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

« Je crois que nous devrions revendiquer certains droits pour les enfants et œuvrer pour leur reconnaissance universelle »

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.
If you do not sign the Declaration, it is as if you have chosen not to make your voice heard.

Explore the list
of signatories

Dignitaries

  • Mikiko Otani - Member & Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; President, Child Rights Connect
  • Anwarul K. Chowdhury - Ambassador, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and two times chair of the UNICEF Executive Board
  • Jean Zermatten - Ancien président, Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU
  • Ton Liefaard - Professor, UNICEF Chair in Children's Rights, Leiden University
  • Renate Winter - Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • Virginia Gamba - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
  • Yanghee Lee - Former Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Prominent endorsers

  • Erinda Ballanca - Ombudswoman, People's Advocate of Albania
  • Juliet Harris - Director, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
  • Hans Kumar Sharma - Professor of Law, ICFAI University, Jaipur, India
  • Chris Quinn - Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
  • Marta Gil Gonzalez - Deputy Head of Programme Access to Justice for Children, Terre des hommes - Lausanne Fondation
  • Naim Qelaj - Ombudsperson, Ombudsperson Institution of Kosovo
  • Sabine Saliba - Secretary General

Organizations

  • Österreichische Liga für Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit
  • Comhairle na nÓg National Executive
  • Arigatou International
  • Pope Road Kindergarten
  • CISMAI
  • Caritas (Ethiopia – Soddo)
  • International Movement ATD Fourth World
  • Resource Rights Africa
  • FRIEND of the CHILD
  • Playeum

All signatories

  • Norma Eslit - Executive Director-OIC, Gitib, Inc.
  • Shiran Reichenberg - Dr. and Adv., Executive Director of the Clinical Legal Education Center and Clinical teacher in the Youth at-risk Legal clinic, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  • Jo Becker - Children Rights Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
  • Marguerite Hunter Blair - CEO, Play Scotland
  • Nur Judy Abdullah - Founder and Executive Director, Project Women Brunei
  • Gehad Madi - United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, United Nations
  • Samuel Gordon - Membership Manager, Keeping Children Safe

Enfants

  • Aldis, 15 years, Iceland
  • Alex, 17 years, Armenia
  • Alla, 17 years, Armenia
  • Alvin, 11 years, Kenya
  • Anna, 17 years, Armenia
  • Annette, 13 years, Kenya
  • Arina, 17 years, Armenia
  • Arpi, 17 years, Armenia
  • Bakhita, 12 years, Kenya
  • Ben Berisha, 7 years, Kosovo
  • Benjamin, 12 years, Kenya
  • Bifon, 12 years, Kenya
  • Blessing, 12 years, Kenya
  • Bobana, 17 years, Montenegro
  • Brilliant, 12 years, Kenya
  • Bruno, 15 years, Switzerland
  • Cecilia, 14 years, Switzerland
  • Celestine, 13 years, Kenya
  • Charline, 16 years, Switzerland
  • Cicilia, 15 years, Kenya
  • Clarice, 12 years, Kenya

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.

« Il n’y a clairement aucune impossibilité intrinsèque à sauver les enfants du monde.
Ce n’est impossible que si nous le décidons, par notre refus de le tenter. »

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.
If you do not sign the Declaration, it is as if you have chosen not to make your voice heard.

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