Defence for Children International (DCI)
Défense des Enfants International (DEI)
Defensa de Niñas y Niños Internacional (DNI)
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Contact Details
URL: https://defenceforchildren.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Defence4Children/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dciinternationalsecretariat/
Founded
1979-07-05 Geneva Switzerland
History
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Work towards a world where children enjoy and exercise their rights in a just and responsible society; ensure on-going practical, systematic and concerted international action directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, its optional protocols and other human rights instruments.
Events
2025-06-02 | Madrid, Spain – World Congress on Justice with Children27 past events available with paid subscription only.
Activities
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Panel member of: E-XM1572 - Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ). Links with: E-XE7803 - Instituto Latinoamericano de las Naciones Unidas para la Prevención del Delito y el Tratamiento del Delincuente (ILANUD); E-XE1054 - Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN); F-XK0996 - International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour and Forced Labour (IPEC+); F-XE1006 - The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH); E-XE3016 - UNHCR; E-XE3128 - United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ). Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Netherlands section supports: F-XF2222 - ECPAT International (ECPAT). Links with:
- C-XD0058 - Anti-Slavery International;
- E-XE1429 - Child Rights Connect;
- F-XF4594 - Child Rights International Network (CRIN);
- E-XE0409 - Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO);
- F-XF5914 - Global March Against Child Labour;
- E-XG3469 - GoodWeave International;
- B-XB1152 - International Alliance of Women (IAW);
- C-XC1375 - International Association of Youth and Family Judges;
- C-XC1451 - International Catholic Child Bureau;
- B-XB2007 - International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW);
- E-XE2973 - NGO Committee on UNICEF;
- E-XE3630 - Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO);
- F-XD4112 - Save the Children International;
- G-XF1888 - Save the Children UK (SC UK);
- B-XB3246 - SOS Children's Villages International;
- F-XF5082 - Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh Foundation);
- F-XN9493 - WE Charity;
- F-XF0854 - World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT);
- B-XC4317 - World Vision International (WVI).
- Member of: Eurochild
- Member of: Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (End Violence Against Children)
- Member of: Movimiento Mundial por la Infancia de Latinoamérica y El Caribe (MMI-LAC)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF0050
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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