Paving the way for girls’ rights
On the occasion of the joint celebration of 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and 40 years of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, Child Rights Connect spoke of [...]
Empowering children through education
Child Rights Connect today addressed the Human Rights Council’s Social Forum, calling for action to provide children with the means and the confidence to claim their, and others, rights, including through child participation in schools and in broader contexts. [...]
Children Human Rights Defenders take landmark action on climate crisis through OPIC
Child Rights Connect welcomes the lodging this week of a child-led complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the global climate crisis. On 23 September 2019, 16 children human rights defenders filed a landmark complaint [...]
The role of lawyers in promoting children’s access to justice
In the margins of the Human Rights Council’s 42nd regular session in Geneva, Child Rights Connect spoke at a side event on access to justice for all children. […]
Celebration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child of 30 years since adoption of the UNCRC
On the occasion of the celebration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child of 30 years since adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect spoke of its work to enhance child [...]
Unique platform on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OPIC)
In line with the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and the 5th anniversary since the entry into force of the OPIC, we are very happy to share with you our just created minisite gathering all the relevant [...]
Our statement at the 82nd CRC session opening
During the opening of the 82nd session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network. We drew the attention of the audience to different initiatives: 1. The publication of our comprehensive study on the global status of [...]
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 [...]
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.
