2023 in review: Elevating children’s voices in new international guidance on what States must do to uphold children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Download our visual about these results here! While bearing the brunt of the triple planetary crisis, children remain largely excluded from related decision-making “Adults! The real victims of environmental destruction are us, children”, said a 11-year-old child from Korea. We [...]
CRC session 96
At the opening of the 96th 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 the holding of this 96th [...]
2023 in review: Bridging the gap between non-State actors and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for increased accountability to children
Download our visual on these results here! Why a platform facilitating civil society’s engagement in the work of the Committee is still needed The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) is the UN treaty body responsible for [...]
2023 in review: Six years of learning help scale up the work of (and our support to) our Children’s Advisory Team in making a change worldwide
“Nothing about us without us” We, at Child Rights Connect, strive to act by this mantra. Because children’s voices are out there and should dictate our efforts to advance their rights. Because implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights [...]
2023 in review: Bringing more children to the table and influencing the Human Rights Council and related processes on the digital environment: a key milestone
Download the visual on these results here! Children’s voices historically ignored at the Human Rights Council The UN Human Rights Council is the main intergovernmental body within the United Nations (UN) responsible for advancing human rights around the globe and [...]
2023 in review: Elevating the voices and rights of child human rights defenders across the globe to make a change
Download our visual about these results here! Children acting as human rights defenders remain often ignored, neglected and intimidated We cannot say it enough: whether we call them child human rights defenders (CHRDs), child activists or changemakers, more and more [...]
Joint letter on the cancellation of the May pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Joint letter on the cancellation of the May pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva and New York and the Secretary-General of United Nationas: Excellencies, The undersigned [...]
An empowering journey towards developing the first-ever report on child and youth human rights defenders
On 12 March 2024 the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms Mary Lawlor presented the first ever UN report on child and youth defenders. Child Rights Connect worked closely with the Special Rapporteur to ensure that [...]
ADRC 2024: Children speak up on their right to inclusive social protection and their role in ensuring child rights mainstreaming at the UN.
This year’s Annual Day on the Rights of the Child reached the highest level of child participation so far! This edition, the discussions concerned two topics: Inclusive Social Protection and Child Rights Mainstreaming at the United Nations. On 14 March, [...]
A huge victory for child human rights defenders: explicit recognition and protection under the new Law on Children’s Rights of the Republic of Moldova
The long-awaited Law on Children’s Rights of the Republic of Moldova entered into force on 21 December 2023[1]. Child Rights Connect with its partner organisation the Child Rights Information Center (CRIC), as part of the project “Advancing the rights, empowerment and [...]
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.
