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 on children! Over the course of the HRC57, which took [...]
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 Working Group on Children in Armed Conflict, once again finds [...]
10th anniversary of OPIC-CRC: 10 years delivering justice to children
10th anniversary of OPIC-CRC: 10 years delivering justice to children On 12 September 2024, during the 10th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the communication procedures (OPIC), Executive Committee member Maria Lucia Uribe issued a statement [...]
CRC session 97
At the opening of the 97th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies, ladies and gentlemen, Child Rights Connect welcomes this 97th session and 99th pre-session of the Committee, after [...]
56th Session of the HRC – A historic session for the rights of the child!
56th Session of the HRC – A historic session for the rights of the child! Child Rights Connect actively followed and advocated in this year’s June session of the Human Rights Council, which started on 18 June and wrapped up on 12 July. The June [...]
Draft Pact for the Future (Rev2.): statement by the ImPACT Coalition on Child Rights and Child Participation
As negotiations on the Rev.2 of the Pact for the Future are underway, the ImPACT Coalition on Child Rights and Child Participation, which Child Rights Connect is part of, prepared the below statement with a unanimous voice to ensure that the last revision of the Pact for [...]
Listening to the Children
Listening to the children Catarina and Freja, two of Child Rights Connect’s child advisors participated in the side event to the 56th United Nations Human Rights Council Session to voice their support for the creation of the Optional Protocol and why it matters to them. [...]