Signatories - New Declaration on the Rights of the Child

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Maria Herczog

President, Missing Children Europe; Former Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Hungary

Marta Santos Pais

Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children

Portugal

Koumbou Bolly Barry

Ancienne Rapporteuse Spéciale des Nations-Unies sur le droit à l'éducation, Ancienne Ministre de l'Éducation Nationale et de l'Alphabétisation

Burkina Faso

Philip D. Jaffé

Professor; Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Switzerland

Jo Becker

Children's Rights Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch

United States of America

Mikiko Otani

Member & Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; President, Child Rights Connect

Japan

Amihan V. Abueva

Regional Executive Director, Child Rights Coalition Asia

Philippines

Jennifer Kaberi

Founder and CEO, Mtoto News

Kenya

Complete List of Signatories

Signatories have pledged their support individually, not as representatives of their organizations

Dignitaries

Amihan V. Abueva - Regional Executive Director, Child Rights Coalition Asia
Michel Anglade - Director, Geneva Office , Save the Children
Inger Ashing - Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International
Jo Becker - Children's Rights Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
Koumbou Bolly Barry - Ancienne Rapporteuse Spéciale des Nations-Unies sur le droit à l'éducation, Ancienne Ministre de l'Éducation Nationale et de l'Alphabétisation
Micheline Calmy-Rey - Ancienne Présidente de la Confédération
Myriam Caranzano - Dr.med. ASPI e ISPCAN
Doris Charollais - Présidente, Terre des Hommes Suisse
Rinchen Chopel - Vice-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
Jaap E. Doeck - Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Ruth Dreifuss - Ancienne Présidente de la Confédération
Virginia Gamba - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Kul Chandra Gautam - Former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF, Ex-UNICEF/UN
Beata Godenzi - Sécretaire générale, Enfants du Monde
Filippo Grandi - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Maria Herczog - President, Missing Children Europe; Former Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Anne Hiltpold - Conseillère d'État chargée du département de l'instruction publique, de la formation et de la jeunesse
Philip D. Jaffé - Professor; Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Jennifer Kaberi - Founder and CEO, Mtoto News
Christina Kitsos - Maire de la Ville de Genève

Prominent endorsers

Monseigneur Alain de Raemy - Administrateur apostolique du diocèse de Lugano,
Ieven Aagje - Secretary General, Missing Children Europe
Bruce Adamson - Scotland's former Children and Young People's Commissioner, Professor of Practice, University of Glasgow's School of Law
Wilson Adao - Chair of the ACERWC, African Union
Amal Salman Aldoseri - Former Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Bharti Ali - Child Rights Defender
François Ansermet - Professor Emeritus of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , University of Geneva and University of Lausanne
JORGE ARBOCCO - Director, Paz y Esperanza
Vanina Arrighi de Casanova - Responsable de la Mission Droits de l'Enfant de la Ville de Paris, Ville de Paris
Polina Atanasova - Principal Coordinator, ENOC
Jean Ayoub - Secretary General & CEO, International Social Service (ISS)
Erinda Ballanca - Ombudswoman, People's Advocate of Albania
Foday Bangura - Climate Solutions Intergenerational Justice Consultant, World Council of Churches
Sandrine Bavaud - Secrétaire générale, Pro Enfance - Plateforme romande pour l'accueil de l'enfance
NADIA BEDDIAR - professeur d'université, Université catholique de Lille
Bill Bell - Head of Child Rights Governance, Save the Children UK
Miren Bengoa - Directrice, Chaîne du Bonheur
Laelia Benoit - Dr, MD, PhD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Yale Child Study Center (USA) and Inserm (France).,
Warren Binford - Professor, Endowed Chair for Justice in Pediatric Law, Ethics and Policy, , University of Colorado
Hazel Joy Bitana - Deputy Regional Executive Director, Child Rights Coalition Asia
Ina Blanc - Fachpsychologin für Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie Zentrum für Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeits- psychologie ZEPP, Universität Basel