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.

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.