Child Rights Connect welcomes the 86th online session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
At the opening of the 86th online session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect welcomed the use of a new online platform and reiterated its support to conduct State reviews online, building on other UN Treaty Bodies’ experiences: [...]
Empower children to take part in a focus group consultation to contribute to the UN report on Child Rights & SDGs and other UN processes!
(Version Française ici / versión en español aquí) The Child Rights Connect Task Force on Child Rights & SDGs together with the UN Human Rights Office are undertaking consultations with children to inform the next report of the UN Human Rights Office on Child Rights & SDGs and other [...]
The Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders Unpacked: The New Implementation Guide!
Who are child human rights defenders? Why is it important to recognise CHRDs? What is different for CHRDs? What can you do? The Implementation Guide on the Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders provides responses to these questions and more. The 2018 Day of General Discussion [...]
NEW!: Launch of a Child-friendly UPR Guide!
Child Rights Connect and UPR info are delighted to announce the launch of “The UPR & Me: My Guide to Participating in the UPR”! Whilst there are many good practice examples of children’s participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the levels of engagement globally [...]
First regional OPIC workshop empowering civil society and human rights defenders in promoting and protecting child rights in Latin America
First part of online Regional Workshop on Strategic Litigation for the Protection of the Rights of the Child in Latin America took place from November 30th to December 1st, 2020. It counted with more than 70 participants, from 17 countries. Last week, Child Rights Connect and Save the Children-Latin America and the Caribbean, in partnership [...]
Joint NGO response on strengthening the UN human rights treaty body system
On 14 September 2020, the report containing the findings and recommendations of the consultation process on the state of the UN human rights treaty body system was published by the co-facilitators - the Permanent Representatives of Morocco and Switzerland. NGOs have jointly prepared a response to [...]
Child human right defenders have their say on the CRC’s draft General Comment on “Children’s rights in relation to the digital environment”
This week Child Rights Connect, members and partners made a joint focused submission to the draft General Comment of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) “Children’s rights in relation to the digital environment” focusing on how Child Human Rights Defenders (CHRDs) [...]