Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure

Child Rights Connect In Action: Building political consensus and empowering civil society towards OPIC ratification

Child Rights Connect In Action: Building political consensus and empowering civil society towards OPIC ratification

The OPIC, a unique instrument that has yet to be ratified by many States Seven years have passed since the entry into force of the Optional Protocol on an Individual Communications procedure (OPIC), an international human rights treaty that allows the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC [...]

2022-11-22T09:22:58+01:009 May , 2022|

Child Rights Connect In Action: Empowering defenders to use the OPIC to ensure redress for child victims

Child Rights Connect In Action: Empowering defenders to use the OPIC to ensure redress for child victims

Why the OPIC is key to providing redress to children when national mechanisms fail to do so Child human rights violations are on the rise, particularly given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating environmental crisis. According to UNICEF, 66% of countries reported a disruption in violence against children-related [...]

2022-11-22T09:27:11+01:0025 April , 2022|