Download our visual on these results here! Why a platform facilitating civil society’s engagement in the work of the Committee is still needed The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) is the UN treaty body responsible for monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights [...]
“Nothing about us without us” We, at Child Rights Connect, strive to act by this mantra. Because children’s voices are out there and should dictate our efforts to advance their rights. Because implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is about child participation. Because we [...]
Download the visual on these results here! Children’s voices historically ignored at the Human Rights Council The UN Human Rights Council is the main intergovernmental body within the United Nations (UN) responsible for advancing human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations [...]
Download our visual about these results here! Children acting as human rights defenders remain often ignored, neglected and intimidated We cannot say it enough: whether we call them child human rights defenders (CHRDs), child activists or changemakers, more and more children lead by example in challenging the world’s most pressing [...]
On 12 March 2024 the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms Mary Lawlor presented the first ever UN report on child and youth defenders. Child Rights Connect worked closely with the Special Rapporteur to ensure that the consultation and participation of child human rights defenders (CHRDs) [...]
This year’s Annual Day on the Rights of the Child reached the highest level of child participation so far! This edition, the discussions concerned two topics: Inclusive Social Protection and Child Rights Mainstreaming at the United Nations. On 14 March, the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child took [...]
The long-awaited Law on Children’s Rights of the Republic of Moldova entered into force on 21 December 2023[1]. Child Rights Connect with its partner organisation the Child Rights Information Center (CRIC), as part of the project “Advancing the rights, empowerment and protection of child human rights defenders (CHRDs) in promoting human [...]
December marked the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR75). Child Rights Connect worked closely with the UN Office for Human Rights to ensure that child participation was a key aspect in as well as in the high-level closing event in Palais des nations aimed to reinvigorate [...]
Children experience specific and additional challenges and violations when acting as human rights defenders because of their status in society "Children are already human rights defenders, with the same rights as adults. We must recognize their vital role and the obligation of States to protect their rights", emphasized the Chairperson [...]
In a context of growing anti-child rights rhetoric globally, on 26 May 2023, more than 200 children, including many of our child advisors, as well as child rights experts and practitioners (among whom around 74% of girls and women) gathered in Geneva or online as part of our 40th anniversary [...]
