Historic child participation at the HRC Annual Day on the Rights of the Child on the SDGs!
For the first time, this year’s Human Rights Council (HRC) Annual Day on the Rights of the Child was marked by some ground-breaking and historic child participation, with a total of 7 children taking part in the event, as panellists, state [...]
Empowering children to contribute to UN processes on SDGs!
Every year, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) writes a report on children’s rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to provide inputs from a child rights perspective to the yearly thematic reviews of progress [...]
Children’s Advisory Team applications are open! ?
Child Rights Connect’s Children’s Advisory Team (CAT) is a team of 12 child advisors from different parts of the world and who act as human rights defenders and make positive changes for children across the [...]
Child Rights Connect welcomes the 86th online session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
At the opening of the 86th online session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect welcomed the use of a new online platform and reiterated its support to conduct [...]
Empower children to take part in a focus group consultation to contribute to the UN report on Child Rights & SDGs and other UN processes!
(Version Française ici / versión en español aquí) The Child Rights Connect Task Force on Child Rights & SDGs together with the UN Human Rights Office are undertaking consultations with children to inform the next report of the UN [...]
The Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders Unpacked: The New Implementation Guide!
Who are child human rights defenders? Why is it important to recognise CHRDs? What is different for CHRDs? What can you do? The Implementation Guide on the Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders provides responses [...]