Child Rights International Network

What Child Rights International Network does

Child Rights International Network (CRIN) is a UK-registered, London-headquartered non-profit creative human rights organisation focused on children's rights, established in 1995. It operates as an information and advocacy hub rather than a commercial entity, with no goods or services sold; its outputs are free legal resources, research publications, country reports, art exhibitions, podcasts, and policy advocacy aimed at children, children's rights NGOs, legal advocates, and UN human rights mechanisms. Core offerings include the Children's Access to Environmental Justice (A2J) project covering 45+ countries, the Big Debates series on digital environment policy, the POWER and SILENCE magazines, art exhibitions such as Born Polluted (EU chemicals) and prior Venice Biennale and Tate Exchange collaborations, and operational toolkits covering strategic litigation, child-friendly justice, and the CRC complaints mechanism. Underlying technology is a Squarespace-hosted website serving as a free content distribution platform, augmented by Mailchimp newsletters, social media, podcasts, and Latin American podcast production; the organisation holds no patents, proprietary AI capabilities, or commercial APIs.

The organisation is run as a private non-profit controlled by Co-Directors Leo Ratledge (legal/policy) and Lianne Minasian (operations/governance/fundraising) following the 2022 departure of founder Veronica Yates, with a Geneva representative office inside the Palais des Nations run by Isabelle Kolebinov. Its business model is grant-and-donation funded rather than commercial, and it holds an Equivalency Determination from NGOsource to facilitate U.S. grantmaker funding. CRIN monetises impact rather than revenue: documented outcomes include 28 countries banning all corporal punishment, 5 abandoning life imprisonment for children, 3 abolishing juvenile death penalty, 48 ratifications of the CRC complaints mechanism by 2021, and research reach across 80 countries. Active 2026 campaign activity spans EU chemicals legislation, Digital Fairness Act, UK and Malaysia social media bans, EU-Israel Association Agreement termination, and UN climate fora, alongside an expanding Latin American sexual-abuse survivor network spun up in partnership with The Rights Studio (Berlin, 2021).

Name

Child Rights International Network

Legal name

Child Rights International Network

Website

https://home.crin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Child Rights International Network (CRIN) is a London-based, UK-registered non-profit creative human rights organisation founded in 1995 that produces free legal research, policy advocacy, country reports, art exhibitions and digital-environment publications to advance children's rights globally. It serves children, children's rights NGOs, legal advocates, and UN human rights mechanisms across more than 45 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG), Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG)

Keywords

• Children's rights advocacy
• Human rights research
• Policy advocacy services
• Legal advocacy toolkits
• International human rights law

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Child Rights International Network (CRIN) is a creative human rights organization that conducts research, advocacy, and strategic communications focused on children's rights globally. It provides free legal toolkits, country reports, educational resources, publications, and art-based campaigns to help NGOs, advocates, and policymakers use international human rights mechanisms to advance children's rights on issues including environmental justice, counter-terrorism, military recruitment, institutional sexual abuse, and digital rights.

Product overview

CRIN is a creative human rights organization focused on children's rights. Unlike a traditional product company, CRIN's 'offerings' consist of advocacy campaigns, research publications, educational resources, and creative projects. The core offerings include: the Children's Access to Environmental Justice (A2J) project providing country-specific legal analysis; The Big Debates series addressing digital rights issues; POWER and SILENCE magazines exploring power and silence in human rights; the CRIN Code as their guiding framework; educational resources like Children's Rights 101 and the Rights Gallery; art exhibitions including Born Polluted; and various toolkits for legal advocacy and strategic litigation. These resources work together to advance children's rights recognition and enforcement globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Children's Access to Environmental Justice (A2J) A core project providing breakdowns of environmental laws and policies in 43+ countries to help children access justice when their rights are violated, with country reports and resources for young campaigners.
• The Big Debates A publication series applying a children's rights approach to the most significant debates affecting children in the digital environment, including social media bans, VPNs for children, and digital fairness.
• POWER Magazine A magazine exploring how power manifests in different shapes and forms, with rising activism among youth redefining how power is exercised through art, language, and civil disobedience.
• SILENCE Magazine A magazine examining the role of silence in human rights respect and violations, confronting the many faces of silence and the norms that keep people quiet.
• Born Polluted Exhibition An art exhibition using research, art and poetry to examine how current chemicals legislation in the European Union impacts children's health.
• Strategic Litigation Toolkit Resources and guidance on using law strategically to advance children's rights.
• Child-Friendly Justice Toolkit Resources designed to help make justice processes more accessible and appropriate for children.
• CRC Complaints Mechanism Toolkit Guidance on the UN complaints mechanism for the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Children's Rights 101 Introductory educational material explaining what children's rights are and how they apply.
• Rights Gallery (CRC Illustrated) An illustrated guide to the Convention on the Rights of the Child making children's rights accessible and visually engaging.

