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David Valdivia
General Secretary ad interim, Terre des Hommes Suisse
Switzerland
Joan Nyanyuki
Executive Director African Child Policy Forum
Kenya
Virginia Gamba
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Argentina
Renate Winter
Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Austria
Alexandra Souza Martins
Leader, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime END Violence Against Children Team
Brasil
Maria Herczog
President, Missing Children Europe; Former Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Hungary
Jean Zermatten
Ancien président, Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU
Suisse
Myriam Caranzano
Dr.med. ASPI e ISPCAN
Suisse
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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
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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
- Charles Beer - président, FASe – Fondation genevoise pour l’animation socioculturelle
- 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
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Organizations
- 5 RIGHTS Foundation
- AARLE-VES
- Africa Unite
- African Child Policy Forum
- Alana Institute
- Alliance enfance
- Amnesty International St Andrews
- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child
- Arigatou International
- Asociación Civil Chicos.net
- Asociación Civil INTI RUNAKUNAQ WASIN
- ASPI
- Association Djarama
- Association LagopAid
- Association Malienne pour le développement durable
- Association Médecins Action Santé Migrant.e.s
- Association Païdos
- Association suisse des amis du Dr J. Korczak
- Associazione Franca
- Australian Child Rights Taskforce
- Azad India Foundation
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All signatories
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- Kozue - , Save the Children
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- BIGGY - , Les Templiers PTL
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- Sujata - , DRCSC
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- Eli - ,
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Children who endorse the declaration
- 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
- Alassane, 11 years, Mali
- Aldis, 15 years, Iceland
- Aleenaa, 10 years, India
- Alessio, 16 years, Italy
- Alex, 17 years, Armenia
- Alexander, 13 years, Germany
- Alfiyanaa, 14 years, India
- Alfiza, 11 years, India
- Alica, 14 years, India
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"[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
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