Activities

Aside from its regular sessions, the Committee also issues statements, information notes and announcements, as well as participating in and organizing a variety of events.

2024

Joint statement of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on 16th June 2024 - Day of the African Child
14 June 2024

2023

Statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Human Rights Day 2023
8 December 2023

Statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on grave violations of children’s rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
13 October 2023

Statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
11 October 2023

Statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on general comment No. 26 on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change
29 August 2023

#ChildRightsEnvironment: Launch of concept note, website and consultations for the development of draft general comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change
13 December 2021 / reissued on 22 August 2023

Statement of Mikiko Otani, Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the virtual consultation with stakeholders on the Summit of the Future
15 February 2023

2022

Joint Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Mikiko Otani on the occasion of Human Rights Day
8 December 2022

CRC - Inter Parliamentary Union Joint Statement

Statement by Mikiko Otani Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the 77th Session of the General Assembly
7 October 2022

Joint statement by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Ukrainian children with disabilities
7 October 2022

Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in response to a call for inputs to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
11 March 2022

2021

#WorldChildrensDay: The Committee calls on all the children across the globe to participate in the work of the #CRC: "Your voices matter. We support your activism. We will promote child rights mainstreaming with you at the center."
Watch the video on Youtube
19 November 2021

CEDAW-CRC Joint Statement: Ensuring prevention, protection and assistance for children born of conflict related rape and their mothers (Word)
19 November 2021

CEDAW/CRC Joint Statement on the Occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child (PDF)
11 October 2021

Open letter on climate change (PDF)
11 October 2021

2020

CRC COVID-19 Statement
8 April 2020

CRC child safeguarding procedure (PDF)
4 December 2020

2007-2019

30th Anniversary of the Convention
20 November 2019 – A series of events took place in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Convention. The Committee encouraged States parties to renew their commitment to the Convention by pledging to take one specific and measurable action for the promotion, protection and realization of the rights of the child. Read their pledges and targets.

Children Deprived of Liberty - The United Nations Global Study
11 July 2019

25th Anniversary of the Convention
20 November 2014 – 20 November 2014 marked 25 years since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the General Assembly in New York. With creative submissions from children worldwide to a series of Google Hangouts, read all about the activities that took place.

• Statement by Kirsten Sandberg

OPIC Signing ceremony
28 February 2012 – The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (OPIC) was opened for signature on 28 February 2012 in Geneva. 20 States signed the Optional Protocol.

20th Anniversary of the Convention
20 November 2009 – On 20 November 2009, the international community celebrated the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The celebration focused on the theme “Dignity, Development and Dialogue,” and took place in Geneva on 8-9 October 2009.

• Programme English | Français | Español (Word)
• Outline English | Français | Español (Word)
• Side events (Word)
• Draft recommendations as submitted by the thematic Working Groups (Word)

The United Nations Study on Violence against Children
19 October 2007

18 Candles: The Convention on the Rights of the Child Reaches Majority
2007