Government agencies often fail to account for children’s needs, so they should elevate children’s voices and secure their rights through the VR3 model, argues @jtodres.bsky.social of Georgia State University College of Law. www.theregreview.org/2026/05/18/t...

Dignity matters! Pls take 3 min to read this thoughtful and important essay by Farzeen Rose, a student in the LLM program in #ChildrensRights @leidenlaw.bsky.social www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/wha...

What’s in a trash bag?

Children moving between foster care placements are often required to carry their belongings in trash bags. New York’s new law addresses this, reflecting growing attention to dignity and identity.

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Thanks to @theregreview.bsky.social for providing an opportunity to share my research on building govt capacity to support children. #ChildRights #PublicPolicy

The Regulatory Review@theregreview.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Children are often overlooked in policymaking, so governments should adopt the VR3 model of Voice, Representation, Resources, and Remedies, argues @jtodres.bsky.social of Georgia State University College of Law. www.theregreview.org/2026/05/18/t...

Can we agree it’s absurd to omit author names on student Notes? #LawReview editors, please end this practice. Today I starting reading a Note and wanted to reach out to the student. No author listed, not even at the end. Let’s stop devaluing student work! #Law #LegalEducation

As January is National Slavery & #HumanTrafficking Prevention Month, it’s as good a time as any to hold all involved with Epstein accountable. Well, as good a time except for any other day in the last however many years that the govt has been sitting on that information.

Very much appreciate this recent coverage of the #VR3model, which is my attempt at a framework for building more child-supportive institutions. Grateful to @brucelesley.bsky.social, whose work I truly admire, for this coverage. #ChildrensRights #PublicInstitutions #Governance

Big Ideas for Kids: A Blueprint for Building Government That Works for Children

From commissions to commissioners, it's time to institutionalize our support for children.

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In spite of <waves hands around vaguely>, I'm back on my optimistic bullshit for the holiday season. Wrote in the Columbia Human Rights Law Review Online about how we can maybe use climate litigation to bring about transformative change: hrlr.law.columbia.edu/hrlr-online/...

Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt... First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.

Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids

Federal spending on children has dropped to historic lows, but the steepest cuts are ahead.

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Happy to share my latest article, in which I propose a new framework that can help gov't agencies become more supportive of children. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #ChildRights #HumanRights #Governance #Youth

🎉Love sports? 🎉Passionate about securing #childrights? 🎉 @ursulak.bsky.social & @jtodres.bsky.social discuss how sports provide key setting for #HumanRightsEducation 🎉This & all 14 articles & 9 book reviews in HRER 8(1) free to download @tandfonline.bsky.social 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...

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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 · last yr.

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...

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.

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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

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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.

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An important opportunity to contribute to the development of #ChildRights (and #HumanRights law more broadly) www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

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...

tandfonline.com