Policy responses to Covid-19

 

This article is part of a feature series exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures to prevent its spread are impacting the human rights of under-18s.

This page features a list of policy developments and recommendations on children’s rights in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It includes recommendations by international, regional and national human rights bodies and organisations on a wide range of issues.

This list of resources will be updated regularly, and we invite readers to share their materials with us via info@crin.org

 
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+ General human rights trackers


+ General children's rights resources

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

National Human Rights Institutions

Civil society


+ Children in care. Children with disabilities

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

National Human Rights Institutions

Civil society

Regional and national news


+ Climate crisis and other environmental disasters. Recovery plans from COVID-19

United Nations

Civil society

Find out more about the Environment.


+ Data and privacy

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

Civil society

Find out more about Children’s rights in the digital age.


+ Deprivation of liberty

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

National Human Rights Institutions

Civil society

Other national news

Release of children from detention / prevention of detention

Campaigns for the release of children from detention

International

Regional

National

Litigation

European Court of Human Rights

  • Hafeez v. United Kingdom [2020] Application no. 14198/20, communicated 19 March 2020 - extradition and risk of Article 3 breach related to COVID in US detention.

National

Find out more about Deprivation of liberty.


+ Economic, social and cultural rights. Inequality and poverty

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

Civil society


+ Freedom of expression and freedom of information

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

Civil society

Find out more about Children’s civil and political rights.


+ Freedom of peaceful assembly and association

United Nations

Find out more about Children’s civil and political rights.


+ Girls. Sexual and reproductive health and rights

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

Civil society


+ LGBTI children

United Nations

Civil society


+ Refugees, migration and statelessness

United Nations

National Human Rights Institutions

Civil society


+ Street children

United Nations

Civil society


+ Violence against children

United Nations

Regional human rights bodies

Civil society

Find out more about Sexual violence.


+ Other: Judicial processes

United Nations

National measures

  • France: No. Circulaire: CRIM-2020-10/E13.03.2020 (in French) - Circular relating to the adaptation of criminal and civil activity of the courts on measures for preventing and combating the COVID-19 pandemic.