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{{Infobox award
| name        = International Children's Peace Prize
| image       =
| alt         =
| awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in advocating children's rights
| presenter   =
| location    = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| year        = 2005
| reward      = [[Euro sign|€]]100,000 or [[United States dollar|$]]123,000
| holder = [[KidsRights Foundation]]
| most_awards =
| website     = {{URL|http://www.childrenspeaceprize.org|childrenpeaceprize.org}}
}}
The '''International Children's Peace Prize''' is awarded annually to a child who has made a significant contribution to advocating children's rights and improving the situation of vulnerable children such as orphans, child labourers and children with [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]. It holds a reputation as one of the leading youth prizes internationally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/youthenvoy/tag/international-childrens-peace-prize/|title=International Children's Peace Prize Archives|website=Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
The prize is an initiative of Marc Dullaert, founder of the [[KidsRights Foundation]], an international children's aid and advocacy organisation based in [[Amsterdam]], [[the Netherlands]].<ref name=kidsrights>{{Cite web|url=https://kidsrights.org/childrenspeaceprize|title=The International Children's Peace Prize|website=Kids Rights|date=20 November 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-11-14}}</ref>
The winner receives a 100,000 euro donation to benefit a charitable project for children, as well as a [[statuette]], the Nkosi, named in honour of [[Nkosi Johnson]]. The statuette is of a child pushing a ball, "show[ing] how a child sets the world in motion."<ref name=kidsrights />
==History==
The first Children's Peace Prize was launched in November 2005 during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in [[Rome]], an annual meeting of [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winners and international organisations such as [[UNICEF]] and [[Amnesty International]]. "We welcome the launch of Children’s Peace Prize during our summit," the summit's closing statement said.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
[[Mikhail Gorbachev]] presented the 2005 prize, which was posthumously awarded to [[Nkosi Johnson]], a [[South Africa]]n boy who brought international attention to children with HIV/AIDS and founded the [[Nkosi's Haven]] home for HIV-positive mothers and children.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
The 2006 award was handed out by Nobel Peace Prize laureate [[Frederik Willem de Klerk]] in a ceremony at the [[Binnenhof]], the seat of the Dutch parliament in [[The Hague]]. The 2007 was presented at the Binnenhof by [[Bob Geldof]] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate [[Betty Williams (Nobel laureate)|Betty Williams]]. The 2008 prize was presented by [[Desmond Tutu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theirworld.org/news/us-school-shooting-campaigners-win-international-childrens-peace-prize|title=US teenagers who campaigned for safer schools win the International Children's Peace Prize|last=Theirworld|date=2019-08-29|website=Theirworld|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
In 2018 a finalist was [[Leilua Lino]], a human rights activist from Samoa.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Leilua Lino|url=https://www.thecommonwealth.io/innovator/leilua-lino/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-20|title=Pacific Women Leaders: Lina Chang|url=https://ws.usembassy.gov/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=fb9a7a5a53b9ac0bf9d3d4321e120dfe|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020225941/https://ws.usembassy.gov/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=fb9a7a5a53b9ac0bf9d3d4321e120dfe|archive-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
==Recipients==
[[File:Neha Gupta receiving the International Children's Peace Prize.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]] awarding the International Children's Peace Prize to [[Neha Gupta]] in 2014]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Recipient
! Country
|-
| 2005
| [[Nkosi Johnson]]
| {{RSA}}
|-
| 2006
| [[Om Prakash Gurjar]]
| {{IND}}
|-
| 2007
| Thandiwe Chama
| {{ZAM}}
|-
| 2008
| Mayra Avellar Neves
| {{BRA}}
|-
| 2009
| Baruani Ndume
| {{TAN}}
|-
| 2010
| Francia Simon
| {{DOM}}
|-
| 2011
| [[Michaela Mycroft]]
| {{RSA}}
|-
| 2012
| [[Kesz Valdez]]
| {{PHI}}
|-
| 2013
| [[Malala Yousafzai]]
| {{PAK}}
|-
| 2014
| [[Empower Orphans|Neha Gupta]]
| {{USA}}
|-
| 2015
| [[Abraham Keita]]
| {{LBR}}
|-
| 2016
| [[Kehkashan Basu]]
| {{UAE}}
|-
| 2017
|  Mohamad Al Jounde
| {{SYR}}
|-
| 2018
| [[March for Our Lives]]
| {{USA}}
|-
|rowspan=2| 2019
