For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
THE HAGUE / GENEVA (5 September 2016) – In a hard-hitting speech in the Hague on Monday, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for action to confront European and U.S. demagogues who blend a fictional halcyon past with a classic propagandist mix of half truths and oversimplification, resulting in “the banalization of […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des hommes’ report indicates dramatic increase of child labour among Syrian refugees. Child labour among Syrian refugees has reached an alarming scale. Terre des Hommes identified multiple forms of child labour particularly in Syria and Syria’s neighbouring countries in its Child Labour Report 2016. “The devastating living conditions of the people in Syria as […]
CONTINUE READING →On the occasion of the World Play Day on the 28th May, Terre des Hommes wants to highlight the benefits of using play and sport in children’s development. These activities promote the creative potential of children, facilitate the learning in school and strengthen the personal development. By playing, boys and girls develop social competences, learn how to make contacts, […]
CONTINUE READING →10 priorities for the protection of the rights of refugee and migrant children Protection and care for children during rescue and transfer operations; the need to ban child refugee and migrant children detention; more efforts to step up international protection for every child in fear of being persecuted; new measures to prevent the separation of […]
CONTINUE READING →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 […]
CONTINUE READING →From left to right: Ester Asin, Director of Save the Children EU Office, Martin SCHULZ – EP President, Seamus Jeffreson, Director of CONCORD , Sendrine Constant, Terre des Hommes Delegate for Eastern Europe Terre des Hommes Delegate for Eastern Europe tells Martin Schulz about dramatic conditions faced by migrant children escaping war and violence. Children,no […]
CONTINUE READING →Strong messages at the Global Forum on Migration and Development, operational solutions debated, sharing and learning… The leadership of governments is urgently needed for the implementation of solutions based on values framed by human rights and evidence. Children on the move and their families cannot wait! Following the two Civil Society Days (12th-13th October) of […]
CONTINUE READING →Migration : solutions built on values and evidence 14 October 2015 – As Chair of the Civil Society Days of the 2015 Global Forum on Migration and Development, Mr. Ignacio Packer, Secretary General of Terre des Hommes International Federation is addressing today about 150 delegations of governments, international organisations and some 265 civil society delegates […]
CONTINUE READING →15 September 2015 – One day ahead of the extraordinary EU Council Justice and Home Affairs meeting today in Brussels, the German Government decided to close its border with Austria. As a consequence, Germany decided to “breach Schengen” few weeks after “breaching Dublin”. This “marks a significant escalation of the crisis, … which many view […]
CONTINUE READING →Illustration by Elena Sartorius Thursday 03 September 2015 – Heartbraking pictures of Aylan, a refugee toddler, lifeless, washed up on a Turkish beach. He is wearing a red T-shirt and long blue shorts that stop below the knee. He fled his home, where he wasn’t wanted, sought shelter on an island that didn’t want him, […]
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