pleased to share the Child Rights Connect Annual Report 2025, reflecting a year of significant challenges, transformation and resilience for our network. 2025 in their words – A Year of Transformation: " Child Rights Connect remains an indispensable [...]
New Practical Guidance Helps Civil Society Advance Children’s Rights Through Public Budgeting
The How to Child Rights Series is pleased to launch How to Analyze, Track and Influence Public Budgets for Children's Rights, a new practical guidance designed to strengthen civil society's capacity to analyze, track, and influence public budgets through [...]
Children help shape new UN guidance on the right to freedom of association
In 2026, the United Nations Human Rights Committee is developing new guidance on a fundamental human right: the right to freedom of association. Find here the original draft General Comment 38 on the right to freedom of association. Recognising this as a key opportunity to advance the rights [...]
Joint CSO statement – 38th Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies
38th Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies Joint CSO statement 15 June 2026 This statement was delivered on behalf of TB-Net, Amnesty International, ISHR, APT and IRCT on the occasion of the 38th meeting of Chairpersons [...]
Strategic Vision for Promoting and Protecting the Rights of CHRDs: Latin America Regional Dialogues
(La traducción al español se encuentra más abajo) On 19 May 2026, the first session of the Latin America Regional Dialogues on the Strategic Vision for Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders (CHRDs) brought together 108 participants from across Latin America and beyond. [...]
📋CRC Committee Session and Pre-session confirmed! New deadlines for NGO alternative reports !
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the next session and pre-session of the CRC Committee are now confirmed! 101 Session (01 Sept- 28 Sept) During the 101 session the following States will be reviewed: Burkina Faso Kazakhstan Lesotho Slovenia Tajikistan Timor-Leste United Republic of Tanzania Uganda - not confirmed yet! The new deadline for NGOs and children to submit additional submissions is 1st [...]
New Platform for CRC Alternative Report Submissions!
Child Rights Connect welcomes the Committee on the Rights of the Child's transition to the OHCHR Events Platform for the submission of alternative reports. From now on, civil society organizations, national human rights institutions, ombudspersons and children should submit [...]
Children Take Centre Stage at the Human Rights Council to Advance Action on Children in Armed Conflicts
At the 61st session of the Human Rights Council, children’s rights in armed conflict took centre stage during the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child (ADRC), held on 9 March 2026. Building on this key moment, a [...]
New report: Digital protection of Child Human Rights Defenders
Child Rights Connect has published a new survey report exploring the digital experiences and protection needs of child human rights defenders (CHRDs). Based on responses from 139 children across 20 countries, the report reveals that while the vast majority of [...]
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.