Several children around the world use the internet to defend their rights and raise awareness among other children on why their rights matter and how they can exercise them.
In this short module, you will learn why and how child human rights defenders are using the digital environment.
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CHRD |
Child Human Rights Defender |
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CRC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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CRIA |
Children’s Rights Impact Assessment |
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CRPD |
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
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HRD |
Human Rights Defender |
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ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
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NHRI |
National Human Rights Institution |
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OHCHR |
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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OPIC |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure |
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OSCE/ODIHR |
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
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SRSG VAC |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children |
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SRSG CAAC |
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict |
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The Committee |
Committee on the Rights of the Child |
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The Declaration or DHRD |
The United Nations Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
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The Special Rapporteur |
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders |
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UN |
United Nations |