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2023 in review: Bringing more children to the table and influencing the Human Rights Council and related processes on the digital environment: a key milestone

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 [...]

2024-06-11T14:12:24+02:002 May , 2024|
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2023 in review: Elevating the voices and rights of child human rights defenders across the globe to make a change

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 [...]

2024-06-11T14:58:37+02:002 May , 2024|
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Joint letter on the cancellation of the May pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Joint letter on the cancellation of the May pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva and New York and the Secretary-General of United Nationas: Excellencies, The undersigned civil society organisations working for the promotion and protection of [...]

2024-05-05T10:18:45+02:0010 April , 2024|
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An empowering journey towards developing the first-ever report on child and youth human rights defenders

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) [...]

2025-05-09T12:12:37+02:0026 March , 2024|
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ADRC 2024: Children speak up on their right to inclusive social protection and their role in ensuring child rights mainstreaming at the UN.

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 [...]

2025-05-09T12:12:50+02:0021 March , 2024|
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A huge victory for child human rights defenders: explicit recognition and protection under the new Law on Children’s Rights of the Republic of Moldova

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 [...]

2024-03-19T09:28:18+01:0029 February , 2024|
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Children stand up for human rights around 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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 [...]

2025-05-09T12:12:59+02:0023 January , 2024|
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CRC session 95

At the opening of the 95th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies, ladies and gentlemen, As a strategic partner of the Committee, Child Rights Connect stands ready to continue to support the work of [...]

2024-01-15T10:24:46+01:0015 January , 2024|
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