The World’s Children’s Prize Child Jury consists of around 15 children from all over the world. They are experts in the rights of the child through their own life experiences as debt slaves, child soldiers, street children or refugees, or through having experienced other violations of the rights of the child.

The jury also includes children who have fought for respect for the rights of the child for a long time. The children of the jury represent all the children in the world who share the same experiences.
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What does the international child jury do? 

Through their own life stories, the jury children educate millions of children all over the world on different aspects of the rights of the child. 
The jury children are ambassadors for the World’s Children’s Prize in their contact with journalists and others in their home countries, and during their visits to Sweden.
   Once a year, the jury children gather in Sweden to participate in the prize ceremony, to decide who the next year’s three candidates will be, and to visit Swedish schools.

How are the jury members chosen?
The World’s Children’s Prize Secretariat appoints jury members. They must have experience of violations of the rights of the child and/or of fighting for respect for the rights of the child, and they must be able to talk about it. The jury children’s own life stories are extremely important, since children all over the world learn from them. 
The jury children should come from as many continents as possible and represent as many of the major religions as possible. 
Jury children must not be older than 15 in their first year, since the aim is for most of the children to be on the jury for at least 3 years.

Who can join the jury?
All children, as students at Global Friend schools, can participate in the World’s Children’s Prize. But without their own experience of violations of the rights of the child and/or their own major struggle for respect for the rights of the child, it is not possible to become a member of the child jury.

What do the jury children do when they meet?
They spend time with one another as friends and prepare themselves for their tasks during the weeks they will spend in Sweden. New jury members find out more about the World’s Children’s Prize and its mission. 
Before the jury children come to Sweden, they must have studied the prize candidate nominations carefully. During their visit to Sweden in April, the jury children meet to appoint the three final prize candidates for the following year. 
During their stay, the jury children participate in a press conference to reveal who has received the most votes in the Global Vote. Then it’s time to prepare for the prize ceremony. The jury children sit on the stage during the ceremony and participate in it. 
In their second week in Sweden, the jury children are divided up into groups, along with the prize laureates and the children accompanying them, as well as child musicians. Together, they visit schools in around 25 locations. There, they are usually given a heroes’ welcome and are asked to sign lots of autographs!