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A big win for child rights as the Council recognises that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right, and establishes a Special Rapporteur dedicated to climate change!

A big win for child rights as the Council recognises that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right, and establishes a Special Rapporteur dedicated to climate change!

The main UN human rights body, the Human Rights Council, recognized for the first time that having a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is indeed a human right! Through resolution 48/13, overwhelmingly voted in favor on 8 October, the Council emphasized the importance that the recognition of the right to a safe, clean, [...]

2022-07-18T14:05:42+02:0012 November , 2021|

Milestone decision by the UN Secretary-General in response to our position paper on child rights mainstreaming

Milestone decision by the UN Secretary-General in response to our position paper on child rights mainstreaming

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 [...]

2022-02-17T12:11:28+01:0028 October , 2021|

Child rights mainstreaming: Time for action by UN leadership

Child rights mainstreaming: Time for action by UN leadership

The current gaps in child rights mainstreaming at the UN can no longer be overlooked. Child rights mainstreaming across the whole UN system is a necessary journey that needs to start now and must engage children. Read the summary of the event here. Access recordings of the events here: English [...]

2021-11-10T13:39:39+01:0021 October , 2021|

The CRC Chair called for child rights mainstreaming during the UN General Assembly

The CRC Chair called for child rights mainstreaming during the UN General Assembly

The Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Mikiko Otani, delivered a statement at the 76th session of the General Assembly in New York, on 7th October 2021. The Chair took this opportunity to recall the high-level panel discussion held at the Human Rights Council in February [...]

2021-10-11T13:08:01+02:008 October , 2021|

Takeaways From #DGD2021 on Child Rights and Alternative Care

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Day of General Discussion (DGD) 2021 on child rights and alternative care took place on 16th and 17th September. It was a momentous occasion and the first time that the Committee took forward this event entirely online (due to the COVID-19 [...]

2021-09-22T10:48:34+02:0022 September , 2021|

A child rights response to Our Common Agenda: Endorse our call on the UN to put child rights at the core of its action

A child rights response to Our Common Agenda: Endorse our call on the UN to put child rights at the core of its action

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 [...]

2021-11-22T17:25:55+01:0021 September , 2021|

Child Rights Connect welcomes the holding of the 88th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in-person

Child Rights Connect welcomes the holding of the 88th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in-person

At the opening of the 88th online session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect welcomed the holding of the in-person session and the efforts made to review a higher number of States: […]

2021-09-06T21:25:52+02:006 September , 2021|

UN Heads of Entities commit to step up efforts to promote the right to a healthy environment of children and their participation in climate justice decision-making at all levels

UN Heads of Entities commit to step up efforts to promote the right to a healthy environment of children and their participation in climate justice decision-making at all levels

We welcome the UN Joint Commitment, released this month, to promote the right of children, youth and future generations to a healthy environment and their meaningful participation in decision-making at all levels, in relation to climate action and climate justice. This Joint Commitment by Heads of United Nations Entities developed under the UN Secretary-General’s Call to [...]

2021-07-08T14:23:04+02:008 July , 2021|

More than 60 children’s rights defenders from around the world gathered at Child Rights Connect’s 2021 General Assembly!

On 14 and 15 June 2021, more than 40 local, national, regional, and international child rights organisations and coalitions from around the world, all members of the Child Rights Connect network (who share a vision of realizing children’s rights through the United Nations (UN) human rights system), gathered for the [...]

2021-06-16T09:29:25+02:0015 June , 2021|

Historic advancement: CRC Committee to develop authoritative guidance on children’s rights and environment with a special focus on climate change!

Historic advancement: CRC Committee to develop authoritative guidance on children’s rights and environment with a special focus on climate change!

At the end of its 87th session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child announced that it will initiate a General Comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. The General Comment will provide long-overdue authoritative guidance on how children’s rights are impacted by the environmental crisis and [...]

2023-08-28T10:43:13+02:009 June , 2021|