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 [...]
HRC57 โ Childrenโs 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 [...]
HRC57 Statement: Child Rights Connect strongly condemns the grave violations against children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
HRC57 Statement on GD Item 7: Child Rights Connect strongly condemns the grave violations against children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel It is with profound sorrow that Child Rights Connect together with its Working Group on Children in [...]
10th anniversary of OPIC-CRC: 10 years delivering justice to children
10th anniversary of OPIC-CRC: 10 years delivering justice to children On 12 September 2024, during the 10th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the communication procedures (OPIC), Executive Committee member Maria [...]
CRC session 97
At the opening of the 97th 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 this 97th session and 99th [...]
56th Session of the HRC โ ย A historic session for the rights of the child! ย
56th Session of the HRC โ ย A historic session for the rights of the child! Child Rights Connect actively followed and advocated in this yearโs June session of the Human Rights Council, which started on 18 June and wrapped up [...]
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, theย ImPACT Coalition on Child Rights and Child Participation,ย which Child Rights Connect is part of, prepared the below statement with a unanimous voice to ensure that the last [...]
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.ย Although the main theme [...]
โThe Now and the Futureโ: 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 [...]
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 childrenโs rightsย Across the globe, children bear the brunt of multiple crises, violations of childrenโs rights are on the rise, and childrenโs rights defenders, including [...]

This page responds to the child advisorsโ call for a platform to monitor the follow-up to the Day of General Discussion (DGD) on Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights defenders. It showcases direct follow-up activities to the 2018 DGD as well as examples of the different ways in which the global movement for children human rights defenders is growing at different levels and in many different forms.