Publications

A milestone in progress towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment of children was witnessed in 2015 with more than half of UN member states achieving prohibition in all settings or committing to doing so.

Promoting the use of clear language among children’s rights advocates...

A group of children brought a petition to Washington’s Department of Ecology, asking them to adopt a rule to limit carbon emissions in their state. After being denied and then ignored they appealed against the Department’s rulemaking process claiming that, to be effective, it would have to be in line with up-to-date climate science.

In recent years, the space afforded to civil society to operate freely has been shrinking dramatically across the world,...

The freedoms set out in the two Covenants are universal; they apply to everyone, everywhere. Children are no exception, they have all human rights. But children’s freedoms are rarely a priority; the ability to think freely, act and speak is too often denied for children all over the world.

Boys and girls with disabilities are more likely to be victims of physical and sexual violence, and neglect, than those without disabilities.

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Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this new report calls on the UN to address the rights of children with disabilities with the same consistency and rigour as adults’ rights. 

In January 2015 Child Rights International Network (CRIN) held a workshop in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on "Challenging...

In October 2011 the Child Rights International Network (CRIN) and its partner in Turkey - the International Children's...

Corporal punishment and the death penalty are lawful penalties for offences committed by children in the Maldives.

This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures.