Bice in the world
In Europe - CIS
An organisation at the service of children
- Bice - International Catholic Child Bureau - defends the child's dignity and higher interests.
- Bice is a French non-governmental organisation (NGO) acknowledged for the assistance and charity work it undertakes.
- Bice is an International Catholic Organisation.
- Founded in 1948, it promotes children's rights and responsibilities in the unconditional respect of them as persons, their families, their culture, the community to which they belong and their religion.
- By combining research, advocacy and commitment in the field and preventive actions, in more than 30 countries in 4 continents, Bice implements projects to protect children who are exploited sexually, or by work, children in the street, in prison or affected by war as well as disabled children.
- It has consultative status at UNICEF, the United Nations Economic and Social Council and participatory status to the Council of Europe; it has operational relations with UNESCO.
The action of Bice amongst children is based on
the International Convention of the Rights of the Child (ICRC) which
it helped to draft an whose implementation it supports.
Bice was awarded the Human Rights Prize
of the French Republic in 1996.
