Category: Statements

Statements, calls-for-action, petitions, proposals, open letters and other communications that CHI has created, or has put its name to

The Role of Child Helplines in Ending Domestic Violence Against Children in the EU

Position Paper and Child Helpline Data – December 2025 Domestic violence remains one of the most persistent and under-detected forms of violence affecting children across the European Union (EU). This report brings together annual data submitted by child helplines and findings from a dedicated consultation with child helplines from 16 EU Member States.  Every year, thousands of children […]

Recommendations for Strengthening EU Action to Protect Children from Violence

Data-Driven Findings to Inform EU Efforts on Prevention, Detection and Support

Violence remains one of the most common reasons why children and young people contact child helplines. Between 2020 and 2024, child helplines across Europe recorded 1.3 million violence-related counselling contacts, including nearly 80,000 bullying-related contacts in 2024 alone. Technology-facilitated child sexual abuse and exploitation (TF-CSEA) is also rising, with 10,107 contacts in 2024, up from […]

Recommendations for the Improvement of Mental Health of children and young people across Europe

Data from European child helplines

Across Europe, mental health is the leading reason why children and young people contact child helplines. Between 2020 and 2024, child helplines received 2.9 million mental-health-related contacts (39% of all counselling contacts), including more than 1 million linked to fear, anxiety or mood problems, and nearly 700,000 involving self-harm or suicidal thoughts. In 2024 alone, […]

World Suicide Prevention Day 2025 – Change the Narrative

Too many young lives are lost to suicide, and it’s getting worse! Youth suicide rates are increasing in North America, Central and Southern America, Asia and Oceania (1). In Europe, youth suicide rates have declined in some, but not all, countries. Suicide is now the third leading cause of death for people aged 15-29 years […]

Statement in Support of The Trevor Project

Child Helpline International stands in solidarity with its member, The Trevor Project, which focuses specifically on helping LGBTQ youth, in the face of the troubling official confirmation from the US administration that it will cut off funding to the organization. The loss of federal funding for these vital services threatens the lives and wellbeing of […]

The Livingstone Declaration

We, the members of the Child Helpline International network of child helplines, reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the rights and wellbeing of children and young people worldwide, on this occasion of the 11th International Consultation of Child Helplines in Livingstone, Zambia, June 2025. Guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, […]

CSO Forum to End Violence Against Children: Call to Action

As a member of the CSO Forum to End Violence Against Children, Child Helpline International joins its partners in issuing the following Call to Action, in advance of the first ever global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children in November. Despite significant progress over the past decade, 1 billion children—half of all girls and […]

Recommendations for the implementation of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive

Turning children's rights commitment to good practices

Together with our partners Child Helpline International is offering a series of recommendations for the implementation of the European Union’s Anti-Trafficking Directive. As civil society organizations with decades of experience at national, EU and international levels in promoting and defending children’s rights, we welcome the introduction of child, disability and gender rights in the Directive. […]

Statement on the Impact of Conflict on Children and Young People in Gaza 

We are horrified by the devastating impact of conflict on the lives and safety of children and young people across Gaza. Every war, anywhere in the world, is a war against children. In Gaza, which is now the world’s most dangerous place in which to be a child, the suffering is astounding. More than 15,000 […]