The Children's Jury

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 members of the World’s Children’s Prize Child Jury are experts on the rights of the child through their own life experiences. They can be members of the jury until they turn 18. Every jury child primarily represents all the children in the world who share the same experiences. However, they also represent children of their own country and continent. Whenever possible, the jury includes children from all continents and all major religions.

• The jury members share their life stories and what violations of the rights of the child that they have experienced themselves or that they fight for. In this way, they teach millions of children around the world about the rights of the child.

• Every year, the Child Jury selects the three final candidates for the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child from all those who have been nominated.

• The Child jury leads the annual conclusion of the World’s Children’s Prize program, the grand Award Ceremony.

• The jury members are ambassadors for the World’s Children’s Prize in their home countries and throughout the world.

• During the week of the Award Ceremony, the members of the jury visit schools in Sweden and talk about their lives and about the rights of the child.