Child Rights Connect webpage dedicated to COVID-19 responses
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is having a major impact on the lives of children and families. Given the large amount of resources developed by different organizations, at Child Rights Connect we want to help you in your search for information. For this purpose, we have pulled together resources from our members and partners, as well as some relevant press releases and statements on the topic and divided them into different sections. We seek to provide clarity by offering an overview of the responses to the disease by various organizations. We hope this will help civil society and the general public to quickly review information that is of interest. We will be updating the webpage regularly as the crisis unfolds.
Child Rights Connect staff in Geneva is working from home following the Swiss government guidelines. You can reach us via email.
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Child Rights Connect signs up to the Together to #ENDviolence Leaders’ Statement
Child Rights Connect has joined global leaders from across the End Violence community in signing the Together to #ENDviolence Leaders' Statement. Greatly concerned by the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s lives and rights, more than 50 global [...]
A day of many firsts: Highlights from the 2021 HLPF side-event on Equitable access to justice for all children
Recording of the event now available con Child Rights Connect’s YouTube channel. Link to the video here. During the 2021 High Level Political Forum (HLPF), on July 13, Child Rights Connect together with the UN Committee on the Rights of [...]
UN Heads of Entities commit to step up efforts to promote the right to a healthy environment of children and their participation in climate justice decision-making at all levels
We welcome the UN Joint Commitment, released this month, to promote the right of children, youth and future generations to a healthy environment and their meaningful participation in decision-making at all levels, in relation to climate action and climate justice. This Joint Commitment by Heads [...]
2021 Annual informal exchange between the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and States on the OPIC
On June 9, 2021, during the 89th pre-session of the Committee, more than 50 States met online with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to celebrate the 2021 Annual informal exchange on the Optional Protocol on a [...]
More than 60 children’s rights defenders from around the world gathered at Child Rights Connect’s 2021 General Assembly!
On 14 and 15 June 2021, more than 40 local, national, regional, and international child rights organisations and coalitions from around the world, all members of the Child Rights Connect network (who share a vision of realizing children’s rights through [...]
Historic advancement: CRC committee to develop authoritative guidance on children’s rights and environment with a special focus on climate change!
At the end of its 87th session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child announced that it will initiate a General Comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. The General Comment will provide long-overdue authoritative guidance on [...]
TB-Net statement to the 33rd Meeting of Chairs of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The 33rd Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies is taking place from 7-11 June 2021. TB-Net is participating in the exchange meeting with NGOs and stakeholders, and will highlight the following key points: READ THE FULL [...]
Child Rights Connect welcomes the 87th online session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
At the opening of the 87th online session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Child Rights Connect welcomed the online session and reiterated its support for an effective recovery from the impact of the pandemic on the [...]
Council resolution on Human Rights and the Environment recognises the role of child environmental human rights defenders and welcomes the great work of the Special Rapporteur in amplifying children’s voices
At the 46th session of the Human Rights Council (Council), Member States adopted the resolution on the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment which highlights the critical role of child human rights defenders (CHRDs) acting on the environment! Like in previous resolutions, the initial text-only expressed [...]
New Tool: “POSITIVE DISCIPLINE”, AN ALTERNATIVE TO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
Tool showcasing good practices of States to end corporal punishment of children Guidance and discipline are important for a child’s growth education and development as a way to prepare the child for their future stage as an adult living productively [...]
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.
