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Advocating for the ratification of OPIC? – write to us!
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...
Adjustments to the work of human rights treaties individual complaints and urgent actions procedures in light of the COVID-19
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has published an information note on adjustments to the work of human rights treaties individual complaints and urgent actions...
Just launched: child rights jurisprudence database and trends pages!
Child Rights Connect is excited to launch the child rights jurisprudence database and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) trends page! The database gathers Views adopted by UN treaty...
Adopted decisions of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child are out! // CRC 82nd session – recap
On 27 September 2019, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child wrapped up its 82nd session. This week it published all of its adopted decisions under the OPIC – here’s what you need to know....
GREAT NEWS: Maldives becomes 46th State to ratify the OPIC!
On 27 September 2019, Maldives ratified the UNCRC Third Optional Protocol on a Communications procedure! It is the 46th country to have ratified the OPIC, the first in South Asia and the third in...
Children Human Rights Defenders take landmark action on climate crisis through OPIC
Child Rights Connect welcomes the lodging this week of a child-led complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the global climate crisis. On 23 September 2019, 16 children...
GREAT NEWS: Benin becomes 45th State to ratify the OPIC!
On 19 August 2019, Benin ratified the UNCRC Third Optional Protocol on a Communications procedure! It is the 45th country to have ratified the OPIC and the third in Africa! The OPIC will enter into...
Towards a better implementation of the UNCRC through its Third Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure
Access to justice is essential for children to be able to exercise and claim their human rights. Without accountability any of the rights provided by the UNCRC would lose meaning. The entry into...
