For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
Terre des Hommes supports the call of civil society organizations for assistance to the people affected by a fire in Moria, on the Greek Island of Lesvos. Following yesterday’s fire in Moria, on Lesvos, which destroyed the Reception and Identification Centre, 30 civil society organizations call on the Greek Government to immediately provide assistance to people who lost their shelter. Those […]
CONTINUE READING →Joint Position Paper in the Upcoming Childs Rights Strategy Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has entrusted Vice President for Democracy and Demography to launch a comprehensive Child Rights Strategy. The upcoming Child Rights Strategy is expected to be launched at the beginning of 2021. Terre des Hommes International Federation and partners of the Child […]
CONTINUE READING →This World Refugee Day, Destination Unknown calls for meaningful action for and with refugee children and youth. (see the statement on Destination Unknown website) Put children at the heart of refugee protection responses Grace, 16, was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but was forced to leave the country with her siblings and their mother when she was very young. They sought refuge in South Africa. Grace and her […]
CONTINUE READING →Press Release Full Statement on Impact of Covid on Child Labour Policy Paper on Child Labour On the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June 2020 Terre des Hommes warns of a dramatic increase in child labour as a result of the Corona pandemic. On the occasion […]
CONTINUE READING →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 →The German government must place a blanket ban on all small arms exports says Terre des Hommes, as over 30,000 pistols made in Germany have been illegally sold to Colombia, where they risk being used to commit crimes against children. The SP 2022 pistols, made by German arms manufacturer Sig Sauer, were traded illegally from […]
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 →One in every four children across the world lives in a disaster zone. Their rights are often violated when a disaster occurs, and they can be affected by any trauma they experience in these situations for the rest of their lives. Children are at risk of having their rights infringed in disaster zones for many […]
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