Defence for Children International
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.
| 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 |
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