UNICEF-Child Rights Connect child-friendly CRC is now available!
After lots of hard work by the global Children’s Advisory Team set up by Child Rights Connect to jointly develop with UNICEF the official child-friendly Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), we are delighted to share with you some of the final materials! [...]
Towards a better implementation of the UNCRC through its Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure
Access to justice is essential for children to be able to exercise and claim their human rights. Without accountability any of the rights provided by the CRC would lose meaning. The entry into force of the Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure (OPIC) in [...]
Civil society space, children and young people on the Human Rights Council’s agenda
Last week Child Rights Connect was invited to participate in a breakfast seminar with States and civil society organized by the Permanente Mission of Ireland. The seminar was an opportunity to examine recent experiences attempting to improve child and youth engagement at the UN Human [...]
UN report on child rights & SDGs includes children’s views
The report of the UN office for human rights (OHCHR) on child rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is out and includes, for the first time, a section presenting children’s views. This is the result of a global consultation [...]
Our study on the global status of engagement in the Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
We are delighted to share our Study on the global status of engagement in the Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child! Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, there have been many achievements [...]
Civil society space, children and young people on the Human Rights Council’s agenda
Last week Child Rights Connect was invited to participate in a breakfast seminar with States and civil society organized by the Permanent Mission of Ireland. The seminar was an opportunity to examine recent experiences attempting to improve child and youth engagement at the UN Human [...]
TB-Net Statement on the 31st meeting of Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies
TB-Net Statement on the 31st meeting of Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies On the occasion of a private consultation with civil society at the Chairperson meeting held this week in New York, IMARD delivered a joint statement on behalf of TB-Net. Recommendations focus on: 2020 Review of the [...]