International Conference Convened in Geneva with Leading Experts Talk About the International Challenges of Child Protection

Innocense In Danger Ariana-Leilani Conference

On December 18, 2012, an exciting conference was held in Geneva on the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the challenges associated with measures Child Protection, using the case of Ariana-Leilani as a case study.    Speakers at the Geneva Press Club included:  Ms. Homayra Sellier, Founder and President, Innocence in Danger international • Ms. Ariel King, Founder and President, Ariana-Leilani Children’s Foundation  • Mr. Ireneo Namboka, Retired UN Human Rights Protection Officer Human Rights and Child Protection from Abuse and Neglect • Ms. Paola Riva-Gapany, Deputy Director, International Institute for Children’s Rights UNCRC and Child Protection, • Ms. Gudalupe De Iudicibus, Lawyer, Swiss Foundation of the International Social Service UNCRC –  • Ms. Silke Gutzmann, Executive Director, Innocence in Danger • Mr. Dumi Senda, Poet & Children’s Book Author

Topics included:

•  The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Child Protection: Report of Switzerland according to CIDE
•  The UNCRC and International Child Protection Challenges: The Case of dual German-USA citizen Ariana-LeilaniProtection against Child abuse and neglect under the Convention International Rights of the Child.
•  The rehabilitation of child victims of abuse thanks to summer camps
•  The International Convention on the Rights of the Child across borders and challenges
• The non-ratification of the United States the Convention on the Rights of the Child gives rise to the fact that children in the United States receive no internationally recognized right at human rights.
• The day the sun promised to smile FOREVER! Playing the beginning of the original story inspired by Ariana Leilani
• UNCRC Worldwide and Its’ Non-Ratification in the USA, International Implications
• The Swiss Report to the UNCRC
• International Social Services Cross Border Casework
• Switzerland Child Abuse Rehabilitation through Children’s Summer Camps
• “The Day the Sun Promised to Smile FOREVER!” Debut reading of an original children’s story inspired by The Little Ambassador, Ariana-Leilani* – by Dumi Senda

“The Little Ambassador” Ariana-Leilani, a German-American child with a fatal immunodeficiency disease, as well as abuse and neglect, represents all children whose human rights are violated. Ariana-Leilani coalition calls for international cooperation between the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Barack Obama to save Ariana-Leilani by submitting a petition containing over 5,000 signatures from 125 countries.

Your signature makes a difference.  Please sign the petition.

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• Ariana-Leilani Children’s Foundation International                    http://www.ariana-leilanifoundation.orgSave Ariana-Leilani Coalition                                                                      http://www.ariana-leilani.orgInnocence in Danger (IID)                                             http://www.innocenceindanger.ch  http://www.innocenceendanger.orgInternational Institute for Children’s Rights (IDE)                       http://www.childsrights.orgSwiss Foundation of the International Social Service                  http://www.ssiss.chUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child                 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/

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