UN General Assembly groundbreaking resolution with 193 States committed to implementing children’s rights in the digital environment!
Amidst some disagreement over language, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus the Resolution on the Rights of the Child in the digital environment in November 2023. Worldwide, around 2.2 billion children and young people, especially girls and adolescents, [...]
A young person brings the demands of children and young people to the Aarhus Convention during the 8th meeting of the Task Force on Access to Information!
The eighth meeting of the Task Force on Access to Information under the Aarhus Convention and International Workshop on Access to Product Information was held in Geneva on the 9th and the 10th of November 2023. Child Rights Connect and [...]
World Children’s Day – Time to celebrate and reflect
*Updated on the 21/11/2023 On 20 November, we celebrate World Children’s Day and commemorate the 34th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratified international instrument, [...]
Child Rights Connect deplores the grave violations of children’s rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
Child Rights Connect joins the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and UN independent experts in strongly condemning the grave violations of children’s rights in the context of armed conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.[1] The [...]
It is time for the child rights movement to take bold action to give space to children, we raised at the CRC 94 session
At the opening of the 94th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, As most of you know, 40 years ago a group of pioneering NGOs created Child Rights [...]
Survey for children on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
We would like to share an exciting opportunity for child participation with you within the framework of the UN campaign about the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR75). In cooperation with the Office of the High [...]
A historic first step in advancing Child Rights: the UN Secretary-General Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming
The UN Secretary-General (SG) Guidance Note on Child Rights Mainstreaming has been published! This is a historic first step in addressing the need for a systematic application of a child rights approach across the UN System! You can read it [...]
Great news! The Global Coalition for the Right to a Healthy Environment for All wins the UN 2023 Human Rights Award
On October 8, 2021, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted a resolution recognizing the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, thanks to the advocacy of civil society, Indigenous Peoples, social movements, local communities, and legal experts, including [...]
Human Rights Council resolution on civil society space emphasizes the need for diverse participation, including on age
The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on civil society space by consensus on July 13th during its 53rd session. This year’s resolution underscores the importance of civil society and the need to ensure inclusive, diverse, and meaningful participation. In [...]
Children rights should be at the centre of the Summit of the Future negotiations
Child Rights Connect has prepared a position paper to inform the Scope and Elements of the Summit of the Future and its discussions. Given that children amount to over a third of the world’s population, all decisions taken before 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.
