World Vision at the Human Rights Council

World Vision at the

Human Rights Council

The 55th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC55) opens on Monday, 26 February 2024, and lasts until 5 April 2024. World Vision's engagement will focus on the Annual Day of the Rights of the Child, taking place on March 14.

The Human Rights Council is the main intergovernmental body within the United Nations responsible for human rights. It is responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. It provides a platform for World Vision and other NGO partners to advocate for the needs and rights of vulnerable populations, particularly children in impoverished or crisis-affected regions. We raise awareness about critical issues of child rights such as poverty, hunger, health, education, child protection, and violence against children, among others.

At #HRC55, World Vision's main engagements are centred upon the right to food with the Geneva launch of the ENOUGH Global Campaign as well as inclusive social protection as the central theme of the resolution of the right of the child. Children mainstreaming including participation is at the centre of our engagement.

We have ENOUGH. Let’s eliminate child malnutrition.
Let’s end child hunger now.
ENOUGH of the right foods — even in crises.
ENOUGH funding for nutrition.
ENOUGH food policies and services centred on and
influenced by children.
Every child should enjoy ENOUGH nourishing food to thrive.

#ENOUGH #ENOUGHChildHunger

ENOUGH! Ensuring children's right to food and nutrition

Date: 14 March 2024

Location: UN Palais des Nations, Geneva, Room XXV

Time: 17:00-18:00 CET in-person followed by an apéritif

Taking place on the margins of the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council, this special event will frame the experience of children regarding the right to food and nutrition and highlight the World Vision ENOUGH campaign on ending child hunger and malnutrition on the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child. This event will highlight best practices and demonstrate an ambitious way forward, with a focus on what can be done to secure the right to food and nutrition for all children.

Annual Day of the Rights of the Child (ADRC) 2024:

On the 14th of March 2024, the UN Palais of Nations in Geneva will host the UN Human Rights Council’s Annual Day on the Rights of the Child (ADRC), where States, United Nations representatives, children, and civil society actors meet to discuss challenges and opportunities concerning children’s rights and inclusive social protection.

This year, the Annual Day will be organized into 2 panels with different themes:

The morning panel from 10h30-12h30 CET will focus on the Rights of the child and inclusive social protection. Sheyla, a child advocate from Peru is speaking in the official morning panel on child rights and inclusive social protection alongside another young advocate from Togo, as well as representatives from UNICEF, WHO, and OHCHR.  Follow the session here.
The afternoon panel from 14h30-16h30 CET will discuss Child rights mainstreaming in the United Nations. Follow the session and World Vision statement here.