“Younger generations are afraid of not having the possibility to hope for a better future. I think everyone is aware of the threats represented by environmental harms but there is a lack of concrete actions from the international community. We call for a real change.” said Solal, the child environmental [...]
On Monday 2nd March 2020, our member Terre des Hommes delivered a statement on behalf of the Child Rights Connect working group on children and the environment during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on environment, at the 43rd Human Rights Council session. The statement was delivered to support [...]
During today’s Annual High-Level Panel Discussion on Human Rights Mainstreaming, this year focussed on mainstreaming children’s rights within the UN system through a child rights-based approach, Child Rights Connect called on the UN to develop a Child Rights Strategy that applies to all UN bodies and agencies. […]
In November 2019, the UN Human Rights Committee invited comments on the Revised Draft General Comment No. 37 on Article 21 (Right of Peaceful Assembly) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. For Child Rights Connect, what mattered most was that children could provide their comments too! With [...]
In March 2020, the Committee on the Rights of the Child will hold an in-country/region session for the very first time in the Treaty Bodies system. The extraordinary session will take place in Apia, Samoa from 2 to 6 March, and will include three country reviews (Micronesia, Cook Islands, Tuvalu), [...]
At the opening of the 83rd session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect this morning recalled the continued relevance of the Convention and the work of the Committee, and the partnership of the Committee with the secretariat and members of Child Rights Connect. [...]
Child Rights Connect developed a CRC Reporting mini-site, an online tool for civil society actors to learn the basics and why engage with the Committee on the Rights of the Child. As the Committee is currently implementing two methodologies in parallel, namely the standard and the simplified reporting cycle, we have [...]
In March 2020, the CRC Committee will hold an additional session in Samoa to review the States of Cook Islands, Micronesia and Tuvalu, and the pre-session of Kiribati! This will be the first in-country session ever organised by a Human Rights Treaty Body! It is indeed a great opportunity for [...]
We are now accepting applications from children to become child advisors on our new Children’s Advisory Team 2020/2021! Child Rights Connect is setting up a new global Children’s Advisory Team, which will become a permanent group within the organisation and central to advancing our efforts on children’s empowerment globally. The [...]
How can we ensure that children’s civil and political rights are not forgotten when we talk about incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law; what is the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (the Declaration) and how can we take a child rights perspective [...]
