ATD Fourth World

Webinar side panel to the UN 63rd Commission on Social Development
2025-02-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
“Keeping the promise of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development by Achieving Legal Identity for All”
What: UN 63rd Commission on Social Development side panel webinar
When: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 10am EST
Where: Online
How much: Free!
Thirty years after the Copenhagen Declaration, an estimated 850 million people worldwide lack legal identity. Legal identity is essential to the eradication of poverty and is at the forefront of basic needs, as it provides access to the most fundamental rights: education, health, housing, land rights, voting, and social protection systems.
Leaving no one behind starts with birth registration for every child, but it also requires that every person has access to civil registration, legal identity that reflects their gender identity, is respective of family history, and provides a pathway to social protection systems.
We hope that you will be able to join us for this important conversation.

No justice without identity
2024-11-14 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Paris)
The Identity Rights Working Group, co-chaired by Child Identity Protection (CHIP) and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) is hosting a webinar series dedicated to access to justice and effective remedies for children whose identity rights have been contravened.
It is a follow-up of an expert meeting that brought together several members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee), representatives of UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, academics and persons with lived experience.
This opening webinar will focus on the profound implications imposed on children lacking birth registration, documentation, and access to nationality without discrimination, which came via direct testimony from persons with lived experience.
This webinar will be held for 90 minutes, mirroring the structure of the expert meeting with same themes and experts, where possible.
Speakers:
Valeriia Cherednichenko | UNHCR (Moderator)
Kirsten Di Martino | UNICEF
Terry Kiairie | ATD Fourth World
Armando Augello Cupi | Unione Italiana
Apolidi Aleksandra Semeriak | European Network on Statelessness
Velina Todorova | CRC Committee member

"I was born, I exist, Add me to the list"
2024-10-17 15:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Dakar)
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE on 17 October 2024: 3 PM-5 PM (Dakar – GMT) 11AM-1PM (New York – EST)
INTERPRETATION: English/Français/Español
A guaranteed legal identity is a prerequisite for the people who have been most excluded to access their fundamental rights. Leaving no one behind starts with birth registration for every child. On the occasion of the 2024 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, ATD Fourth World and the International Committee for October 17, please join us for this online international roundtable.
