Norway drops children from important human rights resolution

29 March , 2022|

Check out the op-ed developed by Gina Ekholt and Issac Elstad on this year's resolution on human rights defenders! 29 March 2022 - This week, the members of the UN Human Rights Council will adopt the resolution on human rights [...]

Child participation in Iceland’s State Party report to the CRC Committee

8 March , 2022|

The Committee on the Rights of the Child sets out in its Working Methods that State Parties have an obligation to ensure child participation in the preparation of State Party reports to the Committee. Whilst this remains rare, we present [...]

Spotlight on child human rights defenders in Moldova

18 February , 2022|

Child Rights Connect, its member Child Rights Information Center (CRIC) and a coalition of NGOs have been conducting innovative and experimental work that has put child human rights defenders (CHRDs) on the agenda in Moldova. We are sharing some exciting [...]

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