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Save Child Rights Connect - Petition to the FDFA to reverse it decision to not fund Child Rights Connect
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Dear Ms Piaget,
Petition to the FDFA to reverse it decision to not fund Child Rights Connect
We, the undersigned members of the global Child Rights Connect network, call on the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Human Security Division to reverse its decision to discontinue funding Child Rights Connect.
After 40 years of existence – celebrated this year with senior representation from the FDFA – we understand that this decision presents a real risk that the organisation will have to permanently close its operations on 1 October 2023. The dissolution of Child Rights Connect would have a hugely detrimental impact on the global child rights movement.
Child Rights Connect for us plays a critical role in our work to promote and protect child rights at the local and regional levels. Through this unique network, we are connected to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and other UN human rights mechanisms. Some of us – especially smaller organisations within the network – would be unable to navigate the UN system without the capacity building and technical assistance of Child Rights Connect. In some cases, this would mean the absence of our voices (and the voices of children from our countries) at the United Nations or, at the very least, a considerably less effective way of sharing with UN mechanisms critical monitoring and reporting on the state of child rights on the ground.
Whether large or small, all members of the Child Rights Connect network are able – through the network – to take collective action in response to the growing backlash against human rights and child rights and to promote and protect the rights of children who represent around one-third of the world’s population.
We respectively appeal to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to reconsider and reverse its decision so as to allow for the continuation of Child Rights Connect.
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I logged on this morning and just stared at the screen for a minute because honestly I have no words for how quickly this is moving now. It feels like the tide is finally turning and those first few people who signed back when this felt like shouting into the void really deserve a massive thank you for trusting me.
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Child Rights Connect plays a critical role in coordinating the contributions of NGOs around the world to the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Its dissolution would constitute a tremendous loss to NGOs working at the grassroots level to promote child rights.
Child Rights Connect is an invaluable partner in getting children and adolescents from the Americas involved in the global debates of their rights.
I'm so sorry to hear this - I've been on holiday and was completely unaware. I'm horrified at the thought of losing CRC - you are a beacon on the children's rights international landscape while managing to maintain relationships that feel personal and useful. We need you so much.
Child Rights Connect is performing really wonderful and excellent job for children with multiple issues around the globe.It is really embarrassing to know that her funds has been stopped.Roshni Homes Trust Pakistan is standing shoulder to shoulder with CRC for it's survival.
This is what happened to us, Child Soldiers International (former Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers) 4 years ago. I don't want the same fate for Child Rights Connect / the NGO Group. Children need their voices heard.
Child Rights Connect is our central point of contact in supporting the report on the implementation of the UN CRC to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The organisation provides valuable information for the numerous member organisations, raises awarenes and contributes with its dedicated team to the mainstreaming of children's rights in the UN Human Rights Committee system. On behalf of the Child Rights Network Switzerland, representing over 60 member organisations from Switzerland, we urge the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to reconsider this decision and continue to support the essential Work of Child Rights Connect.
The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children expresses strong support for Child Rights Connect and urges the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Human Security Division to reconsider its decision to discontinue funding for this essential organization. Children deserve a safe environment that fosters their development and guarantees their rights. Child Rights Connect's work is pivotal in making this vision a reality, and discontinuing their funding would be a significant setback to the global effort to protect the rights of every child.
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Save Child Rights Connect - Petition to the FDFA to reverse it decision to not fund Child Rights Connect
Final supporters
Dear Ms Piaget,
Petition to the FDFA to reverse it decision to not fund Child Rights Connect
We, the undersigned members of the global Child Rights Connect network, call on the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Human Security Division to reverse its decision to discontinue funding Child Rights Connect.
After 40 years of existence – celebrated this year with senior representation from the FDFA – we understand that this decision presents a real risk that the organisation will have to permanently close its operations on 1 October 2023. The dissolution of Child Rights Connect would have a hugely detrimental impact on the global child rights movement.
Child Rights Connect for us plays a critical role in our work to promote and protect child rights at the local and regional levels. Through this unique network, we are connected to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and other UN human rights mechanisms. Some of us – especially smaller organisations within the network – would be unable to navigate the UN system without the capacity building and technical assistance of Child Rights Connect. In some cases, this would mean the absence of our voices (and the voices of children from our countries) at the United Nations or, at the very least, a considerably less effective way of sharing with UN mechanisms critical monitoring and reporting on the state of child rights on the ground.
Whether large or small, all members of the Child Rights Connect network are able – through the network – to take collective action in response to the growing backlash against human rights and child rights and to promote and protect the rights of children who represent around one-third of the world’s population.
We respectively appeal to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to reconsider and reverse its decision so as to allow for the continuation of Child Rights Connect.
Updates
August 30, 2023
I logged on this morning and just stared at the screen for a minute because honestly I have no words for how quickly this is moving now. It feels like the tide is finally turning and those first few people who signed back when this felt like shouting into the void really deserve a massive thank you for trusting me.
Reached 100 supporters
August 30, 2023
43 Comments
as a board member of the National Coalition for child rights, Germany I appeal to FDFA that Child Rights Connect needs a continous funding and is the most important child rights network to make an independent reality check for the state reporting procedures and to involve children.
Child Rights Connect plays a critical role in coordinating the contributions of NGOs around the world to the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Its dissolution would constitute a tremendous loss to NGOs working at the grassroots level to promote child rights.
Child Rights Connect is an invaluable partner in getting children and adolescents from the Americas involved in the global debates of their rights.
I'm so sorry to hear this - I've been on holiday and was completely unaware. I'm horrified at the thought of losing CRC - you are a beacon on the children's rights international landscape while managing to maintain relationships that feel personal and useful. We need you so much.
Child Rights Connect is performing really wonderful and excellent job for children with multiple issues around the globe.It is really embarrassing to know that her funds has been stopped.Roshni Homes Trust Pakistan is standing shoulder to shoulder with CRC for it's survival.
This is what happened to us, Child Soldiers International (former Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers) 4 years ago. I don't want the same fate for Child Rights Connect / the NGO Group. Children need their voices heard.
Child Rights Connect is our central point of contact in supporting the report on the implementation of the UN CRC to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The organisation provides valuable information for the numerous member organisations, raises awarenes and contributes with its dedicated team to the mainstreaming of children's rights in the UN Human Rights Committee system. On behalf of the Child Rights Network Switzerland, representing over 60 member organisations from Switzerland, we urge the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to reconsider this decision and continue to support the essential Work of Child Rights Connect.
The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children expresses strong support for Child Rights Connect and urges the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Human Security Division to reconsider its decision to discontinue funding for this essential organization. Children deserve a safe environment that fosters their development and guarantees their rights. Child Rights Connect's work is pivotal in making this vision a reality, and discontinuing their funding would be a significant setback to the global effort to protect the rights of every child.
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as a board member of the National Coalition for child rights, Germany I appeal to FDFA that Child Rights Connect needs a continous funding and is the most important child rights network to make an independent reality check for the state reporting procedures and to involve children.