Child Advisor Kathak calls for child participation in the implementation of “Our Common Agenda”
Today’s actions and inactions to protect the planet will affect children now and future generations. Therefore, children must be included and consulted in decision-making processes, told child advisor Kathak to UN Member States. On 4 March 2022, the UN General Assembly held a panel discussion [...]
Child participation in Iceland’s State Party report to the CRC Committee
The Committee on the Rights of the Child sets out in its Working Methods that State Parties have an obligation to ensure child participation in the preparation of State Party reports to the Committee. Whilst this remains rare, we present a promising practice from Iceland [...]
Child Rights Connect and its members express concerns for the humanitarian situation affecting children in Ukraine
During the Urgent Debate on the situation of human rights in Ukraine held on March 3rd at the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council, Child Rights Connect and members called for a ceasefire and urged the international community to support all measures that protect [...]
Spotlight on child human rights defenders in Moldova
Child Rights Connect, its member Child Rights Information Center (CRIC) and a coalition of NGOs have been conducting innovative and experimental work that has put child human rights defenders (CHRDs) on the agenda in Moldova. We are sharing some exciting updates to inspire similar practices [...]
Children’s Global Consultation on Sustainable Development and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Support Children’s Engagement!
About the Global Consultation The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is developing a General Comment on Sustainable Development and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GC on SD). This is the first time that [...]
Joint Civil Society Submission on the Status of the Human Rights Treaty Body System
TB-Net (NGO Network on UN Treaty Bodies), Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights sent a joint submission on the UN human rights treaty body system for the UN Secretary-General’s report to the General Assembly. Our key claims are: 1. Importance of the [...]
Child Rights Connect expressed concerns for the cancellation of two weeks of the 89th CRC session
At the opening of the 89th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect called on the Committee and OHCHR to explore all possible ways to address the worrying backlog: […]