Judge rules in favour of youth climate change advocates in Montana

From Our Children’s Trust: In a historic first, Judge Kathy Seeley in the First Judicial District Court of Montana ruled wholly in favor of the 16 youth plaintiffs in Held v. State of Montana, declaring that the state of Montana violated the youth’s constitutional rights, including their rights to equal protection, dignity, liberty, health and safety, …

Call for input: Views of youth-led and youth-focused organizations and institutions on the future of human rights for the development of the Human Rights 75 Youth Declaration

This year, the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – a miraculous text adopted by the United Nations. The Human Rights 75 initiative, led by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recalls the consensus imagined by the UDHR, looks to the future, and seeks to …

Winners of the 3rd annual Children’s Rights Writing & Expression Competition!

The CCRC is thrilled to announce the winners of our 3rd annual Children Write! competition. This year’s question was: How can Canada do a better job to make sure children learn about their rights? Think of creative ways you would want to learn about your rights, and ideas for how adults (including teachers, governments, social …

New Child Rights Impact Assessment Course

New course by the Ministry of Justice on CRIA (Child Rights Impact Assessments). A Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) is a tool that helps people understand how a proposed law, policy or decision might affect children’s human rights.  This course is open for anyone to take. Please share widely with your networks: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/cria-erde/index.html.

Check out this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights on CP

Check out this just-published special issue of the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights that is focused on addressing corporal punishment of children through law reform.  It contains articles that tell the stories of Canada, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as an article summarizing the global picture and another article on the connection between law reform and …

Check out this call for written submissions from The Ontario Human Rights Commission

CCRC members – please check out and consider submitting to this call for written submissions on practical solutions to combat anti-Black racism TORONTO — The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has reached an important milestone with the release of its What We Heard Report on anti-Black racism in Ontario’s publicly-funded education system. The OHRC is now calling …