CAT Consultation: Reviewing the child-friendly resources for the GC27 consultation
On 22 March 2025, the Children’s Advisory Team (CAT) held a special session to review and test draft resources for the upcoming consultations on General Comment No. 27 (GC27) on access to justice and effective remedies. The session aimed at ensuring that the materials were [...]
Empowering Child Human Rights Defenders at the UN
On 6 March 2025, Child Rights Connect hosted a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council titled “Launch of the Strategic Vision on Child Human Rights Defenders.” This high-level discussion brought together four Child Human Rights Defenders (CHRDs), civil society representatives, and government [...]
Advocating for Early Childhood Development at the Human Rights Council
The Children's Advisory Team engaged with the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child held on 13 March 2025 at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Two child advisors, Layan and Sarah worked together to prepare a powerful statement, as this year’s theme focused [...]
CRC session 98
At the opening of the 98th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies and CSOs, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, allow me to take this opportunity to thank the [...]
Move Toward Institutionalizing Meaningful Child Participation in the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
Geneva, December 2024 — In a landmark effort to institutionalize meaningful child participation within the UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, a joint initiative was launched by the Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children’s Rights and the Environment and the Working Group [...]
Joint statement at the 2024 Annual Meeting of UN Special Procedures
During the 2024 Annual Meeting of UN Special Procedures, Child Rights Connect together with members delivered the following statement calling for a taskforce of interested mandate holders to develop a practical framework to implement the Secretary Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming: 30th Annual Meeting [...]
HRC57 – Children’s Voices Take the Panel: Claiming Their Right to Be Heard in Political and Public affairs!
It is a first! During the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the resolution on Equal participation in political and public affairs was adopted by consensus with for the first time dedicated paragraphs on children! Over the course of the HRC57, which took [...]