There are persons and entities that continuously engage in remarkable actions in the field of children’s rights, but their effort and loyalty is not always recognized and appreciated. For this reason, Hope for Children CRC Policy Center, has established the Children’s Rights Defender Award. This award refers to an individual or entity which through their actions have promoted Children’s rights in their community or further.
As an Organization, we value the importance of highlighting and rewarding such actions and at the same time encouraging others to follow this example. Taking this into consideration, Hope For Children has chosen to award Mr Bragi Gudbrandsson for his outstanding contributions to the rights of children not only on a local but also European level. The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, in the presence of Mr. Joseph Borghese, Director-General of HFC, handed over the award to Mr. Gudbrandsson congratulating him for his remarkable work in defending the rights of the children.
Mr. Bragi Gudbrandsson has been recently elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. He is the Former Director General of the Icelandic Government Agency for Child Protection in Iceland as well as a leading Expert on the Council of the Baltic Sea States Promise project for implementing the Barnahus (the Children’s House) model, a friendly and multidisciplinary response to child abuse in around twenty European countries.
Mr. Gudbrandsson is the former Chair and a current member of the CoE Lanzarote Committee, the monitoring body of the Lanzarote Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. He is one of the founding members of Save the Children in Iceland
Moreover, he is a member of the Icelandic National Committee for UNICEF and a member of working groups drafting the Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
On a local level, he has been the consultant for the Republic of Cyprus and a close collaborator of Hope For Children prior and during the process of the design and establishment of the Children’s House in Cyprus. He has generously shared his knowledge and expertise with us whilst supporting us throughout the entire process.
