Civil society urging the Treaty Bodies & OHCHR to schedule State reviews no later than 2021
Together with the other TB-Net members, Amnesty International and ISHR, Child Rights Connect has drafted a civil society letter in EN, FR, SP and RU to show support to the Treaty Bodies, express concerns on the current situation and highlight the strong need to see [...]
Members States putting human rights at risk by delaying UN membership payments
In the midst of a global human rights crisis, affecting millions of children worldwide, Child Rights Connect calls on government to pay their regular budget assessments in full and to stand up for the values upon which the United Nations system, in particular the human [...]
Joint Statement to the Human Rights Council: Realising Children’s Rights to a Healthy Environment
On Monday 21st September, during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances for the ongoing 45th session of the Human Rights Council, the Child Rights Connect Working Group on Environment delivered a joint statement, along with the Children's Environmental Rights Initiative [...]
States and civil society join forces to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the OPAC and OPSC
2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In commemoration of this anniversary, the Permanent Mission of Belgium together with the Permanent Mission of Uruguay took the initiative to deliver a [...]
Landmark resolution advances children’s right to a healthy environment
The consideration of children’s rights has been historically absent from environmental or climate-related policies, laws, and action, due to weak political will and a general lack of awareness of the many links between child rights and a safe and healthy environment. However, at the September [...]
Co-Facilitators report on the UN Treaty Body review process 2020 includes concrete recommendations!
After taking informal consultations with States in both New York and Geneva, as well as with the OHCHR, the treaty bodies, and the civil society, the Permanent Missions of Switzerland and Morocco, as Co-Facilitators of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body Review Process 2020, have [...]
Child Rights Connect welcomes the online session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
At the opening of the online session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect called for collaboration with and support to the Committee to ensure its ability to effectively discharge its full mandate. […]