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.

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....

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

Let's end the outdated notion that children aren’t mature enough to participate in decisions that affect their lives (it's their right!).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...

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!

My recent essay for @cnn.com on the importance of supporting #Education rights for all children. #ChildRights #HumanTrafficking www.cnn.com/world/guest-...

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....