Ombudsmen for children from all around the world in Sarajevo

Conference on National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) for Children entitled Child Rights – Turning concept into reality will be held in Sarajevo on November 3-4, gathering Ombudsmen for children, representatives of Ombudsmen institutions and child rights defenders from 23 countries from all over the world, including Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.

Conference will be held in the White Hall of the BiH Parliament. The occassion for organisation of this global conference is 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and it will be attanded by the member of UN Commettee on the Rights of the Child, Mr Peter Guráň from Slovakia. 

Conference topics include, among others, role of the independent national human rights institutions in protection and promotion of child rights, different models of cooperation between Ombudsmen for Children and non-governmental organisations, as well as models of communication between Ombudsmen for children and children as they ultimate beneficiaries, etc.

Paralel to the conference, a Children Panel consisting of children advisors to the Ombudsmen institutions and representatives of child-led groups that monitor child rights in the region will be held. They will analyse the role of Ombudsmen in child protection from their perspective, as well as the ways Ombudsmen institutions communicate with children as their ultimate beneficiaries.

Conference is organised by the Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman/Ombudsmen of BiH and Save the Children.