Landmark resolution advances children’s right to a healthy environment
The consideration of children’s rights has been historically absent from environmental or climate-related policies, laws, and action, due to weak political will and a general lack of awareness of the many links between child rights and a safe and healthy environment. However, at the September [...]
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 by celebration—Child Rights Connect expresses [...]
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 rights to early childhood education, [...]
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 the rights of the child [...]
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 rights at the centre of [...]
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 authorities about these developments. If [...]
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 the review process could continue [...]
Denis and Dulce Launch School Kit on Children’s Environmental Rights and Climate Change
On 9 September, an online webinar titled Advancing Children’s Right to a Healthy Environment was held to launch new guidance on General Comment No. 26 (GC26). The event was part of the How To Child Rights series and organized by Child Rights Connect’s WG on Child Rights and the Environment, CERI, Terre des Hommes, and Save the [...]