| [[Greta Thunberg]]<ref name="PRNewswire041019">{{Cite web|title=Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children's Peace Prize 2019: Greta Thunberg (16) From Sweden and Divina Maloum (14) From Cameroon  |work=Cision PR Newswire |date=4 October 2019 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/desmond-tutu-announces-the-winners-of-the-international-children-s-peace-prize-2019-greta-thunberg-16-from-sweden-and-divina-maloum-14-from-cameroon-802168463.html}}</ref>
| {{SWE}}
|-
| [[Divina Maloum]]<ref name="PRNewswire041019" />
| {{CMR}}
|-
| 2020
|  [[Sadat Rahman]]<ref name="flemwml">{{cite web|url= https://kidsrights.org/news/sadat-rahman-17-from-bangladesh-wins-international-childrens-peace-prize-2020/ |title= SADAT RAHMAN (17) FROM BANGLADESH WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE 2020 |date= 13 November 2020 |accessdate=14 November 2020|publisher= International Children's Peace Prize }}</ref>
| {{BAN}}
|-
| 2021
|  [[Vihaan Agarwal|Vihaan]] and [[Nav Agarwal]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vihaan and Nav Agarwal (17 and 14) from India win International Children's Peace Prize 2021 |url=https://kidsrights.org/news/vihaan-and-nav-agarwal-17-and-14-from-india-win-international-childrens-peace-prize-2021/ |date=13 November 2021 |publisher=KidsRights |accessdate=16 November 2021}}</ref>
| {{IND}}
|-
| 2022
|  [[Rena Kawasaki]]<ref>{{cite web |title=PIONEERING JAPANESE TEEN, RENA KAWASAKI (17), WINS THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE 2022|url=https://www.kidsrights.org/news/pioneering-japanese-teen-rena-kawasaki-17-wins-the-international-childrens-peace-prize-2022/|date=14 November 2022 |publisher=KidsRights |accessdate=14 November 2022}}</ref>
| {{JPN}}
|-
|2023
|Sofia Tereshchenko, Anastasia Feskova and Anastasia Demchenko<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=UKRAINIAN TEENS WIN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE 2023 FOR PIONEERING WORK TO HELP CHILD REFUGEES |url=https://www.kidsrights.org/news/ukrainian-teens-win-international-childrens-peace-prize-2023-for-pioneering-work-to-help-child-refugees/ |website=Kids Rights}}</ref>
|{{UKR}}
|-
|2024
|[[Nila Ibrahimi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whiteman |first=Hilary |date=2024-11-19 |title=Afghan girl who encouraged others to sing wins children’s peace prize |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/asia/afghanistan-childrens-peace-prize-2024-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
|{{AFG}}
|}
== Similar awards ==
The [[The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child|World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child]] is awarded yearly by Swedish organisation [[Children's World (Sweden)|Children's World]].<ref>{{cite report
| author      = Annica Holmberg and Daniel Genberg
| date        = July 2012
| title       = Evaluation of World Children's Prize
| url         = https://cdn.sida.se/publications/files/sida61511en-evaluation-of-world-childrens-prize---final-report.pdf
| publisher   = Sida
| access-date = 17 December 2023
}}</ref>
An International Children's Peace Prize was also handed out by the San Francisco-based [[Children as the Peacemakers Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Haddad |first=Annette |date=13 November 1986 |title=Children presented world peace awards |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/13/Children-presented-world-peace-awards/6678532242000/ |work=UPI |location= |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> The [[Global Peace Index]] of the [[Institute for Economics & Peace]] (IEP) issued a [[World Children Peace Prize]]; winners included [[Licypriya Kangujam]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mohan |first=Geeta |date=4 February 2022 |title=Time for action before it's too late: 7-year-old award-winning Indian climate activist|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/time-for-action-before-it-s-too-late-7-year-old-award-winning-indian-climate-activist-1597294-2019-09-09 |work=India Today |location= |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref>
==Sources==
* [http://www.childrenspeaceprize.org The Children's Peace Prize]
* [http://kidsrights.org/ KidsRights Foundation]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060302060229/http://www.nobelforpeace-summit.org/documento-en.asp?anno=2005 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates closing statement]
* [http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/29228451/Aidspati%C3%ABntje_krijgt_Kindervredesprijs.html Telegraaf] (Dutch)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205051723/http://peace-kids.org/ Children as the Peacemakers Foundation]
==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://kidsrights.org/advocacy/international-childrens-peace-prize/winners/ Winners International Children's Peace Prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502194503/https://kidsrights.org/advocacy/international-childrens-peace-prize/winners/ |date=2021-05-02  }}
{{Awardees of the International Children's Peace Prize}}
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