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 the first time ever, to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child about […]
Roundtable Discussion: “Towards a better implementation of the UNCRC through its Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure”
Palais des Nations Avenue de la Paix 8-14, Geneva, SwitzerlandOn the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the entry into force of the OPIC and the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Child Rights […]
Girls not Mothers: Strategic Litigation for Social Change
Child Rights Connect Rue de Varembé 1, Genève, SwitzerlandPlanning the strategy to bring an issue to the attention of an international human rights mechanism, and choosing the mechanism (regional, UN, etc.) for where to present a complaint are tough decisions. Child Rights Connect hosted Global Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights together with in-country partners, to discuss, for the first time ever, […]
A case for the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OPIC)
New York UN Headquarters Room E, New York, NY, United StatesFor more information about the side event, check our concept note and agenda here.
The 3rd Optional Protocol to the CRC and the Access to a Child-Friendly Justice
Child Rights Connect participated in an online event on the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (OPIC) and the Access to a Child-Friendly Justice. Together with Jorge Cardona, ex Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, we shared some thoughts on the use of the OPIC […]
Side event of Civil Society Forum of the African Child Committee
On September 7th, Child Rights Connect was invited to speak at a side event of the Civil Society Forum of the African Child Committee on best practices in documentation of rights violations: a comparison between the ACWRC and the OPIC communications procedure. https://youtu.be/P0AKFNLEmaI
Online Webinar Series 2021-2022 on Access to Justice for Children in Practice: The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (OPIC)
Organizers. Centre for Constitutional Studies in Mexico, Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación and Leiden University Session 5 on Creating change through remedies and the OPIC Date: Thursday, 17 March 2022 Time: 9:30 - 11:00 am (CST)/4:30 - 6:00 pm (CET) Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L8rRIdx6QLy6q8Ahm2DMvg Speakers: Ann Skelton, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and Alex Conte, Executive Director at Child […]
