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Defence for Children International is an independent non-governmental organisation that has been promoting and protecting children’s rights on a global, regional, national and local level for 30 years.

Defence for Children International is represented through its national sections and associated members in 40 countries worldwide.

Its International Secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland.Read More

Juvenile Justice

Defence for Children International believes that no child belongs behind bars. The deprivation of liberty should be used only as the very last resort in dealing with children in conflict with the law.

During its International General Assembly in 2008, Defence for Children International reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to juvenile justice as its priority issue at the international level.
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Position Statements

As an international human rights organisation, Defence for Children International works to raise awareness about child rights violations and advocate for governments and stakeholders at regional and international levels to take action to implement international child rights standards.

Click below to read Defence for Children International’s position statements on key child rights issues.
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Child Rights NGOS Welcome the Decision of the United Nations to Provide an International Remedy for Children

New York, Monday 19 December 2011

The international coalition of over 80 international and national NGOs coordinated by the NGO Group for the CRC, which has been actively campaigning for the establishment of a communications procedure for child rights since 2006, welcomes the adoption of the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure for children rights violations at the UN General Assembly today.

With this new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a “communications” or complaint procedure, the international community has effectively put children rights on an equal footing with other human rights and recognised that children too had the right to appeal to an international mechanism, just like adults.

Now children who are victims of abuses and violations of their rights will be able to make a complaint to their committee of international experts, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee), if they have not been able to get legal remedies for these violations in their countries...( to know more )

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Defence for Children International is part of the Steering Committee of the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice.

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