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 [...]
DGD Child Advisor Kurt quoted by the Representative of the Secretary-General at the opening of the 81st CRC session!
In his statement, the Representative of the Secretary-General Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Treaty Mechanisms Division, quoted our DGD Child Advisor from Argentina Kurt, 16-year-old, to remind State parties that after 30 years of Convention on the Rights of the Child, [...]
OPIC Anniversary: 5 Years since Children can Lodge Complaints with the UN about Violations of their Rights
14 April 2019 marks 5 years since the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OPIC). The Protocol empowered children allowing them to complain directly, and for [...]
New advances in the empowerment and participation of children with disabilities
The inclusion and participation of children with disabilities in discussions and decisions that will affect them is as much a right as a pre-requisite to their empowerment. Moreover, children’s rights and disability rights have mostly developed in parallel, with limited [...]
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.
