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100th CRC Session

At the opening of the 98th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies, colleagues and friends,  As the Committee holds its 100th session—an occasion that should be marked by celebration—Child Rights Connect expresses its deep concern over the [...]

2026-01-14T10:01:28+01:0012 January , 2026|

Online Child Consultation with the European Union: Resolution on Children in Armed Conflict

On 13 December 2025, Child Rights Connect and its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict hosted an online consultation with European Union (EU) representatives and children living in armed conflict settings, enabling children to inform the upcoming Human Rights Council resolution on the rights of the child on children and armed conflict, [...]

2025-12-17T14:33:29+01:0017 December , 2025|

UN80 Initiative: Joint messaging from civil society organisations working on children’s rights

Today, on Human Rights Day, we are pleased to share the Joint Messaging from civil society organisations working on children’s rights in the context of the UN80 Initiative.  This collective message underscores the urgent need to place children and their rights at the centre of all UN reforms, protect child-specific [...]

2025-12-19T10:33:38+01:0010 December , 2025|

Public Warning: Fraudulent Use of Child Rights Connect’s Name in South Sudan

Child Rights Connect has become aware of attempts to use our name to fraudulently contract humanitarian services in South Sudan. Child Rights Connect does not engage in any humanitarian activity in the country and has notified national and international authorities about these developments. If you have been contacted by [...]

2025-11-06T17:00:17+01:006 November , 2025|

CRC pre-session takes place online in a reduced format thanks to Committee members’ commitment amid UN liquidity crisis

Despite the ongoing UN liquidity crisis, which led to the cancellation of the May pre-session and the September session and pre-session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child made an exceptional decision to hold its 101st Pre-Session online to ensure that the review process could continue without disruption. This pre-session, covering Kazakhstan, [...]

2025-10-27T12:15:09+01:0027 October , 2025|

Denis and Dulce Launch School Kit on Children’s Environmental Rights and Climate Change

On 9 September, an online webinar titled Advancing Children’s Right to a Healthy Environment was held to launch new guidance on General Comment No. 26 (GC26). The event was part of the How To Child Rights series and organized by Child Rights Connect’s WG on Child Rights and the Environment, CERI, Terre des Hommes, and Save the Children.  As part of the launch, Denis [...]

2026-01-09T15:15:17+01:0010 September , 2025|

Updates on “The Now and the Future” project! Successful workshop in Brazil!

Updates on “The Now and the Future” project! Successful workshop in Brazil! Child Rights Connect (CRCnct) was in Brazil in July to implement the project "The Now and the Future: Advancing the Rights, Empowerment and Protection of Child Human Rights Defenders". The initiative, led by Zsuzsanna Rutai, the Child [...]

2025-08-26T16:58:37+02:0026 August , 2025|

Joint letter on the impact of the UN liquidity crisis and the UN80 Initiative on children’s rights

Joint letter on the impact of the UN liquidity crisis and the UN80 Initiative on children’s rights to Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva and New York and the Secretary-General of United Nations: Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, individual experts, national human rights institutions and ombudspersons [...]

2025-10-09T16:47:24+02:0018 August , 2025|
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