CRIN welcomes positive progress in terms of recognition that children’s rights are not just impacted by climate breakdown, but that they should be part of the solutions. But a continued failure to take the action required to stem the source of the crisis - fossil fuels - will continue to undermine children’s rights and future wellbeing. Read the statement from the Children’s Rights Climate Movement, which CRIN is a part of, on the COP28 outcomes.
Read MoreIn a first, at COP27 countries are urged to include children in the design and implementation of climate policies.
Read MoreToo many states are failing to take a human rights-based approach to children detained in North East Syria. This needs to change - these children can and must be brought home.
Read MoreAn unaccompanied minor files complaints at the UN Child Rights Committee over abuses he was subjected to at the hands of border guards. His submission is supported by ECCHR and Blindspots.
Read MoreEvery year on Earth day, it’s common to see messaging around recycling, saving electricity, walking to work and all the other ways in which we as individuals can reduce our impact on the environment. But individual action is not enough to tackle the scale of the climate crisis. As the recent IPCC report made clear, activism is key to tackling climate change.
Read MoreToday we launch our project Children’s Access to Environmental Justice, in which we look at children’s environmental rights, and the laws and systems that affect them. We want to have conversations about how the law can be used to make children’s environmental rights a priority, and make it easier for those involved in youth climate activism to understand and use the law.
Read MoreIn this interview with Pedro Hartung, we hear about how the Alana Institute uses legal tools to address the fact that Brazilian children, and others in countries that have been historically colonised, are the most affected by climate injustice and violations due to lasting effects of colonial practice.
Read MoreIn this opinion article, Nigerian child rights activist and CRIN climate adviser Aisha Saleh explains how climate change is increasing poverty and in turn child marriage, and that she responds by educating the parents about the implications of underage unions.
Read MorePoland’s Catholic Church recently released new data on sexual abuse committed within its walls, including against children. This opinion piece explains how the move is long overdue and exposes the institution’s move as a false display of transparency.
Read MoreIn this opinion article, Emirati youth climate activist and CRIN climate adviser Sagarika Sriram argues for the importance of climate change education in the school curriculum.
In this opinion article, South Korean youth climate activist and CRIN climate adviser Yujin Kim comments on the why she and fellow activists decided to challenge the government’s climate inaction in court.
In this opinion article, Zimbabwean youth climate activist and CRIN climate adviser Nkosilathi Nyathi comments on the need to ensure access and diversity at international climate talks, and that this diversity must also include young people.
Read MoreWe’re pleased to announce that youth climate organisers have joined CRIN as Advisers on our work on environmental issues. This is the first time we’ll be collaborating with under-18s in this way, but the playing field is an equal and democratic one and we’re holding ourselves accountable to them.
Read MoreYujin Kim, a member of Youth 4 Climate Action Korea, reflects on the need to treat the climate crisis as urgently as any pandemic, and include young people - who are the biggest stakeholders - in developing an equitable recovery and development policy.
Read MoreCountry lockdowns and social distancing make us believe protest gatherings are off-limits, but youth climate protesters have shown that activism doesn’t just happen on the street.
Read MoreHow have youth climate activists adapted their work and what lessons from the pandemic can be applied to the fight for climate justice?
Read MoreIn a new position paper, CRIN and partners outline the rights-based approach that States must take in their treatment of children who travelled to Iraq or Syria, either alone or with their families, to join the so-called Islamic State. The organisations make a series of recommendations on criminalisation, detention, rehabilitation, nationality, family separation and access to health and education.
Read MoreIn the first entry of the CRIN Diaries, a series of articles in which staff members reflect on aspects and experiences of their work in human rights, Sabine Saliba, regional representative in the MENA, tells us about the role of women and young people in shaping the revolution in Lebanon, the country where she was born and raised and currently resides.
Read MoreSome schools and local authorities in multiple countries have imposed sanctions or threatened to do so on students who wish to take part in the Fridays for Future school climate strikes. We call on teachers, schools, local authorities and parents to support the schoolchildren who choose to exercise their right to peaceful protest.
Read MoreCRIN will be joining the global climate strike on 20 September. It’s the first time the organisation as a whole will take part on a working day. But we won’t just be attending the strike in person; we’re also blacking out our website. To explain our intentions, there are four reasons why we’re joining the climate strike.
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