Advancing children’s rights relating to the environment: event to kickstart discussions on the 2020 Annual Day on the Rights of the Child
“Younger generations are afraid of not having the possibility to hope for a better future. I think everyone is aware of the threats represented by environmental harms but there is a lack of concrete actions [...]
Child Rights Connect Working Group on Environment statement at HRC dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on enviroment
On Monday 2nd March 2020, our member Terre des Hommes delivered a statement on behalf of the Child Rights Connect working group on children and the environment during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur [...]
Child Rights Connect calls on UN to develop a Child Rights Strategy
During today’s Annual High-Level Panel Discussion on Human Rights Mainstreaming, this year focussed on mainstreaming children’s rights within the UN system through a child rights-based approach, Child Rights Connect called on the UN to develop [...]
Children from around the world have their say on the right to peaceful assembly
In November 2019, the UN Human Rights Committee invited comments on the Revised Draft General Comment No. 37 on Article 21 (Right of Peaceful Assembly) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. For [...]
Preparations advance for the CRC session in Samoa!
In March 2020, the Committee on the Rights of the Child will hold an in-country/region session for the very first time in the Treaty Bodies system. The extraordinary session will take place in Apia, Samoa [...]
Child Rights Connect statement at the opening of the 83rd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
At the opening of the 83rd session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect this morning recalled the continued relevance of the Convention and the work of the Committee, [...]