Protecting children from harmful chemicals in the EU
The EU has an extensive body of legislation on chemicals, but it does not do enough to tackle the impacts harmful substances can have on children’s rights. Hazardous chemicals pose significant risks to children’s health, their environment and ultimately their rights. Children have a right to be protected from this by the EU and by Member States. With this project, we will advocate for EU chemical laws and policies that better protect children’s rights.
Children’s Access to Environmental Justice
In this project, we look at how the law protects - or fails to protect - children’s environmental rights. We have started by carrying out research on whether the laws and policies in 43 countries around the world make it possible for children to access their environmental rights. We aim to build on this foundation to use the law to make children’s environmental rights a priority.
Campaign to end military recruitment of children
The UK is one of only fifteen countries in the world that still allow the military enlistment of children aged 16. The policy endangers the rights and welfare of children in the UK, while holding back global efforts to end all recruitment of children for military purposes.
We campaign in the UK for a rise in the minimum enlistment age from 18.
In Geneva, we provide evidence to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to inform its recommendations to all countries on children and the military.
Child sexual abuse in religious institutions in Latin America
We are supporting the development of survivor-led networks in Latin America to campaign for truth, justice and reform. Survivors in the region and abroad have spearheaded calls for national inquiries, legal reform and redress schemes, with the momentum building in Latin America in recent years. Our work responds to survivors’ call for support to boost their work through partnerships, funding and capacity building so that governments can no longer ignore their demands.
Counter-terrorism
In this project, we look at how counter-terrorism measures in the UK - from policies aimed at preventing atrocities, to those aimed at rehabilitating people convicted of terrorism offences - are impacting children’s rights. Our goal is to end the violation of children’s rights for counter-terrorism purposes in the UK.
Privacy and protection: A children's rights approach to encryption
The issue of encryption and online child sexual abuse is currently strongly divided between approaches centred on child protection and those focused on privacy. Through this project we want to facilitate a nuanced discussion which ensures that children’s rights are considered and protected on all fronts, and help develop a legal and policy response that is based on collective efforts.
Creative Initiatives
We use art and design not just to illustrate words, but to illustrate ideas and encourage critical thinking. Here you can visit online exhibitions on the human rights of children and young people, discover our imagination toolkits for children during COVID and see a range of events and festivals that CRIN has collaborated on over the years.