Project Summaries

In January 2020, an open call for proposals was made to all Global campus regional hubs and their larger networks to submit research proposals on children’s rights. In 2020, we received 34 proposals coming from the 7 regions of the Global Campus network as well as from Right Livelihood  laureates. Of the projects received, 28 of them were funded, with some being multi-year projects and others being single year projects. Some of the projects have since come to an end and new projects  have been taken on. Currently we have 17 projects still ongoing:

 

REGION

PROJECT NAME 

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER AND DURATION  

GC AFRICA

  1. Child Participation in the Implementation of Global and Regional Development Frameworks in Africa

Center of Human Rights, University of Pretoria

Duration: August 2020 - July 2023

EXTERNAL PARTNER 

  1. Economic, Social And Cultural Rights As Rights Of The Child (UN Treaty)

Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland), research team involving Prof. Dzidek Kedzia (former chair of the UN CESCR), Dr. Agata Hauser, and Dr. Łukasz Szoszkiewicz. 

Duration: August 2022 - July 2025

EXTERNAL PARTNER 

  1. Cross-Regional Global Campus PhD Scholarship Programme Focused on Children’s Rights

Lazar Stefanovic

University of Vienna

Duration: Until July 2023

GC SOUTH EAST EUROPE 

  1. GCSEE Children in Migration

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies,  University of Sarajevo 

Duration:  August 2020 – December 2022

EXTERNAL PARTNER 

  1. People-Powered Training Platform 

Albert Einstein Institution (Boston)

Duration: August 2021- July 2024

GC AFRICA 

  1. Schools Human Rights Moot Court Competitions in various countries

Center of Human Rights, University of Pretoria

Duration: August  2021 – July 2024

GC ASIA-PACIFIC

  1. Promoting Children’s Rights Education at Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e 

Adriano Remiddi

Capacity Development Programme

Duration: November 2020 – November 2023

GC CAUCASUS

  1. Promoting Human and Children’s Rights Education at Moldova State University

Adriano Remiddi

Capacity Development Programme

Duration: August 2022 – July 2024

EXTERNAL PARTNERS 

  1. Advanced Child Rights Strategic Litigation

University of Nottingham, Human Rights Law Centre (lead) (HRLC); University of Pretoria, Centre for Child Law (CCL); University of Deusto, Human Rights Institute; GC, Unit Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty; European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR); Child Rights International Network (CRIN); Impact Law for Social Justice (Impact)

Duration: August 2020 - July 2023 

GC LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 

  1. Strategic capacity building on the rights of children in Latin America

Veronica Gomez

University of San Martin, Buenos Aires 

Duration: August 2021 – July 2023 

GC LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 

  1. Gulliver project  (Right Livelihood Laureate project)

Gulliver Project 

Duration: August 2021 - July 2023

GC HEADQUARTERS

  1. MOOCS
  • Children's Mental Health: Rights and Perspectives
  • Children's Right to Education in armed conflict

E-learning Department 

Duration: until July 2024

GC HEADQUARTERS

  1. Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy Summer School

Projects Department 

Duration: Until September 2024

CROSS - REGIONAL 

  1. Child Leadership Team

Children’s Rights Department and  GC Regional hubs 

Duration: August 2022 – July 2024

GC HEADQUARTERS

  1. Marthe Wandou  (Right Livelihood Laureate project) 

Children’s Rights Department, EMA, ALDEPA 

Duration: until July 2024

GC HEADQUARTERS

  1. Understanding mental health and wellbeing among adolescents and young people 

Children’s Rights Department

Duration: until July 2023

GC HEADQUARTERS 

  1. Global Study follow up activities

Manu Krishan and Manfred Nowak

Unit Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty 

Duration: until July 2024

 

CHILD - LED CONFERENCE: 31 January - 1 February 2022

The Global Campus together with the regional hubs organised the first ever child -led conference that ran under the theme ‘Mental Health: Children’s Perspective on Challenges and Ways Forward’. The conference was held online from 31 January to 1 February 2022 and registered 335 participants with 223 of them being children. It was designed and run  in partnership with Kathmandu Law School and brought together participants including child rights experts, academics, representatives of NGOs and INGOs, members of the UN CRC Committee, and the UNSG Special Representative on violence against children. Of the child participants 111 of them were the core organizing team. The 111-child core team was made up of 67 girls and 44 boys, all between 10 – 18 years of age. They voluntarily participated and were selected from Asia (Nepal, India), Africa (South Africa), the Arab World (Lebanon), Caucasus (Armenia), and Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador) by the GC Child Rights Regional Officers from formal and informal schools, and youth clubs.

PROMOTING HUMAN AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS EDUCATION AT MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY

The project aims to support the promotion and protection of human rights, democracy and sustainable development in the Republic of Moldova through innovative human rights education activities, with a particular emphasis on the rights of children, youth and next generations and thematic focuses on the impact of new technologies and climate justice. This project is part of the GC Capacity Development programme and represents the first step towards the integration of Moldova State University into the Global Campus of Human Rights as a full member of the Caucasus regional hub, to be achieved by the 2024/25 academic year.

 

GLOBAL STUDY

The Global Study Programme has focused on the dissemination and follow-up of the study by supporting key stakeholders in the implementation of its recommendations. In regard to dissemination, the global study programme has implemented 40 International, Regional and National events and launches to support key stakeholders i.e. Governments, International organisations, civil society and academia. Approximately 20 global study projects have been implemented, from country level implementation to creation of resources. Projects in the Caucasus, South Africa, Austria and Nepal to name a few. Executive summary, MOOC, toolkits and other deliverables. Most recently, the 170 NGOs, UN Interagency task force and other actors have created a roadmap for the implementation and look forward to collaborating with the GC in numerous activities.