Updates on the project “The Now and the Future: Advancing the Rights, Empowerment and Protection of Child Human Rights Defenders" Stepping Up for Change: Context Our world is facing many intersecting crises, and we strongly believe that children can and should be part of the solution. From organizing local [...]
The eighth meeting of the Task Force on Access to Information under the Aarhus Convention and International Workshop on Access to Product Information was held in Geneva on the 9th and the 10th of November 2023. Child Rights Connect and its Working Group on environment supported the participation of Raina, [...]
About the Conference *Check out our web story ! 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of Child Rights Connect, celebrating 40 years of coordinated global civil society advocacy in Geneva for child rights. It also marks 25 [...]
The 2023 edition of this UN Human Rights Council’s annual event will take place on March 10 in Geneva and discuss the implications of applying a children’s rights perspective with respect to digital tools and technologies. On March 10, The Palace of Nations in Geneva, home of the United Nations [...]
Check out the videos to learn about the main takeaways from the consultations with children! On 5th and 6th of April 2022, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights held three Consultations with children coming from all around the world and from different backgrounds for the [...]
After only four weeks since the submission of Child Rights Connect’s position paper to his Office, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is taking action to start addressing the lack of a system-wide approach to child rights in the UN. From the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination, Mr. Volker Turk, addressed a letter to Child Rights Connect’s President, Maria Herczog. His letter welcomes the position paper of Child Rights Connect and expresses agreement with the analysis that “a [...]
On 10 September 2021 the UN Secretary General has presented his report on Our Common Agenda: Responding to Current and Future Challenges. The report, together with the SG call to action for human rights, is further evidence of the need for child rights mainstreaming across the UN system as well [...]
Tool showcasing good practices of States to end corporal punishment of children Guidance and discipline are important for a child’s growth education and development as a way to prepare the child for their future stage as an adult living productively and peacefully in society. However, there are important limits on [...]
“All of us can stand up for human rights – and you are doing that”, says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to about 80 children’s rights defenders from around the world at Child Rights Connect’s first online General Assembly! On 25 June 2020, more than 30 regional, national [...]
Child Rights Connect is pleased to announce that its Annual General Assembly will be held on 25 June 2020. Around 45 regional, national and local child rights organisations and coalitions from around the world, all members of the Child Rights Connect network, are expected to participate in discussions at the [...]
