For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
Terre des Hommes welcomes the European Commission’s call for feedback on the proposed Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. At a global level there are 27.6 million people in situations of forced labour on any given day. More than 3.3 million of all those in forced labour are children.2 […]
CONTINUE READING →Civil Society and Child Rights Organisations’ Open Letter to the European Union November 18, 2022 – European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse Every child should have the chance to be safe, curious, and happy – to simply be a kid. Unfortunately, the reality of childhood is very different […]
CONTINUE READING →Apps, online games and ed-tech are consumer products, and must be safe for children, by design and default – say children’s organisations, parents and mental health professionals in a joint open letter The EU’s single market sets a global standard for the safety of consumer products, which policy-makers in Brussels are seeking to extend to […]
CONTINUE READING →Boys and girls feel unprotected from the risks on the web, yet from 2016 to 2021 in Italy, 80% of hate speech proceedings ended in dismissal or acquittal. In the aftermath of the political agreement on the European Digital Services Act, on the 10th of May, Terre des Hommes Italy presented, in the presence of […]
CONTINUE READING →This Child Online Safety Toolkit helps policymakers to design an age-appropriate digital world that every child can access creatively, knowledgeably, and fearlessly. It defines a step-by-step process that any policymaker globally can use to enshrine the protections and rights of young people in the digital world. The Child Online Safety Toolkit is supported by Terre […]
CONTINUE READING →The Global Initiative on Justice With Children – strengthening justice systems for children worldwide, welcomes you to the free online edition of the WORLD CONGRESS ON JUSTICE WITH CHILDREN: “Ensuring access to justice for all children: towards non-discriminatory and inclusive child justice systems”. From 15th to 20th November 2021. Attend, learn and exchange on the […]
CONTINUE READING →The city of Milan won the first edition of Earthshot Prize, presented by Prince William. Terre des Hommes Italy are proud to be a part of this amazing initiative. The Milan Food waste hub tackle two problems in one. Launched in 2019 with the aim of halving waste by 2030, each hub recovers food mainly from supermarkets and […]
CONTINUE READING →In an open letter addressed to the European Parliament Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, 31 31 organisations protecting the rights of people on the move, children and digital rights including European Digital Rights (EDRi) urge policymakers to radically change the direction of the EURODAC reform – the European Union (EU) database storing asylum […]
CONTINUE READING →After the terrible earthquake and tropical storm, it’s time for relief efforts in Haiti The most vulnerable children must be protected and not left alone In the aftermath of the terrible earthquake (7.2 on the Richter scale) that once again devastated the Caribbean country, Terre des Hommes Italy immediately began an activity to assess […]
CONTINUE READING →Today, as part of the Together to #ENDviolence campaign, we are publishing six game-changing actions to end violence against children, calling on leaders everywhere to prioritise protection of the world’s children. Over many months, experts from across the End Violence community developed a prioritised set of policy proposals to end violence against children, informed by evidence […]
CONTINUE READING →