For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
President of Terre des Hommes Lysiane André has been awarded the Legion d’honneur – the highest decoration in France. This historic moment for the organisation took place in the town hall of Saint-Denis, Paris. Lysiane confessed that this distinction came unexpectedly. “One day I received a letter from the Mayor which he said he’d like […]
CONTINUE READING →The working document “Child Rights in the Global Compacts: Recommendations for protecting, promoting and implementing the human rights of children on the move in the proposed Global Compacts” lays out goals, targets and indicators through which key commitments to child rights outlined in the New York Declaration can be transformed in actions for both Global […]
CONTINUE READING →Read the recommendations by the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts for protecting, promoting and implementing the human rights of children on the move in the Global Compacts. The working document analyses how key commitments to child rights outlined in the New York Declaration can be transformed in actions. Read the syntheses of the recommendations here.
CONTINUE READING →The impact of environmental damage on children’s rights is not a new issue. Yet, despite data explicitly linking ecological harm to child rights violations, increased awareness of environmental crises and numerous international agreements, the understanding of the relationship between children’s rights and the environment is still in its infancy. To foster a deeper understanding of […]
CONTINUE READING →In June 2017 Terre des Hommes prepared an Institutional Learning Report to map and list everything the Destination Unknown campaign has been doing across the globe. Check it out!
CONTINUE READING →The 2017 edition of Terre des Hommes Child Labour Report talks about how climate change is pushing children in the Global South into ever more dangerous forms of child labour and exploitation. Read the full report here
CONTINUE READING →Climate change is pushing children in the Global South into ever more dangerous forms of child labour and exploitation, a new report by Terre des Hommes has warned. The report reveals how climate change and environmental degradation in Nepal, India, Burkina Faso, Peru and Nicaragua is forcing children to swap either safer work or not […]
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