World Children’s Day – Time to celebrate and reflect
*Updated on the 21/11/2023 On 20 November, we celebrate World Children’s Day and commemorate the 34th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, the [...]
How to stop failing boys on issues of sexual abuse and exploitation: The call from ECPAT International Global Boys Initiative to provide gender-sensitive services to boy survivors
Breaking the Silence: Unmasking Boys' Struggles and Transforming Harmful Gender Norms Society places expectations on boys to be invulnerable, demonstrate strength, be self-sufficient, and when faced with adversity, to control their emotions and [...]
Child Rights Connect deplores the grave violations of children’s rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
Child Rights Connect joins the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and UN independent experts in strongly condemning the grave violations of children’s rights in the context of armed conflict in Israel and [...]
It is time for the child rights movement to take bold action to give space to children, we raised at the CRC 94 session
At the opening of the 94th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, As most of you know, 40 years ago a group of [...]
Survey for children on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
We would like to share an exciting opportunity for child participation with you within the framework of the UN campaign about the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR75). In cooperation with [...]
A historic first step in advancing Child Rights: the UN Secretary-General Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming
The UN Secretary-General (SG) Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming has been published! This is a historic first step in addressing the need for a systematic application of a child rights approach across the UN [...]