15th European Forum on the Rights of the Child

23–24 Jun 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Tuesday, 24 June 2025 | 14:00 - 15:15

High-level Plenary session: The global response to children’s rights violations

  • Virginia Gamba, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict (video message)

  • Bertrand Bainvel, UNICEF Representative to the European Union Institutions and Director of UNICEF Partnerships Office in Brussels

  • Iryna Postolovska, Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine for the European Integration

  • Member of the European Parliament

  • Chege Ngugi, Africa Regional Director, ChildFund International

  • Stella Ronner-Grubačić, Deputy Managing Director for Values and Multilateral Relations, European External Action Service

Moderator: Jana Hainsworth