Geneva, 13 March 2024 – At the fifty-third session of the Human Rights Council, Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, emphasized the urgent need to protect children in the context of migration and displacement. Her address focused on the theme of “Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, including the right to development.”
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New York, 06 February 2024 - POP (Protection Through Online Participation) aims to understand how children and young people can access safety and protection thanks to their access to the internet. Increasingly, children and youth are turning to the Internet to be safe when at risk of experiencing harm offline or online. POP is collecting evidence on how children and youth are accessing safety through online means from the perspectives of the different stakeholders involved in the protection chain of support.
New York, 19 December 2023 - Four voices have shed light on a reality too often rendered invisible. Sedra, Sofia, Naya and Maksim, four child refugees, raised their voices during the Child Rights High-Level parallel event “Pledging with and for children” organized by multiple partners1 on the margins of the 2nd Global Refugee Forum in Geneva. They shared their experiences, needs and hopes because, in their own words, “children are capable of telling stories that change lives”.
New York, 29 November 2023 - Gaza has become the incarnation of the child rights crisis the world is facing. As we call for a durable ceasefire and long-lasting peace, hundreds of thousands of children are in need of urgent life-saving support. As we call for a durable ceasefire and long-lasting peace, we cannot forget that hundreds of thousands of children and their communities will bear the cost of this violence for generations.
New York, 20 November 2023 – The world is facing a global child rights crisis. Children’s rights are left behind. More children than ever are deprived of their rights. More children than ever are experiencing violence in all settings, being killed, forcibly displaced, being behind bars, and facing extreme poverty and social exclusion. On this World Children’s Day, we express our sorrow for the huge toll being paid by children worldwide, and we express our rage because we know that the violence children are facing is always preventable.
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