Advocating for Early Childhood Development at the Human Rights Council
The Children's Advisory Team engaged with the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child held on 13 March 2025 at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Two child advisors, Layan and Sarah worked together [...]
CRC session 98
At the opening of the 98th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies and CSOs, ladies and gentlemen, First of [...]
Move Toward Institutionalizing Meaningful Child Participation in the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
Geneva, December 2024 — In a landmark effort to institutionalize meaningful child participation within the UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, a joint initiative was launched by the Child Rights Connect Working Group [...]
Joint statement at the 2024 Annual Meeting of UN Special Procedures
During the 2024 Annual Meeting of UN Special Procedures, Child Rights Connect together with members delivered the following statement calling for a taskforce of interested mandate holders to develop a practical framework to implement the [...]
HRC57 – Children’s Voices Take the Panel: Claiming Their Right to Be Heard in Political and Public affairs!
It is a first! During the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the resolution on Equal participation in political and public affairs was adopted by consensus with for the first time dedicated paragraphs [...]
HRC57 Statement: Child Rights Connect strongly condemns the grave violations against children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
HRC57 Statement on GD Item 7: Child Rights Connect strongly condemns the grave violations against children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel It is with profound sorrow that Child Rights Connect together with its [...]