2024 in review: Anchoring our Strategic Vision for Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders as a global movement at the United Nations

16 July , 2025|

Children continue to expand and are increasingly at the forefront of activism and mobilizing worldwide to demand change on a broad spectrum of societal, economic, environmental and political issues concerning humanity today. Child human rights defenders (CHRDs) do not only [...]

CSOs statement: Urgent support needed for the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

12 June , 2025|

On the Occasion of the 37th meeting of the Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies, the NGO Network on UN Treaty Bodies (TB-Net) of which Child Rights Connect is a member, issued a public statement alongside other CSOs. The treaty [...]

CRC session 99

7 May , 2025|

At the opening of the 99th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies and CSOs, colleagues and friends, Thank you for the opportunity to address [...]

Digital protection of child human rights defenders

27 March , 2025|

We are happy to share our survey on the digital protection of child human rights defenders! As part of the project “The Now and the Future: Advancing the Rights, Empowerment and Protection of Child Human Rights Defenders”, Child Rights Connect [...]

CRC session 98

13 January , 2025|

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 all, allow me to take [...]

This page responds to the child advisors’ call for a platform to monitor the follow-up to the Day of General Discussion (DGD) on Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights defenders. It showcases direct follow-up activities to the 2018 DGD as well as examples of the different ways in which the global movement for children human rights defenders is growing at different levels and in many different forms.

Our member network has a broad reach and works in every country in the world.

It is unique in its global outreach and its diversity, constituting a strong and credible global voice on children’s rights.

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