Terre des Hommes co-signs a leaders’ statement by the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact across the world. Efforts to contain the coronavirus are vital to the health of the world’s population, but they are also exposing children to increased risk of violence – including maltreatment, […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes would like to offer its solidarity to all those impacted across the planet by the coronavirus pandemic. The impact of this crisis on communities in poor, fragile and conflict-affected states in particular, is deeply worrying. While fewer cases of Covid-19 have currently been recorded in the world’s least developed countries, Terre des […]
CONTINUE READING →Open Letter by 85 Organisations To: Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli President of the European Council, Charles Michel President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen Athens, 6 March 2020 – The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned about recent developments at the Evros border […]
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The alleged takeover of a ship by migrants rescued from the Mediterranean was motivated by desperation. Dominik Kalweit from Maltese Destination Unknown member organisation Kopin

Young people have the power to change the debate on migration in Europe for the better. Here’s how, writes Rania Ali. Rania Ali is a

The Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts has developed a briefing for young people on the recently adopted Global Compacts for Refugees and

Destination Unknown is working to ensure children and young people on the move can exercise their human rights, have hope for the future and thrive

Destination Unknown campaign member Terre des Hommes is dismayed and opposed to the Italian government’s latest example of unjustifiable indifference towards human life, by preventing

The Head of the Children Win campaign has called on FIFA to leave “no stone unturned” when it comes to enforcing human rights commitments made by bidders for the 2026 World Cup. Children Win is a campaign led by the international child rights organisation Terre des Hommes, and focuses on preserving and protecting the rights […]

Football fans looking forward to the FIFA World Cup in Russia can show their support for the Children Win campaign by buying a brilliant new sticker album.
The sixth sticker album from Swiss collective tschutti heftli has been released, showing all of your favourite players as works of art instead of photographs.
The teams are designed by illustrators, graphic designers, cartoonists, and fans themselves following a competition which was judged by a panel of sports stars, artists and celebrities including legendary USA defender Alexi Lalas and Nadezhda Tolokonni, the frontwoman for Russian band ‘Pussy Riot’, and Austrian comic artist Nicolas Mahler.
There are 520 stickers to collect, designed by artists from countries across the globe, including Colombia, Iran, the USA, and Russia, the host nation

The importance of child rights becoming central to sports governing bodies’ new human rights policies has been brought into sharp focus by the launch of a new global campaign. It’s a Penalty uses Mega Sporting Events (MSEs) to raise awareness and increase education around issues such as child sexual exploitation (CSE) and trafficking – not […]

Child rights must become a central component of future event planning, according to the Chief Executive of a global campaign which uses Mega Sporting Events to raise awareness of child abuse and exploitation. The ‘It’s a Penalty’ campaign was initially launched during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and is supported by a series […]

Sports governing bodies are “just at the start of their journey” despite a promising year in the field of human rights and Mega Sporting Events, according to the Head of the Children Win Campaign. During 12 months in which none of the main Mega Sporting Events actually took place, much has been made of […]