Draft Pact for the Future (Rev2.): statement by the ImPACT Coalition on Child Rights and Child Participation
As negotiations on the Rev.2 of the Pact for the Future are underway, the ImPACT Coalition on Child Rights and Child Participation, which Child Rights Connect is part of, prepared the below statement with a unanimous voice to ensure that the last revision of the Pact for [...]
Listening to the Children
Listening to the children Catarina and Freja, two of Child Rights Connect’s child advisors participated in the side event to the 56th United Nations Human Rights Council Session to voice their support for the creation of the Optional Protocol and why it matters to them. [...]
Resolution on the rights of the child: emphasizing the need for inclusive social protection and child participation.
On April 5th, the Human Rights Council adopted its biennial resolution on the rights of the child with a focus on inclusive social protection (55/29). This resolution was adopted by consensus, with 6 hostile amendments rejected. Although the main theme of this year’s resolution was [...]
“The Now and the Future”: Stepping up our support to children worldwide to help them become safer, louder, and bolder in their human rights actions!
The world faces many intersecting crises. Children, who increasingly act as human rights defenders, are providing answers! Through our new global project, we will follow their lead and help advance their rights, empowerment, and protection. This will allow them to act as changemakers with fewer [...]
2023 in review: A historic step within the UN system and greater momentum for implementing a child rights approach
Download the visual on these results here! Why child rights mainstreaming is critical to realizing children’s rights Across the globe, children bear the brunt of multiple crises, violations of children’s rights are on the rise, and children’s rights defenders, including children, face increasing barriers and [...]
2023 in review: Elevating children’s voices in new international guidance on what States must do to uphold children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Download our visual about these results here! While bearing the brunt of the triple planetary crisis, children remain largely excluded from related decision-making “Adults! The real victims of environmental destruction are us, children”, said a 11-year-old child from Korea. We cannot agree more. According to [...]
CRC session 96
At the opening of the 96th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies, ladies and gentlemen, Child Rights Connect welcomes the holding of this 96th session of the Committee, amidst [...]