We believe children deserve to have their rights fully recognised and respected, just as all humans do.
We want to ask hard questions about how we live, what needs to change and how we can contribute to a planet where all the intersections of our identities can thrive.
From local events to international meetups across the world, climate assemblies are becoming all the more common and pressing. Child Rights International Network, Youth Environment Europe and the Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies came together to host a webinar that highlights the impact of children and young people in these spaces.
Between April and July 2024 Defence for Children International (DCI) and CRIN co-hosted a webinar series highlighting the reality of Palestinian children’s rights under military occupation of the West Bank and the unfolding genocide in Gaza. Below are recommendations for action that emerged from the webinar series. We invite you to think critically about what role you can play in implementing these recommendations - everyone can make an impact, no matter how small it may seem.
Along with Greenpeace, Amnesty International and other initiators, Child Rights International Network is calling on the European Union to close “hypocritical, cruel, unfair and intolerable” loopholes which allow companies based in the EU to export banned toxic products to other parts of the world, including the sale of unsafe children’s toys.
CRIN joins over 160 European organisations to issue a statement calling on the EU and its member states to Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement and all the related agreements. European countries have the responsibility to prevent genocide under international law and, therefore, must take all diplomatic, economic and political measures within their power to prevent genocide in Gaza.
Our joint statement with Eurochild: Human rights violations at the hands of Israel extend to Lebanon and children are paying the highest price. The time for a response is now; delay is unacceptable.
The UN General Assembly has adopted the Pact for the Future, an agreement between States for how they will work together to respond to some of the future’s biggest challenges. But what does it mean for children and children’s rights?
The United Nations’ top children’s rights body has called on Argentina's government to "lift the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases". It is one of a series of recommendations made to the State to improve access to justice for victims and survivors of sexual violence in childhood.
Defence for Children International (DCI) and CRIN co-hosted a webinar series highlighting the reality of Palestinian children’s rights under military occupation of the West Bank and the war in Gaza.
In this open letter, CRIN joins 21 NGOs in calling on Secretary-General António Guterres to ensure the publication of a complete list of perpetrators of grave violations that is evidence-based and accurately reflects data collected and verified by the United Nations Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) in his forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict (CAAC).
Veterans aged 16-19 have been three times as likely as same-age civilians from socially deprived backgrounds to end their lives. The Pressure Cooker: Child recruitment and suicide in the British armed forces looks at why such early enlistment heightens risk of mental ill-health.
Our new report uncovers the links between hazardous chemicals and children’s rights violations in the European Union (EU) and beyond.
Not enough has been done to prevent the recurrence of child sexual abuse by the United Nations peacekeepers. Another scandal cannot be tolerated and abuse must stop. Our strategy sets out what it would take to fight the impunity for child sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN peacekeepers and is available in English, Spanish or French.
It sets out our values, our principles and our vision for a rights-respecting world and how we intend to get there, in the hope that others will collaborate or simply take inspiration and start their own rebellion.
Along with lead organisation Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) and 30+ other civil society organisations and peers, CRIN has signed this open letter to the mining company Anglo American, urging them to address decades of mass lead poisoning affecting children in Kabwe, Zambia.