For the first time ever, the UN as a system is making an assessment of how it integrates child rights into its work. The Secretary-General has committed to develop a Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming to provide practical guidance to all levels of the United Nations, across all three [...]
We have just launched our new campaign #ChildrenStandUp4HumanRights: Follow their lead! to garner support for our child advisors to take forward their own national awareness-raising and advocacy campaigns in the context of the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and our 40th anniversary in 2023. [...]
You can read the full submission from Child Rights Connect and its Children’s Advisory Team (CAT) and Mentor Group here. 7 of the current and former members of Child Rights Connect’s Children's Advisory Team recently shared case studies to feed into an upcoming report of the UN Special Rapporteur [...]
At the UN General Assembly, TB-Net and other organisations (including Amnesty International, the Geneva Human Rights Platform (Geneva Academy), the International Service for Human Rights, and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights), raised the need to support the development of predictable review calendars and sustainable funding [...]
“I want to see my land smiling. I want to see it’s revived beauty I want to see the areas affected from deforestation filled with trees. I want everyone to inhale fresh air. I want fresh water for everyone I want the earth to be protected from all risks. I [...]
In September 2022, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) held its 91st Session and adopted recommendations for the State parties under review. For the first time, the Committee adopted a landmark recommendation on child human rights defenders under the cluster Civil rights and freedoms - [...]
In the framework of the Human Rights Council 51 session, Child Rights Connect and its members made a joint statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine established by the Council in March. In support of the work and the local voice of members [...]
The Guidance Note that the UN Secretary General is developing on child rights mainstreaming is a unique opportunity to make the UN’s work more rights-based and therefore more effective. In addition to facilitating civil society, including children’s participation in the process, Child Rights Connect is engaging by providing technical inputs [...]
“(...) The more stakeholders that are aware, and the more agencies that are aware of the applicable human rights framework, as well as the legal and practical challenges faced by children when taking on human rights advocacy, the more attraction and acceptance there will eventually be, and this will grow.” Ms [...]
At the 91st CRC session, our Children’s Advisory Team (CAT) delivered a statement, which marks the first time ever that children have addressed the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the opening of their session! Here is the video statement of the CAT: During the live [...]
