Queen Rania attended Vatican City Summit on Rights of Children

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Queen Rania Al Abullah of Jordan attended the World Summit on Children’s Rights, hosted by the Holy See at the the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The event was attended by Pope Francis and leaders from around the world. The World Summit on Children’s Rights was organized by the Pontifical Committee of the World Children’s Day, which was established by Pope Francis in 2023 to promote the Catholic Church’s mission of advocating respect for the rights and dignity of children. The event gathered distinguished voices and experts from around the world to highlight global challenges to children’s rights that require urgent collective commitment.

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The two-day summit on February 3 will have a reflection on the many ways children are oppressed today, including living through war, poverty, as undocumented migrants, and without access to adequate food, education, and health care. Addressing the summit, Queen Rania called for the universal and unconditional application of children’s rights, urging the world to reject “a status quo that deems some children’s suffering acceptable, based on their name, faith, or the land of their birth.”

After thanking Pope Francis for convening the Summit, Queen Rania noted that the Convention for the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, has since become the most widely-ratified human rights treaty in history. “Whether they are missing their two front teeth or have lost limbs to war wounds, every child has an equal claim to our protection and care”.