Check out the draft Guidance Note from the UN on Child Rights Mainstreaming
Child Rights Connect has offered feedback on the Guidance Note. There is still time for CSOs to also participate in this process!
Children and the right to housing
On February 15th, the CCRC hosted a live webinar with guest speakers: Sahar Raza (National Right to Housing Network), Katłįà Lafferty (National Indigenous Housing Network (NIHN) Co-Chair) and Kaitlin Schwan (Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network). This webinar discussed children and families’ right to housing and highlighted important topics, including legislated right to housing and …
International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership
Check out the latest newsletter from the ICCRP! The CCRC is a research partner of the ICCRP – thrilled to support such important and relevant research done by Dr. Tara Collins and others.
Cool opportunity from Child Rights Connect
Check out this opportunity for young people to tell the UN Human Rights Office what they think about inclusive social protection Support children to share their views with the UN Human Rights Office on inclusive social protection! Español abajo / Français ci-dessous The UN Human Rights Office is writing a report to the Human Rights …
Lessons Learned: Advocacy for Children’s Rights in Canada
By Kathy Vandergrift, Past President and Chair of the CCRC The recent government decision to bring 13 Canadian children and six mothers home from prison camps in northern Syria is welcome. Finally. Three years late. What can we learn from this case, as advocates for children’s rights? That is Kathy’s focus in the following reflection, …
Read more “Lessons Learned: Advocacy for Children’s Rights in Canada”
Off-Reserve Indigenous Children’s Rights: Federal Class Action. Check out recording from the Jan. 31 webinar
The CCRC was thrilled to have Cheyenne Stonechild and Max Faille join us on Jan. 31 for a webinar on Chey’s class action lawsuit. Here is the video: https://youtu.be/wx57_WVz14s. EDITED: And here’s a news story where the webinar is mentioned, and also highlights Chey’s important work. Please note that not all of the webinar was …
CCRC Membership Drive: 2023!
This is our annual membership drive! Please read the letter below and consider becoming a member. Your membership fee supports our volunteer-run coalition to do important work for children’s rights. Dear Supporter of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, Thank you for your continuing support of children’s rights through your work, and through …