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 [...]
The role of lawyers in promoting children’s access to justice
In the margins of the Human Rights Council’s 42nd regular session in Geneva, Child Rights Connect spoke at a side event on access to justice for all children. […]
Celebration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child of 30 years since adoption of the UNCRC
On the occasion of the celebration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child of 30 years since adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect spoke of its work to enhance child participation and its views concerning [...]
Unique platform on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OPIC)
In line with the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and the 5th anniversary since the entry into force of the OPIC, we are very happy to share with you our just created minisite gathering all the relevant information on the Optional Protocol. [...]