The Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders: Implementation Guide

This Implementation Guide, developed by Child Rights Connect and supported by the United Nations Environment Programme, amongst other partners, aims to complement the existing commentary and advice on Human Rights Defenders by articulating the rights of Child Human Rights Defenders and identifying what is distinctive about children’s rights. It provides guidance on what States and others should do to ensure that children who exercise their right to defend human rights, including those rights related to the environment, are not only allowed but empowered to do so and can do it without encountering breaches of their own rights and without unnecessary or disproportionate restrictions. It does so by drawing on the recommendations of DGD2018 and children’s own experiences and views of what enables them to act as human rights defenders. The Guide has been informed throughout by the input of an international experts’ advisory group.