Promoting the inclusion of a child rights-based approach in the Business and Human Rights treaty negotiations
For the first time, this year’s negotiations to develop a business and human rights treaty included considerations of child rights throughout the week of consultations, which took place from 26 to 30 October. This was the result of coordinated advocacy among Child Rights Connect, its members and partners [...]
It is time to ensure child rights and improve advocacy for OPIC ratification
New tools to fostering the ratification of the OPIC “While the CRC and its first two Optional Protocols have attracted high ratification rates, states appear to be more reticent about signing up to OPIC (…) Ratification [of the OPIC] [...]
Civil society urging the Treaty Bodies & OHCHR to schedule State reviews no later than 2021
Together with the other TB-Net members, Amnesty International and ISHR, Child Rights Connect has drafted a civil society letter in EN, FR, SP and RU to show support to the Treaty Bodies, express concerns on [...]
Members States putting human rights at risk by delaying UN membership payments
In the midst of a global human rights crisis, affecting millions of children worldwide, Child Rights Connect calls on government to pay their regular budget assessments in full and to stand up for the values [...]
Joint Statement to the Human Rights Council: Realising Children’s Rights to a Healthy Environment
On Monday 21st September, during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances for the ongoing 45th session of the Human Rights Council, the Child Rights Connect Working Group on Environment delivered [...]
States and civil society join forces to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the OPAC and OPSC
2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In commemoration of this anniversary, the Permanent Mission of Belgium together with the [...]