Ensuring that children can claim their rights and obtain redress when they are violated is central to ensuring that children’s rights are not only recognized but also enforceable. Access to justice is fundamental to the realization of all other rights and to the accountability of duty bearers. Yet, children globally continue to face legal, procedural, social, and structural barriers in seeking justice and effective remedies.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is currently developing a General Comment on the right of the child to access justice and effective remedy in view of providing authoritative guidance to States to support the development and implementation of laws, practices and mechanisms.

This webinar, organized by the Children’s Rights Academy, aims to foster a public discussion and awareness on the key issues, debates, and regional particularities related to children’s access to justice, with a focus on specific challenges such as customary justice, children in armed conflict, victims of (online) sexual abuse or violence, and collective violations of children’s rights.