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 countries banned all forms of corporal punishment during CRIN's inhuman sentencing campaign period
• +4 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Environmental BureaucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023CRIN became a member of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe's largest network of environmental NGOs, supporting collaboration on environmental rights issues affecting children.
• NGOsource (Equivalency Determination)minorOthersCRIN has an Equivalency Determination on file with NGOsource, which allows U.S. grantmakers to more easily fund the organization as it has been determined equivalent to a U.S. public charity.
• Children's Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN collaborates with CERI on children's environmental rights, including co-creating 'Our Rights, Our Planet: Stand Up for the Environment' training for young people, and joint position papers on incorporating child rights into climate action.
• Terre des Hommes (TdH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN partnered with Terre des Hommes and UNEP to create the 'Our Rights, Our Planet' free training for young people on environmental rights.
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN collaborates with UNEP on children's environmental rights, including joint creation of training materials and participation in UN Environment Assembly.
• The Rights StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN's creative sister organization based in Berlin, a social enterprise experimenting with creative ideas and communicating through art. Co-founded by CRIN's Creative Director Miriam Sugranyes in January 2020.
• defenddigitalmecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN co-published 'Privacy and Protection: A children's rights approach to encryption' (2023) with defenddigitalme, examining how encryption affects children's lives and setting out principles for rights-respecting approaches.
• Save the ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN contributed to Save the Children's 'A COP Fit for Children' publication setting out how climate summits can be inclusive for children, and collaborates on climate justice advocacy.
• Tate ExchangeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN partnered with arts and tech organisations for Tate Exchange 2020 event 'Uni to Unicorns' exploring surveillance and digital rights, including workshops on body recognition, emotion recognition, and deepfakes.
• Little InventorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN collaborated with Little Inventors on 'A Creative Challenge' project engaging children in imagining solutions to rights issues.
• Child Rights Connect (formerly NGO Group for the CRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN and Child Rights Connect published all alternative reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child for the first time in 1998, creating the only complete record of civil society reports to the CRC prior to 2015.
• Child Soldiers InternationalcoreOthersWhen Child Soldiers International closed in 2019, CRIN took over the campaign to end military recruitment of children by the UK armed forces.
• Alana Institute (Brazil)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN published community story interview with Pedro Hartung from the Alana Institute in Brazil on corporate and government accountability for children's environmental rights.
• UN OHCHR Treaty BodiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRIN's work on the first international database on the Convention on the Rights of the Child later formed the basis of the Treaty Bodies database hosted by OHCHR. CRIN continues to work with UN human rights bodies.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch: Large established human rights organization that conducts research, advocacy, and strategic litigation globally. Comparable as a research-and-advocacy NGO with UN access, though broader in scope beyond children.
• World Vision International: Large international child-focused humanitarian and advocacy organization. Comparable global children's rights mission, though operates at substantially larger scale with a more service-delivery-heavy model.
• Amnesty International: Global human rights movement operating with similar advocacy, research, and coalition-building playbooks. Comparable governance and funding model, though much larger scale and broader mandate than CRIN.
• ChildFund International: International child-focused NGO working on protection, education, and livelihoods across many countries. Comparable child-rights focus and global footprint, though with more direct service delivery than CRIN's pure advocacy model.

Direct peers

• Plan International: Global children's rights and girls' equality organization active in 80+ countries on child protection, education, and youth participation. Directly comparable mission, advocacy model, and UN engagement strategy.
• Child Rights Connect: Coalition focused on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, formerly the NGO Group for the CRC. CRIN's longstanding partner and the most direct peer in terms of UN treaty body engagement and civil society coordination on children's rights.
• Save the Children: A major international children's rights NGO operating globally on child protection, health, and rights advocacy. Directly comparable as a peer in children's rights advocacy, policy influence, and coalition work, though at materially larger scale.
• Terre des Hommes: International children's rights NGO focused on child protection, migration, and exploitation. CRIN's partner on the 'Our Rights, Our Planet' training with UNEP; directly comparable in advocacy model and child rights specialization.

Regional players

• European Environmental Bureau: Europe's largest network of environmental NGOs, of which CRIN became a member in 2023. Comparable coalition and EU advocacy infrastructure for environmental rights, including the chemical regulation work that intersects with CRIN's children's environmental justice agenda.

Emerging players

• Defenddigitalme: UK-based campaign organization focused on children's data rights and digital privacy. CRIN's co-author on the 2023 encryption paper; directly comparable niche focus on digital rights and children.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/crinwire

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

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