Target results

Contribute to the well-being of children in highly vulnerable situations, leading to their development and the realization of their full potential

We work to strengthen child protection ecosystems, including all the players who make up each system, by putting children at the center, promoting their participation in their protection, and using a collaborative methodology.

We address child protection through an approach centered on the individual needs of each child, on complementary work around prevention and response, with children as protagonists and empowered to increase their capacity to protect themselves, and by building resilience.

Ensuring child-friendly justice systems adapted and respectful of children’s rights

We aim to help ensure that children in conflict with the law, child victims and child witnesses can access and benefit from appropriate justice systems.

This means accessible justice, which guarantees children’s active participation throughout the process, protects their dignity, safety and well-being, and prevents all forms of discrimination. It includes measures for prevention, dejudicialization and alternatives to deprivation of liberty, as well as measures for reintegration and protection, and promotes rehabilitation and reintegration. It is also child-centred justice, which is prompt, coordinated and can only be effective by listening to children’s experiences and incorporating their recommendations into practices and legislation. 

In this way, those whose rights have been infringed obtain reparation, and children suspected of having broken the law (rules) benefit from processes that fully respect their rights.

Contributing to children’s rightful place in society

In an adult-centered social context, children are often excluded from the decisions that affect their lives. We aim for environments in which children are listened to by adults, occupy their rightful place and play a meaningful role in the issues that concern them.

Since 2020, child participation has been at the heart of the strategic objectives of the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR). While the right to participation is one of the rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, our strategic plan goes further and makes more active participation by children one of the basic premises for change in their favor. Indeed, the lack of space given to children and their power to act is identified as one of the main factors in the lack of respect for and realization of their rights, and one of the main obstacles to effective and appropriate systems of protection and justice.