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 2019, the UK government commissioned an Independent Review of its counter-terrorism strategy, Prevent. After a series of controversies and delays, the findings and recommendations, as well as the government’s response, were published in February 2023. We explain what this means for children’s rights, and what happens next.
Read MoreIn a joint public campaign with Human Rights Watch, War Child UK and Reprieve, we call on the UK government to repatriate British families who are being unlawfully detained in northeast Syria. Join us in calling for action.
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 MorePreventing Safeguarding finds that, despite being sold as a way of safeguarding children, the Prevent strategy puts policing priorities above their rights and welfare.
Read MoreAs an organisation that works on all children's rights, we must acknowledge that climate and environmental degradation affect all other rights, as without a planet to live and thrive in, what’s the point of rights? But more than recognising this reality, we must act on it. Read our new climate justice strategy.
Shamima Begum was recruited by ISIL when she was 15 and left the UK for Syria. In 2019 the Home Secretary deprived her of her citizenship and in February 2021 the Supreme Court decided on her appeal. In this FAQ we explain the case and why it matters.
Read MoreThe UK government has made it clear that it has no interest in conducting an objective and impartial review of its Prevent counter-terrorism policy. We cannot be complicit in a process that serves only to rubber stamp a fundamentally flawed strategy.
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