Terre des Hommes is dismayed and opposed to the Italian government’s latest example of unjustifiable indifference towards human life, by preventing the 47 people aboard the rescue ship SeaWatch 3 from disembarking in Italy. The ship has been prevented by force from entering a safe harbour, where people on board would have access to medical […]
CONTINUE READING →Safe from the violence they experienced in Myanmar, the Rohingya people are now encountering serious problems in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh. In one of the tarpaulin and bamboo huts which form the labyrinth that is Kutupalong camp, Nour* cuddles her eight-month-old daughter Ayesha*. One year ago, this 25-year-old woman was forced to […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 10 December 2018 Interviews available upon request The adoption of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is a significant step forward in the fight to protect the rights of children on the move or affected by migration in other ways, said Terre des Hommes today. One in eight migrants […]
CONTINUE READING →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
Children forced to live in overcrowded refugee camps on Greek islands such as Lesvos are being left to battle a mental health crisis alone. New
The Initiative on the Rights of the Child in the Global Compacts, of which Destination Unknown is a member, welcomes today the adoption of the
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 […]