Child Rights International Network
Budget
€637,886
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
6
1.3 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
CRIN's overall vision is a world in which children’s rights are recognised, respected and enforced and where every rights violation has a remedy. We are a creative think tank producing dynamic perspectives on children’s rights. We push for rights, not charity and challenge the status quo because the norms that dictate children’s place in society need radical change. Through research, artwork and our vision for the future, we encourage people to think critically about the world. CRIN’s work at the EU level focuses on how children’s rights are impacted by various issues, including new technologies and environmental issues, with a focus on chemicals legislation. Childhood exposure to hazardous chemicals implicates numerous rights violations, including the right to life, survival and development, the right to health, and the right to an adequate standard of living and a healthy environment. We advocate for stronger legislation to protect children from such exposure.
EU Legislative Interests
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation (REACH), Pesticides legislation, Toy Safety Regulation, PFAS restriction, Proposal for prohibiting production for export of chemicals banned in the European Union, EU Strategy on intergenerational fairness and EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, Food safety Omnibus, Chemicals Omnibus and Package, evaluation of the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Communication Activities
- CRIN intervened in a conference on Pesticides in rural areas, as speaker, at the European Parliament (2024) - CRIN intervened in a webinar on ‘NO to pesticides in our playgrounds, schools and public areas!’ which was co-organised together with partners and representatives of the EU Parliament (2021). - CRIN participated in a side event, together with one of our climate advisers (all under 18) organised jointly by OHCHR and the Basel-Rotterdam-Stockholm Conventions secretariat (UNEP and FAO parts) on “Children and their exposure to pesticides and other hazardous chemicals: strategies to reduce risks, as well as to protect and to promote their rights” (2022). - CRIN co-organised the visit of UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights Marcos Orellana, including its hearing by the European Parliament, in the sub-Committee on Human Rights (2022). - CRIN organised an ‘Art exhibition and talk’ on two occasions using the art to reach a broader audience regarding children’s rights and toxics: in an eco-pub in London in 2018, and in an eco-responsible grocery shop in Geneva (2019). - CRIN intervened in a PAN Europe and Pesticide Free Cities online conference "Making EU cities a safe place for children" (2023). - CRIN co-hosted (with PAN Europe) and intervened in the online conference "SUR: science calls for protection of children's health from long-term impacts of pesticides", chaired by MEP Biljana Borzan and MEP Tilly Metz (2023).
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
- European Environmental Bureau (https://eeb.org/membership/our-members/) - EDC-Free Coalition (https://www.edc-free-europe.org/our-campaign-partners) - PAN Europe (https://www.pan-europe.info/about-us/member-organisations) - Health and Environment Alliance (https://www.env-health.org/about/who-we-are/members/) - Future Generations Initiative (https://fitforfuturegenerations.eu/#whoweare) - Child Rights Connect (https://childrightsconnect.org/member-network/) - Watchlist (https://watchlist.org/about/) - Together (https://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/)
Organisation Members
No member or other affiliated entities.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.