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2008, 2020

The Child Rights Connect child advisors mobilise in response to COVID-19

20 August , 2020|Categories: CHRD, Public|0 Comments

Just weeks after a new global Children’s Advisory Team was established at Child Rights Connect (an international network of children’s organisations with a Secretariat based in Geneva), we faced a COVID-19 outbreak. Soon after, the 11 child advisors, based across all regions of the world, [...]

1708, 2020

The contributions of the Treaty Body Chairs to the 2020 review

17 August , 2020|Categories: Public|0 Comments

Following their annual meeting held 27-30 July, the Chairs of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies sent their written contribution to the co-facilitation process on treaty body review 2020. Among other priorities, the Chairs made the following proposals to strengthen the treaty body system effectively: Aligning [...]

1008, 2020

Joint call to include children in the list of the young climate leader advisors to the Secretary General of the United Nations

10 August , 2020|Categories: Public|0 Comments

Last Friday, Child Rights Connect together with Save the Children International, Plan International, and World Vision, sent a joint letter calling on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to include children in the list of young climate leaders who will advise him regularly on accelerating [...]

408, 2020

“Work of human rights treaty bodies at risk”, called the Committees’ Chairpersons at their 32nd meeting

4 August , 2020|Categories: Public|0 Comments

The 32nd meeting of the Chairpersons of the 10 UN Committees took place online from 27-30 July 2020 to deal with the following pressing items: the UN budget crisis, the General Assembly review of the treaty body system in 2020 and the work of [...]

2907, 2020

Adopted General Comment No. 37 of the Human Rights Committee on Article 21 (Right to Peaceful Assembly) incorporates some of Child Rights Connect’ key asks.

29 July , 2020|Categories: Public|0 Comments

On Wednesday 29th July, the Human Rights Committee published their new General Comment No. 37 on Article 21: Right to Peaceful Assembly considering some key asks by Child Rights Connect. Empowering and ensuring children can effectively engage in peaceful assemblies We welcome the inclusion in [...]

1507, 2020

Our contributions to the Co-facilitation process on Treaty Body review 2020

15 July , 2020|Categories: Public|0 Comments

The Permanent Missions of Switzerland and Morocco, as Co-Facilitators of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body Review Process 2020, received about 80 submissions from States, NHRIs, TB experts and civil society. They are now published on the Co-facilitation process webpage. Child Rights Connect, as a member of  TB-Net, [...]

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