Mekong Youth Voices

24/07/2023

Can you feel the heat? Right now, temperatures are soaring across the world♨️🌡️ ⚠️

Extreme heat is putting children’s health at risk, locking them out of education and making them increasingly anxious about the future.

Read more👉 https://bit.ly/3Q2V4Ls

24/07/2023

Nature lovers ❤

An alpine ibex relaxing on the edge of a cliff.

photography by .morto

16/06/2023

Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals in Ukraine

16/06/2023

More than 8,000 children from 76 countries, including in the Southeast Asia region, raised their voices for a genuine attainment of their rights to a healthy and safe environment. 🧒🏽🧒🏻

Curious about what they said? Results from the second round of consultations are now up! 👉 https://childrightsenvironment.org/reports

02/06/2023

📢 Want to be our next Country Coordinator for Cambodia 🇰🇭?

If you have the heart and mind for the rights of children in Cambodia, apply to join our team!

The Country Coordinator will take charge of the day-to-day implementation of the country operational plan, accompaniment of projects, managing grants and funding support for project partners. S/he will also manage the country coordination office and the country-level institutional and programme advocacy and networking work of terre des hommes.

The Country Coordinator is based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with home-based working arrangements. Responsibilities will require travel within Cambodia. She/he/they will report to terre des hommes Germany Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia.

Interested to apply? Click the link 🔗 or scan the QR code to view the Terms of Reference -- https://bit.ly/TORCountryCoordinatorCambodia

Send your application letter, curriculum vitae, school transcript of record and police clearance to Pilgrim Gayo ([email protected]) on or before 12 June 2023. Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

30/05/2023

The 🇺🇳 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child confirmed the adoption last Friday of its 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 26 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞...

Quoting from the CRC's press release at the end of its session:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 16,000 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥-𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘔𝘴. 𝘚𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 18 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘔𝘴. 𝘚𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 “𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” (see link in comment below)

press release by the CRC at the closing of its session: https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2023/05/committee-rights-child-closes-ninety-third-session-after-adopting-concluding

⚖ ⚒ This authoritative statement concerning the scope of States legal obligations could be a really powerful tool for legal advocates. We really look forward to its release this July.
I will paste the link to the General Comment in a response below once it is has been released by the Committee (we haven't seen the final version yet).

Credit Post: Sébastien Duyck

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-third session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Finland, France, Jordan, Sao Tome and Principe, Türkiye and the United Kingdom. The concluding observations will be available on the session’s webpag...