Conference on the Rights of Palestinian Children
On the 18th of January 2025 the Irish National Teacher’s Organisation, with the support of Trade Union Friends of Palestine, other Irish Trade Unions and civil society groups, will host a Conference at Liberty Hall, Dublin on the Rights of Palestinian Children. The aim of this Conference is to allow experts, unions and other stakeholders to examine the violation of Palestinian children’s rights with emphasis on Children’s Health – Physical and Psychosocial, Education and Access to Shelter.
This will be an opportunity for participants to hear and learn from a variety of key Irish and International speakers about the ongoing reality and personal experience for Palestinian children under occupation and apartheid, including the ongoing siege of Gaza. The conference intends to highlight the steps we need to take to ensure the right action is used to enable children in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem access to their fundamental right to safe shelter, health services and education in their home country Palestine, free from occupation and apartheid. During the day there will be a panel discussion with the speakers focusing on practical proposals for support. There will be an opportunity for those in attendance to submit questions for the panel discussion. This Conference will run from 10:00 am to 4.00 pm on Saturday the 18th of January 2025. Registration will open at 9:45 am. The event will comprise three sessions with a lunchbreak from 1:30 - 2:30 pm.
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Since the Hamas- Israeli conflict escalated to catastrophic war in October 2023, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported more than 14,000 children have been killed and thousands more have been injured https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/children-gaza-need-lifesaving-support.
The children of Palestine are living to survive in a nightmare scenario. Their homes have been destroyed, they have limited access to food, water and medicine, thousands have been injured or have experienced their families being torn apart and relations or neighbours being killed. Furthermore, they are being denied a right to their education. Over 625,000 children have now entered a second year without school resuming as educational and health institutions have been demolished and the genocide continues denying children their basic human rights.