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

29 February , 2024|

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 [...]

Updates on the UN’s 2024 Annual Day on the Rights of the Child

24 January , 2024|

The 2024 edition of this UN Human Rights Council’s annual event will take place on the 14th March 2024 in Geneva and discuss children rights and inclusive social protection. On the 14th March 2024, from 11:00 to 17:00 CET, The [...]

CRC session 95

15 January , 2024|

At the opening of the 95th 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, As a strategic partner of the Committee, Child Rights [...]

What is happening with the Pact of the Future?

11 January , 2024|

At the end of 2023, Child Rights Connect and Terre des Hommes International sent a written submission for the Zero Draft for the Pact and the Summit of the Future.   The Pact for the Future is an action-oriented outcome document [...]

World Children’s Day – Time to celebrate and reflect

20 November , 2023|

*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, [...]

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.

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