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Advancing and 保护ing the human rights of children

The 儿童人权中心 (CHRC) is an interdisciplinary center committed to 保护ing and advancing the human rights of children. Guided by the belief that children’s rights are human rights, CHRC从事研究工作, 奖学金, 宣传, and 外展 programs to address critical issues affecting the lives of children. The CHRC strives to honor and advance the principles derived from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and believes that a child’s survival and healthy future is dependent on family, 社区, 公民社会, and government 工作ing toward a shared vision that 保护s their fundamental human rights.

Child Migration — A Right to Safety, Family Unity, and Nationality

The world is experiencing the greatest migration crisis since World War II, with unprecedented numbers of migrants attempting perilous journeys. The Mexican migration corridor is the top migration corridor in the world, with increasing numbers of children and families seeking refuge at the US Southern border. Children are the most vulnerable migrants—fleeing violence, 滥用, 冲突, 忽视, and poverty—often seeking refuge alone in the United States. 是的, Inter国家 refugee and US immigration legal systems do not treat children as unique or distinct from adults. 因此, children face immense challenges and risks in seeking safety and sanctuary as they navigate legal systems that do not provide 保护ions aligned with their age and development.

CHRC促进了理解的努力, 保护, and apply the rights of children both in the United States and around the world. We at the CHRC are 工作ing to resolve these issues via an active agenda of interdisciplinary research and 奖学金, 宣传, 外展, 和服务. 当地的, 国家, and global activities include faculty and student research fellowships, 浸没式程序, and project development designed to address critical and contemporary children’s rights issues across the globe.

Child Trafficking — A Right to Freedom from Exploitation and Violence

Human trafficking and exploitation represent one of the most serious assaults on human rights. The crime of compelled labor for services and commercial sexual exploitation violates the dignity of body, 心, 和精神. While women and children are estimated to comprise the majority of victims, children remain the least identified cohort of victims. Current research and policy efforts to understand and combat human trafficking and exploitation often address survivors as one homogenous group, 没有认识到儿童的特殊需要.

The CHRC engages in a number of activities to address the distinct needs of children who are trafficked, 防止拐卖儿童, 并对贩卖儿童的幸存者做出回应, in an effort to ensure their dignity and rights are 保护ed. 我们在CHRC的工作包括研究, 外展及教育, 培训和咨询, 能力建设, 宣传, 系统也在变化. Through this 工作 we often collaborate with a continuously-expanding net工作 of individuals and organizations on a number of different projects both in the US and abroad. 最后, we teach a graduate level interdisciplinary course on child trafficking and exploitation in order to cultivate the next generation of experts and professionals responding to this issue.

Climate Crisis and Children — A Right to Life and Health

The intimate association between the physical world in which children live and the quality of their lives—the water that they drink, 他们呼吸的空气, 以及他们的住房质量, schools and communities—has a profound impact on children's health, 幸福, 长期发展. The current climate crisis and increasing environmental toxins disproportionately impact millions of children as they matriculate to adulthood. 负面影响包括旷课, 学习困难, 缺乏就业, 终身健康问题, 以及流离失所. There is a critical need to raise awareness of the linkages between environmental factors, the disproportionate impact climate change has on children, and the well-being of children through a human rights frame工作.


像这样, the CHRC is focused on efforts to advance children’s rights to equal 保护ion from environmental hazards, 访问服务, and participation in environmental decision-making, and the right to a healthy environment in which to live, 学习, 工作, 和玩耍.

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