100th CRC Session
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, colleagues and friends, As the Committee holds its 100th session—an occasion that should be marked [...]
Lana and Karen Participate in the First Session of the IGWG on the New Optional Protocol to the CRC Convention
From 1-3 September 2025, the first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) was held in Geneva to explore the possibility of a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This new instrument would focus on the [...]
Online Child Consultation with the European Union: Resolution on Children in Armed Conflict
On 13 December 2025, Child Rights Connect and its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict hosted an online consultation with European Union (EU) representatives and children living in armed conflict settings, enabling children to inform the upcoming Human Rights Council resolution on [...]
UN80 Initiative: Joint messaging from civil society organisations working on children’s rights
Today, on Human Rights Day, we are pleased to share the Joint Messaging from civil society organisations working on children’s rights in the context of the UN80 Initiative. This collective message underscores the urgent need to place children and their [...]
Public Warning: Fraudulent Use of Child Rights Connect’s Name in South Sudan
Child Rights Connect has become aware of attempts to use our name to fraudulently contract humanitarian services in South Sudan. Child Rights Connect does not engage in any humanitarian activity in the country and has notified national and international [...]
CRC pre-session takes place online in a reduced format thanks to Committee members’ commitment amid UN liquidity crisis
Despite the ongoing UN liquidity crisis, which led to the cancellation of the May pre-session and the September session and pre-session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child made an exceptional decision to hold its 101st Pre-Session online to ensure that [...]
Updates on “The Now and the Future” project! Successful workshop in Brazil!
Updates on “The Now and the Future” project! Successful workshop in Brazil! Child Rights Connect (CRCnct) was in Brazil in July to implement the project "The Now and the Future: Advancing the Rights, Empowerment and Protection of Child Human [...]
Joint letter on the impact of the UN liquidity crisis and the UN80 Initiative on children’s rights
Joint letter on the impact of the UN liquidity crisis and the UN80 Initiative on children’s rights to Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva and New York and the Secretary-General of United Nations: Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil [...]
2024 in review: Advancing Child Rights Mainstreaming Across the UN System
In 2024, Child Rights Connect continued to lead efforts to embed children’s rights across the United Nations system and beyond. Building on the momentum created by the 2023 release of the UN Secretary-General’s Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming—a document [...]
First hearing requested by children at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights!
For the first time, children from Latin America appeared before the IACHR to share their experiences about the threats, persecution, criminalisation and violence they face for protecting the environment and raising awareness of climate change. They demanded to be recognised [...]
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.
