The Berlin International Human Rights Congress (BIHRC)

"Human Rights and Democracy in a Globalized World - Moving Towards an International Consensus"

(Berlin; October 1st - 4th, 2010)

Human Rights Introduction

1924

The League of Nations adopts the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child

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In 1924 The League of Nations adopted the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, a declaration that established children’s rights to means for material, moral and spiritual development, special help when hungry, sick, disabled or orphaned, first call on relief when in distress, and freedom from economic exploitation.