On Tuesday November 20th, the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts held an event at the Palais des Nations, “Child Rights and the Global Compacts: A Call For Action,” to commemorate 29 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Keynote Speakers were:
- H.E. Ambassador Socorro Flores Liera of the Permanent Mission of Mexico
- H.E. Ambassador Eunice Kigenyi of the Permanent Mission of Uganda
- Video Message from several Syrian and Afghani girls experiencing forced migration
A panel of experts discussed and defined concrete actions and initiatives, with a multi-stakeholder approach, that will contribute to putting children’s rights at the heart of the implementation of the Global Compacts. Panelists included:
- Philip Jaffe, Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Ellen Hansen, Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
- Michele Klein Solomon, Director, Global Compact for Migration, IOM
- Peggy Hicks, Director of Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures & Treaty Bodies Division
- Laurent Chapuis, Regional Advisor, Migration, UNICEF
- Constanza Martinez, UN Representative, World Vision
- Moderated by – Delphine Moralis, Secretary-General, Terre Des Hommes
The Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration were adopted the very next day.