Advocacy
The Persistent Gap Between Children’s Rights and Sports Practice Despite universal ratification, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child remains largely absent or only weakly implemented in the sports sector, resulting in structural gaps, insufficient safeguards, and unaddressed violations that the CRISO Index will, for the first time, systematically identify and compare across countries.
Filling an Institutional and Advocacy Vacuum
CRISO fills a critical institutional void by being the first international NGO dedicated specifically to children’s rights in sport, using the Index to feed documented evidence into UN human rights mechanisms, international sports bodies, and other relevant institutions to demand corrective action.
A Global Deficit of Reliable and Accessible Information
There is a profound lack of publicly accessible, reliable information on how children’s rights are respected in sport worldwide, which the CRISO Index will address through annual, highly visible global assessments designed to become a reference point for authorities, media, and the public.
Building a Global Evidence Base Through Academic and Interdisciplinary Research
By establishing a standardized, comparative, and interdisciplinary global data collection system supported by an international university network, the CRISO Index will overcome major research gaps and generate robust evidence essential for effective, evidence-based public policies on children’s rights in sport.
From Diagnosis to Solutions: Identifying and Sharing Good Practices
Beyond highlighting shortcomings, the CRISO Index will publicly document and disseminate effective and transferable good practices from around the world, serving as a global learning platform to strengthen policies and make sport a rights-respecting environment for children.