Child Rights Connect joins the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and UN independent experts in strongly condemning the grave violations of children’s rights in the context of armed conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.[1] The escalation in violence between de-facto authorities and armed groups in [...]
At the opening of the online session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect called for collaboration with and support to the Committee to ensure its ability to effectively discharge its full mandate. […]
Child Rights Connect today endorsed an open letter from the Joining Forces alliance to Presidents, Prime Ministers, Governments and Mayors. […]
During today’s Annual High-Level Panel Discussion on Human Rights Mainstreaming, this year focussed on mainstreaming children’s rights within the UN system through a child rights-based approach, Child Rights Connect called on the UN to develop a Child Rights Strategy that applies to all UN bodies and agencies. […]
At the opening of the 83rd session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect this morning recalled the continued relevance of the Convention and the work of the Committee, and the partnership of the Committee with the secretariat and members of Child Rights Connect. [...]
At the closing of the ceremony to celebrate 30 years since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect’s President, Mária Herczog, called on all stakeholders to put child rights at the highest level of a common agenda to ensure respect, protection and [...]
In celebrating thirty years since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we pledge to discharge our commitment to achieve respect, protection and fulfilment of the rights of every child in every place. […]
On the occasion of the joint celebration of 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and 40 years of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, Child Rights Connect spoke of the need for inclusive and meaningful girls’ participation in human [...]
Child Rights Connect today addressed the Human Rights Council’s Social Forum, calling for action to provide children with the means and the confidence to claim their, and others, rights, including through child participation in schools and in broader contexts. […]
In the margins of the Human Rights Council’s 42nd regular session in Geneva, Child Rights Connect spoke at a side event on access to justice for all children. […]
