CHRDs, UN and civil society experts agree on a roadmap to move forward the 2018 DGD outcome recommendations!
Following the release of the 2018 Day of General Discussion (DGD) outcome report on Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders, a group of experts meet in June to discuss how to follow up on and join efforts to implement the [...]
UNICEF-Child Rights Connect child-friendly CRC is now available!
After lots of hard work by the global Children’s Advisory Team set up by Child Rights Connect to jointly develop with UNICEF the official child-friendly Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), we are delighted to share with you [...]
Towards a better implementation of the UNCRC through its Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure
Access to justice is essential for children to be able to exercise and claim their human rights. Without accountability any of the rights provided by the CRC would lose meaning. The entry into force of the Third Optional Protocol on [...]
UN report on child rights & SDGs includes children’s views
The report of the UN office for human rights (OHCHR) on child rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is out and includes, for the first time, a section presenting children’s views. This is the [...]
Our study on the global status of engagement in the Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
We are delighted to share our Study on the global status of engagement in the Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child! Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, [...]
Civil society space, children and young people on the Human Rights Council’s agenda
Last week Child Rights Connect was invited to participate in a breakfast seminar with States and civil society organized by the Permanent Mission of Ireland. The seminar was an opportunity to examine recent experiences attempting to improve child and youth [...]
TB-Net Statement on the 31st meeting of Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies
TB-Net Statement on the 31st meeting of Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies On the occasion of a private consultation with civil society at the Chairperson meeting held this week in New York, IMARD delivered a joint statement on behalf of TB-Net. Recommendations focus [...]
The 2018 DGD outcome report is adopted!
We are delighted to announce that the CRC Committee has adopted the 2018 DGD outcome report on Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders! It includes the detailed findings of the plenary and workshop discussions, and highlights the main recommendations endorsed by [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Members States putting human rights at risk by delaying UN membership payments
Delays in UN membership contributions by Member States are putting human rights, including children’s rights, at risk, according to the global network Child Rights Connect. The network has warned that the funding shortfall is undermining the UN system and multilateralism. [...]
Joint Submission to CRC concerning General Comment on Digital Environment
Child Rights Connect and its members including Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) presented a joint submission with the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education of the Dublin City University Institute of Education and the Centre for Children’s Rights [...]
This page responds to the child advisors’ 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.
