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Children need family support!

On May 28, the Federal Cabinet is scheduled to decide on a draft law that suspends family reunification for those granted subsidiary protection.

Children need family support!
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Gaza: Petition for a just peace

Together with 60 other NGOs, we demand that the new federal government end the spiral of violence and immediately stop arms exports.

Gaza: Petition for a just peace
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Gaza: Aid for children urgently needed

The international community must finally take action in Gaza. According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people are refugees.

Help for children urgently needed
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Families belong together!

On the International Day of Families on May 15, 2025, 30 children's and human rights organizations are calling for a clear commitment to family reunification.

Families belong together!
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Stop going it alone: ​​Supply chain directive must be preserved

Contrary to the coalition agreement, Friedrich Merz wants to abolish the EU supply chain directive. This would allow for violations of children's rights.

Stop going it alone: ​​Supply chain directive must be preserved
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"We need an offensive for children's rights!"

At the start of the new federal government: In development, migration and economic policy, aid and protection for children must be a priority!

"We need an offensive for children's rights!"
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Newly published: The magazine "Life without Fear"

The psychological wounds children suffer as a result of disasters are often invisible. Psychosocial support is an important part of our projects

Newly published: The magazine "Life without Fear"
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Children and their rights in the coalition agreement

The coalition agreement includes many measures that affect the rights of children in our projects. We present the plans of the new…

Children and their rights in the coalition agreement
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Ukraine: Interview with film director Tetiana Khodakivska

Tetiana Khodakivska has made a film about the children abducted by Russia and the trauma support they receive after their return. An interview.

Interview with film director Tetiana Khodakivska
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Trapped between borders

The then sixteen-year-old refugee from Somalia recounts her dangerous escape to Europe in an interview.

Trapped between borders
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Regarding the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD: Children's rights are in danger

Joshua Hofert, spokesperson for the board of the children's rights organization Terre des Hommes , comments on the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD.

Regarding the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD: Children's rights are in danger
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Terre des Hommes on the suspension of the right to asylum in Poland

Terre des Hommes strongly criticizes the signing of the law on the temporary suspension of the right to asylum in Poland.

Terre des Hommes on the suspension of the right to asylum in Poland

General Comment No. 26 on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

In the summer of 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted "General Comment No. 26" (German: "General…

General Comment No. 26 on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Children's rights organizations are calling for a commitment to development cooperation

Berlin, March 13, 2025 – On the occasion of the coalition negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD beginning today, the five largest parties are calling for…

Children's rights organizations are calling for a commitment to development cooperation
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Anniversary of the Russian attack on Ukraine: Childhood despite bombs, fear and terror

Three years after the start of the expansion of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the social and humanitarian situation remains catastrophic.

Anniversary of the Russian attack on Ukraine: Childhood despite bombs, fear and terror
Ukraine: Support for the evacuation of war zones.

More than half a billion children suffer as a result of armed conflict

On Red Hand Day: Alliance calls for more humanitarian aid and commitment to peaceful conflict resolution. Berlin, February 11, 2025. On the occasion of Red Hand…

More than half a billion children suffer as a result of armed conflict

Democracy is indispensable for upholding children's rights

“Together for Democracy” – Demonstration in Berlin, February 10, 2025 – The children's rights organization Terre des Hommes joins the alliance…

Democracy is indispensable for upholding children's rights
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Joint appeal from 145 organizations to the CDU party conference

Stand by your Christian and democratic values ​​and uphold the rule of law and human rights! Osnabrück/Berlin, February 3, 2025 -…

Joint appeal from 145 organizations to the CDU party conference
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Ukraine: Interview with psychologist Nadiia Lokot, Libereco

Nadiia Lokot, project coordinator of the Terre des Hommes partner organization »Libereco«, on the work in trauma relief projects for children.

Interview with psychologist Nadiia Lokot, Libereco

Myanmar: Interview on the current situation

Myanmar has been embroiled in civil war for more than four years. An interview about the current situation and the hopes of the people in the country.

Interview on the current situation