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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Explore the list
of signatories

Dignitaries

  • Alexandra Martins - Leader, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime END Violence Against Children Team
  • Renate Winter - Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • Anwarul K. Chowdhury - Ambassador, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and two times chair of the UNICEF Executive Board
  • Christina  Kitsos - Maire de la Ville de Genève
  • Micheline Calmy-Rey - Ancienne Présidente de la Confédération
  • Amihan V. Abueva - Regional Executive Director, Child Rights Coalition Asia
  • Jean Zermatten - Ancien président, Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU

Prominent endorsers

  • Yves de Matteis - Député au Grand Conseil genevois,
  • Yoshihiko Iwasa - Attorney-at-law, President of Japanese Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (Japanese branch of IPSCAN),
  • Flore-Anne Bourgeois Prieur - Deputy Secretary General / Advocacy Manager, Terre des Hommes International Federation
  • Jean Dominique Vassali - Former Rector, University of Geneva
  • Anne Mitaru - International Director - Advocacy, Brand and Communications, SOS Children's Villages International
  • Juliana Scerri Ferrante - Dr,
  • Jörg Fegert - Prof ,Dr, Ärztlicher Direktor der Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie/Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm

Organizations

  • Human Rights Watch
  • Supreme Secondary Learners Government
  • Fédération suisse des animatrices de groupes de jeux FDJ
  • CUWEDE COD LAB
  • Alliance enfance
  • Voces Ciudadanas
  • European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP)
  • Child Rights Coalition Cambodia (CRC-Cambodia)
  • Centre for Rural Improvement Services (CRIS) Ghana
  • Global Survivors Fund

All signatories

  • Jameel Matar - FSL Program Manager , save the children international
  • emily buckland - Program Coordinator, EJ Kids’ Care
  • Clare Crew - ,
  • Damien Bonfanti - Conseiller administratif, Ville de Lancy
  • THIERNO Ndiaye - Coordinateur National Terre Des Hommes Suisse au Sénégal, Terre des Hommes Suisse
  • Diogo Ravara - Judge, Court of Appeals - Lisbon
  • Aurélia Platon

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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