2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In commemoration of this anniversary, the Permanent Mission of Belgium together with the Permanent Mission of Uruguay took the initiative to deliver a strong statement with support from [...]
The consideration of children’s rights has been historically absent from environmental or climate-related policies, laws, and action, due to weak political will and a general lack of awareness of the many links between child rights and a safe and healthy environment. However, at the September Human Rights Council session, States [...]
After taking informal consultations with States in both New York and Geneva, as well as with the OHCHR, the treaty bodies, and the civil society, the Permanent Missions of Switzerland and Morocco, as Co-Facilitators of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body Review Process 2020, have released their report containing their [...]
At the opening of the online session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect called for collaboration with and support to the Committee to ensure its ability to effectively discharge its full mandate. […]
The informal consultation of the co-facilitators of the process of the treaty body system review took place on 28 August 2020. Watch the morning session with States and the afternoon session with stakeholders. TB-Net members OMCT, GI-ESCR and IMADR, as well as ISHR, delivered statements to reaffirm the key proposals [...]
Just weeks after a new global Children’s Advisory Team was established at Child Rights Connect (an international network of children’s organisations with a Secretariat based in Geneva), we faced a COVID-19 outbreak. Soon after, the 11 child advisors, based across all regions of the world, began adapting to a new [...]
Following their annual meeting held 27-30 July, the Chairs of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies sent their written contribution to the co-facilitation process on treaty body review 2020. Among other priorities, the Chairs made the following proposals to strengthen the treaty body system effectively: Aligning the working methods Providing adequate [...]
Last Friday, Child Rights Connect together with Save the Children International, Plan International, and World Vision, sent a joint letter calling on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to include children in the list of young climate leaders who will advise him regularly on accelerating global action and ambition to [...]
The 32nd meeting of the Chairpersons of the 10 UN Committees took place online from 27-30 July 2020 to deal with the following pressing items: the UN budget crisis, the General Assembly review of the treaty body system in 2020 and the work of the treaty bodies in relation [...]
On Wednesday 29th July, the Human Rights Committee published their new General Comment No. 37 on Article 21: Right to Peaceful Assembly considering some key asks by Child Rights Connect. Empowering and ensuring children can effectively engage in peaceful assemblies We welcome the inclusion in paragraph 25 of the General [...]
