Submissions


CRIN works with key officials at the UN and in human rights bodies to get children’s rights on the agenda. We submit our positions, research and evidence directly to human rights mechanisms, and encourage NGOs around the world to do the same. Our submissions include:

2024

  • General Comment 27 submission - CRIN submission on General Comment No. 27 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on children’s rights and access to justice and effective remedies.  (October 2024)

  • Access to information on climate change and human rights: CRIN's submission to the Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights about States’ international obligations, individually and as part of international cooperation, as well as business responsibility to respect children's rights in the context of access to information on climate change (June 2024).

  • Sexual violence against children in Argentina (en español): joint submission alongside a coalition of survivor-led organisations in Argentina to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (April 2024)

  • Child sexual abuse in institutional settings in Ecuador (en español): joint submission alongside the Red de Sobrevivientes al abuso sexual institucional de Ecuador to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (April 2024)

  • Pollution Information Portals and the right to know: Strengthening access to information on releases of hazardous substances - CRIN's submission to the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights about strengthening access to information on releases of hazardous substances (March 2024)

  • Gender and toxics: exploring the application of a human rights-based approach to persons and groups that because of their gender find themselves more vulnerable to human rights violations and abuses as a result of toxic exposure - CRIN's submission to the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights about gender-based impacts of toxics on children (March 2024)

2023

2022

2021

  • Children’s rights and alternative care - submission for the Day of General Discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (September 2021)

  • Sexual violence - joint submission alongside Chile’s Survivors’ Network to the Committee against Torture for the adoption of the List of Issues prior to reporting (January 2021)

2020

  • Rights in the digital environment - submission on Draft General Comment No. 25 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (November 2020)

  • Military enlistment and counter-terrorism - submission regarding the UK to the Committee on the Rights of the Child for the adoption of the List of Issues prior to reporting (October 2020)

  • Best interests of the child – joint third-party intervention in Communication No. 51/2018 (A.B. v. Finland) before the Committee on the Rights of the Child (April 2020)

  • Peaceful assembly - submission on the Human Rights Committee’s draft General Comment No. 37 (February 2020)

2019

  • Children’s rights and the environment - submission for OHCHR’s report on realising children’s rights through a healthy environment (October 2019)

  • Sexual violence - this submission for the forthcoming report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children argues for the extension of the mandate to cover all forms of sexual violence against children (September 2019)

  • Sexual orientation and gender identity - inputs for the report of the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (June 2019)

  • Surrogacy - submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children to the UN General Assembly on safeguards for the protection of the rights of children born from surrogacy arrangements (June 2019)

  • Rights in the digital environment - submission for the forthcoming General Comment of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (May 2019)

2018

  • Voting - submission for the Human Rights Council's forum on human rights, democracy and the rule of law (May 2018)

  • Rights in the digital environment - submission for OHCHR's report on the right to privacy in the digital age (April 2018)

  • Voting - submission for draft guidelines on the implementation of the right to participate in public affairs (February 2018)

  • Voting - submission for OHCHR's study on the implementation of the human rights of young people (January 2018)

2017

2016

  • Climate change - Submission to the OHCHR for the report on climate change and the enjoyment of children's rights (December 2016).

  • Health and human rights - Submission to the High-Level Working Group on Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents (November 2016); Right to health submission to the OHCHR for the study on Children’s Right to Health, ahead of the 2013 Human Rights Council Annual Day on the Rights of the Child.

2015

  • Freedom of religion - Call for adequate recognition of children’s right to freedom of religion or belief in response to the report by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief presented to the UN General Assembly (November 2015).

2014

  • Access to justice - Submission to the OHCHR for the study on Access to Justice for Children, ahead of the 2014 Human Rights Council Annual Day on the Rights of the Child.

2012

  • Business and children’s rights - Submission on the Draft General Comment by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding Child Rights in the Business Sector (August 2012) 


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