Advocate for Children’s Rights 

2024 Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child

A Century of Children’s Rights is worth a celebration! Since the 1924 Geneva Declaration, substantial progress has been made with regard to the well-being and protection of children, notably in the health and education sectors. Yet, it’s profoundly troubling that in 2024, these advances are eclipsed by the violence affecting children — a child dies every five minutes according to United Nations statistics, — and by emerging challenges such as digitization and the climate crisis.

It is high time to update the “Geneva Declaration” and mobilize collective consciousness around a renewed commitment to children’s rights: the 2024 Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child.

 

2024 Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child

Already Committed

"I believe we should claim certain rights for children
and labour for their universal recognition (...)".

EGLANTYNE JEBB

2024 Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child

Stand up for Children's Rights!

Every signature counts, yours more than any other.
Make your voice heard by signing the Declaration!

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of signatories

Dignitaries

  • Mirjana Spoljaric Egger - President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Christina  Kitsos - Maire de la Ville de Genève
  • Philip D. Jaffé - Professor; Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • Tatiana Valovaya - Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
  • Alexandra Martins - Leader, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime END Violence Against Children Team
  • Ton Liefaard - Professor, UNICEF Chair in Children's Rights, Leiden University
  • Volker Türk - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Prominent endorsers

  • Ursula Kilkelly - Professor, University College Cork
  • Linda Ncube-Nkomo - Chief Executive Officer, elson Mandela Children's Fund
  • Rocio Cifuentes - Children's Commissioner for Wales, Children's Commissioner for Wales
  • Marie Derain de Vaucresson - Défenseure des enfants 2011-2014 (France),
  • Manon Schick - Directrice générale à l'enfance et à la jeunesse du canton de Vaud, Direction générale de l'enfance et de la jeunesse (VD)
  • Agnès Gindt-Ducros - Directrice de la recherche et de la documentation, Ecole nationale de la protection judiciaire de la jeunesse
  • Ina Blanc - Fachpsychologin für Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie Zentrum für Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeits- psychologie ZEPP, Universität Basel

Organizations

  • Centro giovanile Makunga
  • Childline Thailand Foundation
  • SAIEVAC
  • Service Socioculturel de la Vallée d’illiez
  • Ministerio Público Tutelar City of Buenos Aires
  • Initiative for Article 12
  • TUMO
  • ENOC (European Network of Ombudspersons for Children)
  • Caritas (Ethiopia – Soddo)
  • Leftovers Love Sharing Community

All signatories

  • Sabine Nader - ,
  • Sok Samnang - Provincial Manager, Save the Children
  • Mireille Nasr - ,
  • Stéphanie Chatelain - ,
  • María Julia Garcete Yegros - Director General, Inter American Children's Institute - Organization of American States.
  • Bryanna Mariñas - , Global Youth-Led Movement to End Violence Against Children
  • Benedetta Antonia Minei

Enfants

  • Aahil, 10 years, India
  • Aarju ahmad, 12 years, India
  • Aarshi, 9 years, India
  • Aasgar, 11 years, India
  • Abdul, 8 years, India
  • AbdulSamad Umoru, 12 years, Nigeria
  • Afreen, 13 years, India
  • Afrin, 12 years, India
  • Aisha, 10 years, Nigeria
  • Akshar, 15 years, India
  • Aldis, 15 years, Iceland
  • Aleenaa, 10 years, India

From a Visionary’s Inspiration to Global Action

Celebrating 100 Years of the Children's Rights Declaration

The spirit of Geneva, imbued with values of humanism and social justice, continues to inspire today, urging us all to celebrate a century of children’s rights.

"[We are] often told that our aims are impossible. (...)
It's impossible only if we make it so.
It's impossible only if we refuse to attempt it".

EGLANTYNE JEBB

2024 Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child

Stand up for Children's Rights!

Every signature counts, yours more than any other.
Make your voice heard by signing the Declaration!

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