7 January, 2021 Guidance on the Rights of Child Human Rights Defenders, written by Professor Laura Lundy from the Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University Belfast, has recently been launched by Child Rights Connect. The launch comes after a year-long consultative process in collaboration with Child Rights Connect, Queen’s University, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee), the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human rights defenders (SR on HRDs), many international child and human rights organisations and experts and child human rights defenders (CHRDs). clarifies: what is distinctive about CHRDs and the contexts in which they act,