Children's Human Rights in Israel and Palestine November 17-18, 2003 Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue Armbrustergasse 15 1190 Vienna The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) provides a comprehensive set of human rights of children. Almost all countries in the world have accepted those standards as a binding legal framework for action. However, protection of children's rights is far from being a reality, and the worst violations of their rights take place amidst armed conflicts. This Symposium aims first at analysing the current situation of children in this conflict, with particular emphasis on the impact of violence and insecurity on child psychology and development, and second, on developing strategies that would help overcome the cycle of violence and as such contribute to a new culture based on the respect of human rights of children. info renner-institut.at