"On November 20, the world lights up in blue as a reminder that every child has a right to safety, love and dignity," UNICEF Hungary said in a statement.

It said World Children’s Day was about emphasising that these rights were not just principles in an international accord, but values that defined children’s everyday lives.

UNICEF Hungary said it has entered into a partnership with Hungary’s police force with the aim of raising awareness of children’s rights. As part of the partnership, the organisation will train crime prevention advisors in supervising children’s rights awareness sessions.

Those taking part in the training sessions will acquire methodological and sensitisation-related knowledge on how to proceed when a child indicates that they are being abused, in danger online or that their rights may be violated.

The crime prevention experts will then hold interactive sessions with students nationwide, explaining to them their rights and teaching them where they can turn for help.

On Thursday, several buildings across the country were lit up in blue to mark World Children's Day, the statement said.

Karacsony: Budapest to set up Children’s Rights Office

Budapest is setting up a Children’s Rights Office in order to enable the capital to use its own resources to help "break the cycle of poverty and hopelessness", Gergely Karacsony, the city’s mayor, said in a post on Facebook.

The Children’s Rights Office will soon begin operating within the framework of the Budapest Methodological Centre of Social Policy and Its Institutions (BMSZKI), providing assistance in child protection and children’s rights-related situations, Karacsony said.

He said the office would be a "safe and open space" offering community programmes, food and professionals ready to help.

The mayor said the capital was also working on offering housing support to those who grew up under the supervision of child protection services and on arranging internship, scholarship and mentoring opportunities for them and those still in child protection care at Budapest-run companies and institutions.

"We can never compromise on humanity, care and solidarity in Budapest, or on ensuring the equality of dignity to every child and everyone in need of help," Karacsony said.

He said it was critical to "keep trying" because "today’s state child protection regime reproduces hopelessness."

He said children who grew up in state care tended to be "released back into poverty". Close to a quarter of homeless people in the capital, and almost half of those under the age of 30 grew up in state care, the mayor said.

Karacsony also said that on Thursday Budapest’s landmark Chain Bridge will be lit up decoratively to mark World Children’s Day.
 

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