The Prevent policy has failed. The UK government’s review, released today, clearly demonstrates this failure, yet continues to draw the wrong conclusions, doubling down on the most damaging aspects of the programme.
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A new report, co-published by CRIN and defenddigitalme, aims to capture the full complexity of how encryption affects children’s lives. It sets out principles for an approach to encryption that recognises and respects the full range of their rights.
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In this interview we spoke with climate activist and law student Nicki Becker, we explore what the research tells us about the status of children’s climate justice in Argentina, but also what the reality is beyond the research and where the gaps are.
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In this interview we spoke with Jeunes Ambassadeurs pour le Climat (JAC), an association of young people in France aiming to raise awareness and educate people on climate and environmental issues.
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In a first, at COP27 countries are urged to include children in the design and implementation of climate policies.
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CRIN’s goal at COP is to ensure that children’s voices, perspectives and knowledge are included and that children are able to participate in the decisions that impact them. But our stance is clear: there is no climate justice without human rights.
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Faced with climate collapse in the next decade, it is children today, but also future generations who have the most to lose. During COP27 we’ll be spotlighting what children have to say on the climate crisis, and why more needs to be done to involve them.
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Children’s access to information has sometimes been disproportionately restricted with the stated aim of protecting children. This makes it central to the debate around encryption, privacy and protection. To mark International Right to Know Day, we explored some of the questions and tensions in this debate through the lens of children’s access to information.
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Too 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.
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For International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, climate activist and CRIN Climate Adviser Santiago Flores Medina speaks with Futuros Indígenas: one of Latin America's leading networks in the restoration and preservation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights for autonomous identities. The interview highlights how Indigenous resistance is key to driving systemic change.
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This interview with Fithriyyah Iskandar, an environmental youth activist and doctor from Indonesia, covers the intersections of human and planetary health issues; the barriers that marginalised communities face when trying to engage with the judicial systems; and the problems with tokenistic involvement of children and young people by governments and organisations.
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The debate on encryption and children’s rights is often divided between approaches focused on preventing child abuse, versus an emphasis on civil liberties. But this polarisation hides the fact that children’s rights are on both sides of the discourse. Finding common ground is essential to ensuring that children’s rights are protected.
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A story published by Vice exposes the scale of bullying, abuse and sexual assault in British armed forces training, with the youngest recruits, and especially young women, some of the worst impacted. One of the veterans speaking out in the article is Joe, who joined the Army Foundation College in 2013 aged 16. Read his full story here. [Content warning: descriptions of abuse and sexual assault].
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Three parents have today spoken out about the treatment their children experienced as recruits at the Army Foundation College. CRIN has written an open letter to Ofsted, challenging the College’s ‘Outstanding’ grade in the face of abuse allegations.
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its decisions in its first climate justice cases. Read our take on what they could mean for the struggle for climate justice.
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New data obtained by CRIN reveals a sharp increase in reports of sexual violence against girls in the UK armed forces.
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In 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.
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Poland’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.
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In 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.