Press releases

Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest seismic event to hit the Kingdom since 1960.

Although much is being said about children and youth, we know very little about how well they are really doing. Switzerland and Liechtenstein lack representative data on the well-being of young people.

The Society for Quality in Child Protection, UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Swiss Foundation for the Protection of Children and YOUVITA today published a brochure on transdisciplinary quality standards in child protection for specialists.

UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and Pro Juventute, supported by a broad alliance of organizations, published a position paper which not only analyzes the deficits in compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, PH Lucerne and UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein have launched a child rights web application.

For the first time, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Around half of children in Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million – are exposed to high heatwave frequency, according to an analysis of the latest available data from 50 countries published today by UNICEF in a new policy brief.

So far in 2023, an estimated 11,600 children made the dangerous crossing. The majority were alone or separated from their parents.

At the Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) on June 8 and 9 in Interlaken, UNICEF presents the works of artists envisioning a positive future for children, generated with the help of AI.

The delegates of UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein have unanimously elected Christian Levrat as the association’s new President. He takes over from Hans Künzle with immediate effect.