Strengthening children’s civil and political rights in domestic law through the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders: Child Rights Connect at the ROCK conference 2019!
How can we ensure that children’s civil and political rights are not forgotten when we talk about incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law; what is the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (the Declaration) and how can we [...]
A call to treat child rights as everyone’s priority
At the closing of the ceremony to celebrate 30 years since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect’s President, Mária Herczog, called on all stakeholders to put child rights at the highest level of a common agenda [...]
Child Rights Connect pledges at 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
In celebrating thirty years since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we pledge to discharge our commitment to achieve respect, protection and fulfilment of the rights of every child in every place. […]
Child Rights Connect brings an international perspective to the Pan American Child Congress
Following a strengthened collaboration with the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN – OEA), Child Rights Connect participated for the first time in the XXII Pan-American Child Congress that took place from 29 to 31 October in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The Congress, which takes place every [...]
Paving the way for girls’ rights
On the occasion of the joint celebration of 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and 40 years of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, Child Rights Connect spoke of the need for inclusive and [...]
Empowering children through education
Child Rights Connect today addressed the Human Rights Council’s Social Forum, calling for action to provide children with the means and the confidence to claim their, and others, rights, including through child participation in schools and in broader contexts. […]
Children Human Rights Defenders take landmark action on climate crisis through OPIC
Child Rights Connect welcomes the lodging this week of a child-led complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the global climate crisis. On 23 September 2019, 16 children human rights defenders filed a landmark complaint concerning the climate crisis with [...]