Monthly Archives: December 2015

• International Migrants Day

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On December 18, 2015
  Posted In Child Mobility, Emergency, Europe, Human Rights, News and Events

  Civil society acting and expressing concrete solidarity with migrants Geneva 18th December – International Migrants Day marks the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.  An estimated 214 million persons worldwide are international migrants. 740 million are internal migrants. Children and youth […]

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• COP 21: child rights and climate change

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On December 8, 2015
  Posted In Child Mobility, Emergency, Multi Sector, News and Events, TDH Suisse

  The COP21 summit runs from 30 November to 11 December and delegations from the 195 UN member states will negotiate on a global agreement aimed at limiting an average global temperature increase to 2°C. Climate change means more droughts, floods, and other severe weather conditions. These events can cause death and devastation, and can also […]

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• Adressing child labour at the UN

  
  

  • By TDHIF
  • On December 1, 2015
  Posted In Child Explotation, Human Rights, Multi Sector, News and Events, TDH Germany

  On 16-18 November took place the 4th Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights , some 2’000 participants from governments, business, the investment community, NGOs and academia came together to find ways to prevent and address human rights abuses in the economic sphere in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. […]

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