Christina Warner’s article, titled, UN’s General Comment 26 – the link between children’s rights and animal protection discusses the ground-breaking United Nation’s General Comment 26. Christina considers the UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child’s authoritative guidance on how children’s rights are impacted by the environmental crisis and what governments must do to uphold these rights to ensure that children live in a clean, healthy and sustainable world.

In particular, Christina examines the impact of the General Comment on animal abuse, neglect or cruelty and how the emphasis of child welfare has the potential to affect domestic animal protection legislation.