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| Abbreviation | DCI |
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| Formation | 1979 |
| Type | INGO |
| Purpose | Protecting and promoting children's rights |
| Headquarters | International Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland |
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Region served | Worldwide |
| Website | https://www.defenceforchildren.org |
Defence for Children International (DCI) is an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) set up in 1979, during the International Year of the Child, to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of children, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Nigel Cantwell was one of its founders and its current president is Khaled Quzmar of Palestine.[1][2]
- ^ "Defence for Children International elects Khaled Quzmar as new President and adopts new Strategic Framework for 2022-2026". Defence for Children. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- ^ "Khaled Quzmar new General Director of Defense for Children International - Palestine". Defense for Children Palestine. Retrieved 2024-09-24.