Talk
A century for the good of the child? Child welfare and children's rights in Europe from 1924 to 2024

Referring to the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary, the research project, led by Dr. Agnes Anna Arndt, will analyze the development of children's rights from 1924 to 2024 in their global, national and local interdependencies. Designed as a historical research program, the project thus also aims at contributing to the current debates on children's rights, which have become increasingly important, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Israel. The HAIT assumes that a look into recent developments can help to find orientation in the current multiple crises. At the same time, the project will expand knowledge about the rights and the protection of children and thus strengthen a pro-democratic political education.

The talk will show which impulses can be gained from the historical examination of the development of children's rights for current challenges in child and youth welfare and how these impulses can help to improving the cultural education of politically responsible adolescents.

The talk takes place as part of the Diversity Days of the Technical University of Dresden under the motto “Dialogue builds bridges: Together for diversity and democracy”.