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

  • Volker Türk - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • David Valdivia - General Secretary ad interim, Terre des Hommes Suisse
  • Kul Chandra Gautam - Former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF, Ex-UNICEF/UN
  • Rinchen Chopel - Vice-Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • Ton Liefaard - Professor, UNICEF Chair in Children's Rights, Leiden University
  • Sonia Livingstone - Director of the Digital Futures for Children centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Jaap E. Doeck - Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Prominent endorsers

  • Niall Muldoon - Ombudsman for Children, Ireland
  • Ieven Aagje - Secretary General, Missing Children Europe
  • Odete Severino Soares - , PhD Candidate in Law (child Law), NOVA School of Law - NOVA Lisbon University
  • Valérie ROSSI - députée, assemblée nationale
  • Jeffrey Goldhagen - President, International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health Child Health
  • Virginia Bras Gomes - Former member and chair of the UN Committee Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
  • Pascale Fournier - Professeure titulaire à la faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa (Section de droit civil) Titulaire de l’Observatoire des droits humains à l’ONU,

Organizations

  • International Council of Voluntary Agencies
  • Geneva Human Rights Platform
  • Korea Association of the Community Child Center
  • Österreichische Liga für Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit
  • Korea Bhang Jeonghwan Foundation
  • FASe – Fondation genevoise pour l’animation socioculturelle
  • Halkaphulka
  • FIAN Colombia
  • Fiscalía de Chile
  • Covenant House International

All signatories

  • Christine Brabant - Professeure titulaire, Faculté des sciences de l'éducation, Université de Montréal
  • Ana Silva - Judge,
  • Daniela Piana - Professor , university of Bologna
  • Noëlie Arriola - Étudiante en MIDE, CIDE
  • Marianne Piguet-Aubert - enseignante,
  • Vivian Périsset - ,
  • Isabelle Sekera - Legal Translator, UNIGE - Geneva Summer Schools - Children at the Heart of Human Rights

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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