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

  • Audrey Leuba - Rectrice, Université de Genève
  • Jean Zermatten - Ancien président, Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU
  • Amihan V. Abueva - Regional Executive Director, Child Rights Coalition Asia
  • Kirsten Sandberg - Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • David Valdivia - General Secretary ad interim, Terre des Hommes Suisse
  • Tatiana Valovaya - Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
  • Kul Chandra Gautam - Former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF, Ex-UNICEF/UN

Prominent endorsers

  • Teresa Pizarro Beleza - Chair of the Policy Centre for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of NOVA School of Law
  • Bénédicte Pansier - Secrétaire Générale, Fondation Apprentis d'Auteuil International
  • Rocio Cifuentes - Children's Commissioner for Wales, Children's Commissioner for Wales
  • Laura Victoria Bonhote - judicial secretary, MINISTERIO PÚBLICO TUTELAR
  • Miwako Takahashi - , Amnesty International Japan KANSAI
  • Patrizia Casoni Delcò - , Studio legale e notarile
  • Nico Kantner - Projektleitung, Jugendbotschafter:innen für UN-Kinderrechte & SDG Caritas Auslandshilfe Vorarlberg

Organizations

  • Walking With Us Children’s Foundation
  • Fondation pour Enfance
  • Centre for Rural Improvement Services (CRIS) Ghana
  • Asociación Civil Chicos.net
  • Asociación Civil INTI RUNAKUNAQ WASIN
  • kibesuisse
  • Lumos
  • The Kempe Foundation
  • Lobby 4Kids
  • Slobodná demokratická škola Košice (Private Elementary School of Democratic Education)

All signatories

  • Gabriel SOYDARA - Ingénieur d’études et développement , Axopen
  • Ahmad Al osta
  • Henri SANGARE - Responsable CTO (Responsable Projet Protection Enfance en Situation d'Urgence ), ONG KANUYA MALI
  • Simona Gentilini
  • Pilar Zemanate Gómez - Psicóloga, Save the Children
  • Brigite Bazenga Gonçalves - ,

Enfants

  • Aahil, 10 years, India
  • Aarju ahmad, 12 years, India
  • Aarshi, 9 years, India
  • Aasgar, 11 years, India
  • Aba, 8 years, Mali
  • Abdul, 8 years, India
  • AbdulSamad Umoru, 12 years, Nigeria
  • Afreen, 13 years, India
  • Afrin, 12 years, India
  • Aisha, 10 years, Nigeria
  • Aissata, 16 years, Mali
  • Akshar, 15 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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