On 24 March 2021, Armenia ratified the UNCRC Third Optional Protocol on a Communications procedure! It is the 47th country to have ratified the OPIC, the 27th country to become a State party to the instrument in Europe and Central Asia, the region where most of the...
As the year 2020 comes to an end, we have put together a summary of trends under the OPIC. CRC Sessions and individual communications under OPIC In April, Child Rights Connect published a news piece on the work of the CRC in the 83th session (20 Jan 2020 – 07...
First part of online Regional Workshop on Strategic Litigation for the Protection of the Rights of the Child in Latin America took place from November 30th to December 1st, 2020. It counted with more than 70 participants, from 17 countries. Last week, Child Rights...
New tools to fostering the ratification of the OPIC “While the CRC and its first two Optional Protocols have attracted high ratification rates, states appear to be more reticent about signing up to OPIC (…) Ratification [of the OPIC] opens the door to the access to...
On 07 February 2020, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child wrapped up its 83rd session. This week it published all of its adopted decisions under the OPIC – here’s what you need to know. During the 83rd session (20 January-07 February 2020), the UN Committee...
Child Rights Connect is starting to develop a Ratification toolkit publication with concrete information and strategies you can use to advocate for the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure...
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