“All of us can stand up for human rights – and you are doing that”, says the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to about 80 children’s rights defenders from around the world at Child Rights Connect’s first online General Assembly! On 25 June 2020, [...]

Yesterday the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) agency of the United Nations launched its revised Child Online Protection (COP) Guidelines targeting children, parents & educators, the industry, and policymakers. Together with ECPAT International and Western Sydney University, Child Rights Connect led the review the COP Guidelines [...]

As co-facilitators of the UN human rights treaty body review process, the Permanent Missions of Switzerland and Morocco to the UN are calling for written contributions, open to all relevant stakeholders. Although there are no restrictions to the inputs, some issues may guide the submissions: [...]

Child Rights Connect is pleased to announce that its Annual General Assembly will be held on 25 June 2020. Around 45 regional, national and local child rights organisations and coalitions from around the world, all members of the Child Rights Connect network, are expected to [...]

The informal meeting of Chairs of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies (UNTBs) happening online from 2-5 June 2020 aims to exchange on the way forward in view of the current COVID-19 situation and challenges faced by Committees in their mandates. Read the High Commissioner [...]

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of [...]