Why a Children’s Advisory Team (CAT) There are multiple examples of child human rights defenders (CHRDs) from all horizons vibrantly advocating for the protection of human rights, the environment and social justice. The voices of children are out there. Ensuring the recognition, protection and empowerment of CHRDs is therefore a [...]
Reduced opportunities for bringing State parties to account on their implementation of the UNCRC Civil society reporting is critical to informing the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee), the UN treaty body responsible for monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights [...]
Key challenges faced by CHRDs in Moldova The world is experiencing an unprecedent mobilization of children acting to address the most pressing challenges faced by humanity. Moldova is no exception. Children are increasingly acting as human rights defenders to realize human rights and advance social justice for all, speaking up [...]
Check out the op-ed developed by Gina Ekholt and Issac Elstad on this year's resolution on human rights defenders! 29 March 2022 - This week, the members of the UN Human Rights Council will adopt the resolution on human rights defenders, which this year focuses on conflict and post-conflict zones. [...]
Why child rights mainstreaming is critical to realizing child rights While the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most ratified human rights treaty, this near universal set of obligations and commitments has not yet translated into transformative change for children as rights holders. To the [...]
“The right to grow up in a family environment must be respected and fulfilled, (…) [and] children’s opinions and experiences should be taken into account”, highlighted Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, during the opening of the 2022 Annual Day on the Rights of the Child with [...]
During the Urgent Debate on the situation of human rights in Ukraine held on March 3rd at the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council, Child Rights Connect and members called for a ceasefire and urged the international community to support all measures that protect children’s rights: We stand in [...]
About the Global Consultation The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is developing a General Comment on Sustainable Development and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GC on SD). This is the first time that the CESCR will involve children [...]
High-Level conference identifies key priorities to advance children’s rights in the Caribbean Participants focused on the need of international and regional human rights mechanisms to foster child rights promotion On December 7th 2021, Child Rights Connect co-organised a high-level conference on Advancing children's rights in the Caribbean by using the international and regional human rights systems to support national efforts (Read the summary of the [...]
On Human Rights Day 2021 and on the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), we are launching, with IMADR, a new child-friendly International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and its standards. This new resource seeks to raise awareness of international human rights standards against racial discrimination and as a tool for [...]
