The Children Born of War Project warmly congratulates the Bosnian “Forgotten Children of War” Association with the Human Rights Award of the University of Oslo.
November 11th 2024 the University of Oslo announced that Ajna Jusić, Alen Muhič, and Lejla Damon receive the University of Oslo’s Human Rights Award 2024 for their pioneering work on behalf of Bosnian children born of rape during the Bosnian War 1992-1995.
“This is an important milestone that proves that decades of promoting and working for the rights of children born of war, including children born of conflict-related sexual violence, has been worth doing” says professor Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard, chairwoman and managing director of the CBOW Project.
Having been engaged with the Forgotten Children of Born Association since its establishment in 2015 members of the CBOW Project and Born of War International Network (BOW i.n.) are delighted to see that European war children continue to raise their voices at the public and political agenda to fight for the visibility and recognition of the human rights of children born of war worldwide.
The ceremony will take place in Oslo, December 5th 2024 during the Oslo Peace days. For further information see: https://www.uio.no/english/about/news-and-events/news/2024/human-rights-award-forgotten-children-association.html
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UiO’s Human Rights Award to The Forgotten Children of War Association – University of Oslo