The realisation of human rights relies on people like you. NGO workers all over the world hold governments to account by scrutinising their laws, policies and activities to help ensure respect for human rights.
Children are some of the most vulnerable people in the world, often denied a voice and subjected to vast rights abuses. NGOs who work on children’s rights are vital to an open society. They don’t just protect children’s rights: their role is also to challenge the status quo and aid the evolution of ideas by igniting debate and pushing boundaries in how governments and societies view and treat children.
Children all over the world need people like you to help give them a voice and advocate for their rights.
Information is power, and part of the CRIN’s function is to provide you with the knowledge and resources you need to advance children’s rights - whether that’s locally, nationally or on the international stage.
We want a world where governments and societies view and treat children as rights holders - not simply as “the future” in need of protection and charity, or merely an extension of their parents. We want to work with other NGOs to achieve this goal. Please email us for further information or advice, as well as to give us feedback on our work and how we can better help you protect and promote children’s rights.
Resources for you
CRIN has produced a number of guides and toolkits that may help you in your work, including legal guides such as how to conduct strategic litigation or get legal advice, a simple explanation of the UN and how it applies to children’s rights, and much more. You can find them all in our guides section.
We have also produced guides to applying a “rights based approach” to children for a number of actors, such as medical professionals, lawyers, teachers and many more. Each guide includes a section for NGOs. A rights based approach comes from the notion that children are rights holders, and that for real change to happen the focus must be on promoting and protecting their rights - not just treating them as objects of charity.
You can also find out about specific children’s rights themes and issues, including violence, armed conflict, and civil and political rights.
Below are some children’s rights resources tailored to NGOs. We are developing more all the time, and updating and adding to existing resources. Please email us with your feedback on these, as well as suggestions for further resources we could look to produce.