Defence for Children International Italia

A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

Defence for Children International (DCI) is an international human rights organization that has been promoting and protecting children's rights for 30 years.

DCI is represented in over 40 countries worldwide through its national sections and associated members, each working on child rights issues that are relevant to their national contexts, ranging from juvenile justice, putting a stop to child labour, child trafficking and violence against children to promoting child participation in society.

DCI's International Secretariat, located in Geneva, is the focal point of the organization. It represents DCI's mission at international level and develops projects which promote child rights globally and which support the activities and growth of DCI's national sections and associated members.

OUR MISSION

Defence for Children International is dedicated to ensuring on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international action directed to-wards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), its optional protocols, and all the other human rights instruments.

OUR VISION

Children should enjoy and exercise their rights in a just and responsible society.
The idea of establishing the italian section of Defence for Children International dates back 2005 when a group of people, with various qualifications and of different ages, working in the field of international cooperation and human rights decided to create an independent, voluntary organization in the framework of a global movement based on the CRCís principles and vision.

The intention was to set up an open organization which would be able to promote childrens' rights without fear of openly analysing and denouncing violations, whilst also proposing innovative ways for understanding the problems and identifying solutions.

Defence for Children International Italy (DCI Italy) is officially registered and started its activities in March 2007.

It became a DCI section in 2008 during the 10th International General Assembly of DCI held in Brussels.

Its offices are located in Genoa and Rome (registered office).

It can count on a Coordination Team and a number of volunteers and consultants.

Its General Assembly is composed by 12 people with different expertise in the field of human rights, international cooperation, social activism and militancy.

DCI Italy, in connection with its International network and the DCI Secretariat, focuses its actions on activities concerning juvenile justice, children in conflict with the law and migration.

Defence for Children Italy is willing to develop its governance body and its actions through the participation of everyone who identifies with the organizationís mission and its statute.