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Jonathan Todres @jtodres.bsky.social · Aug 30

Important week next week as the UN will start work exploring new int’l law on the right to education. It’s time: every country must commit to ensuring every child can access education

Thks to @bedeonkidrights.bsky.social for sharing my essay & for his leadership on the issue
#ChildRights #Education

Bede Sheppard @bedeonkidrights.bsky.social · Jun 26

New editorial from @jtodres.bsky.social explains the need for, and implications of, the proposed new optional protocol to the CRC on the right to education. He also poses important questions for #ChildRights scholars & researchers. In the Int'l Journal of Children's Rights: brill.com/view/journal...

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Jonathan Todres @jtodres.bsky.social · Aug 20

Let's end the outdated notion that children aren’t mature enough to participate in decisions that affect their lives (it's their right!). Remarkable insights from pre-school children in this study

#ChildRights #Education #YouthVoice #Inclusion #Participation

www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opin...

How would 1,000 pre-school children choose to improve education? ‘Make all schools free and put lots of toys in the playground’ - Nursery World

What would pre-school children across the world do to improve access to early years education? Erini Gkouskou found out.

www.nurseryworld.co.uk

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Bede Sheppard @bedeonkidrights.bsky.social · Jun 26

New editorial from @jtodres.bsky.social explains the need for, and implications of, the proposed new optional protocol to the CRC on the right to education. He also poses important questions for #ChildRights scholars & researchers. In the Int'l Journal of Children's Rights: brill.com/view/journal...

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Bede Sheppard @bedeonkidrights.bsky.social · May 25

Fantastic campaign from the Irish Network for Education Worldwide urging Ireland to back the proposed treaty to strengthen kids' right to FREE education: educationworldwide.ie/advocacy-pol... Hoping @simonharrisireland.bsky.social adds Ireland's name to the majority of EU states already on board!

Campaign for Free Education Worldwide - Operational Protocol 4 for the UNCRC

educationworldwide.ie

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Jonathan Todres @jtodres.bsky.social · Apr 4

My recent essay for @cnn.com on the importance of supporting #Education rights for all children.

#ChildRights #HumanTrafficking
www.cnn.com/world/guest-...

Guest essay: To be anti-trafficking requires support for education rights | CNN

Instead of attending school, millions of children are exploited in forced labor. But education itself can be a key solution to tackling child labor, writes law professor Jonathan Todres.

www.cnn.com

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Jonathan Todres @jtodres.bsky.social · Apr 4

An important opportunity to contribute to the development of #ChildRights (and #HumanRights law more broadly)

www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

OHCHR | Call for submissions for Open-ended intergovernmental working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

BackgroundBackgroundOn 10 July 2024, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 56/5, in which it decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group of the Human Rights Council with t...

www.ohchr.org

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Jonathan Todres @jtodres.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thanks, @dianemarieamann.bsky.social. This looks great!

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Jonathan Todres @jtodres.bsky.social · Mar 16

Thank you!!

Jonathan Todres @jtodres.bsky.social · Mar 16

Finally joined @bsky.app. Kicking off with an article that @ursulak.bsky.social & I published recently on #Sport, #ChildRights, and #HumanRightsEducation — fair to say I’m obsessed about all three.

Sport as a space for human rights education & children’s rights
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sport as a space for human rights education and children’s rights

Children’s participation in sport presents a key opportunity for the advancement of human rights education. Human rights education is recognised as vital to the realisation of human rights. However...

www.tandfonline.com

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