Ignacio Campoy Candidate for the Committee on the Rights of the Child for the 2027-2031 term

Candidate for the Committee on the Rights of the Child · 2027–2031

A candidacy in the service of children

Ignacio Campoy holds a PhD in Law from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and was awarded an Extraordinary Doctorate Prize for his thesis on the legal treatment of childhood. He is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law at the same university and serves as a member of the Gregorio Peces-Barba Institute of Human Rights. With over 25 years of academic and research experience, as well as institutional advisory work, his focus has been on developing a human rights model that fully recognises children and adolescents as rights holders.

ACADEMIC

In addition to his lecturing role, Dr Campoy has served as coordinator for several legal clinics of the Master’s Degree in Fundamental Rights and as an instructor, among others, on the International Course on Human Rights, Childhood and Disability in light of the standards of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

AUTHOR

Author of over seventy publications, his work is a reference in the study of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its integration into the international human rights system.

His main research areas include:

Full legal recognition of childhood
“Consideraciones sobre el ejercicio del derecho a la educación con atención a la discriminación interseccional”, en Castilla Juárez, K. A. (coord.), Derechos humanos desde una perspectiva interseccional, Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2021
Intersectional approach in human rights
Rights of children with disabilities
Right to education and non-discrimination

INTERNATIONAL

He has overseen projects funded by the European Commission and worked with international organisations such as UNICEF and other United Nations agencies.

His work has contributed to:

Assessing public policies in matters related to childhood
Promoting the implementation of the convention in different contexts
Developing international standards on children’s rights

Particularly noteworthy is his involvement in harmonising the doctrine of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in their joint statementThe rights of children with disabilities (2021), and in the joint statement by UNICEF, UN Women, WHO, ILO, FAO, UNDP, UNFPA, and UNPRPD on violence against girls with disabilities, leading to cross-agency approval of the report Working together to ensure the rights of girls with disabilities to live free from violence (2023).

INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORY WORK

Throughout his extensive career, Dr. Campoy has blended academic rigour with a practical approach, working in partnership with public institutions and social organisations.

Examples of his contributions include:

Assessment of national plans against child exploitation
Advice on legislative reform from a children’s rights perspective
Training of legal and institutional professionals
Studies on childhood disability in Spain

VISION

His application proposes strengthening the role of the Committee as a key actor in the effective protection of children’s rights

An open committee

Increased collaboration with United Nations treaty bodies and committees
Active dialogue with civil society
Meaningful participation of children

An effective committee

Clear and accessible procedures for States
More agile working methods
Effective monitoring of recommendations

An active committee

Full integration of children in the human rights system
Updated interpretation of the convention
Priority attention to situations of vulnerability

Dr. Campoy’s career is a combination of academic specialisation, international experience, and practical application. His approach places the actual effectiveness of the rights recognised in the convention at the forefront, with particular attention to the progressive autonomy of children and young people and to situations of greater vulnerability

His experience in policy assessment, legislative advice, and institutional training gives him the capacity to offer a strong, independent, results-oriented perspective.

Candidacy in Spanish

Candidacy in French

Ignacio Campoy Cervera

An open committee

An effective committee

An active committee

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Ignacio Campoy Cervera

An open committee​​

An effective committee​​

An active committee​​

For further information on the application:

An open committee

An effective committee

An active committee