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Launch of general comment No. 26 (2023) on children’s rights and the environment, with a special focus on climate change

Date

18 September 2023

LOCATION

Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland - (Live broadcast on https://media.un.org/en/webtv)

THEME

LAUNCH OF GENERAL COMMENT NO. 26 (2023) OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Programme in English, French and Spanish.

During its 93rd session in May 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted its general comment No. 26 on children’s rights and the environment, with a special focus on climate change. The Committee, together with its Child Advisors and partners, launched its general comment at a public event on 18 September 2023 in Geneva.

Format

  1. Introductory remarks
  2. A conversation on the implications of general comment No. 26 for children and duty-bearers
  3. Presentation of the child-friendly version of general comment No. 26
  4. In our own words: the stories behind general comment No. 26
  5. Concluding remarks

1 All references to Kosovo should be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).