Guido Fluri

Guido Fluri is a famous Swiss entrepreneur. He spent his childhood in a foster home, with foster families and his grandparents. His life story has shaped his humanitarian and political work. His foundation is particularly active in the field of child protection. In 2010, Guido Fluri launched a project to reappraise Swiss children’s homes. In 2014, Fluri launched a popular initiative on the subject of foster children, the “Wiedergutmachungsinitiative”. The initiative was also attracting international attention. In September 2016, the Swiss parlament adopted the counter-proposal to the initiative. The victims received a solidarity contribution and the history of the abuses in Switzerland was comprehensively reviewed. Due to his strong commitment in recent years, especially on the issue of compulsory social measures, Fluri is considered a political integration figure. Among other things, Guido Fluri was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lucerne. In 2019, Guido Fluri was received by Pope Francis for a private audience to discuss abuses in the Catholic Church in Switzerland. The pope officially apologized to the victims of abuse. The perpetrators, he said, should be brought to secular courts. It was the first time the pope spoke out with such clarity on the issue. In 2020, Fluri announced a European initiative to deal with abuses.

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Lyes Louffok, Member of the National Council for Child Protection (France)

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Leticia de la Hoz: Lawyer of Asociación Infancia Robada (Spain)

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Ana Cristina: Asociación Infancia Robada (Spain)

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Oona Colin : The Association of Mixed Race Irish (AMRI) (Ireland)

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Conrad Bryan : The Association of Mixed Race Irish (AMRI) (Ireland)

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Tinia Apergi: Psychologist at ELIZA, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (Greece)

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Vjollca Krasniqi: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Prishtina (Kosovo)

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Gabriela Lupea: Association Phoneo (Roumania)

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Jacqui Goegebeur: Associations miXed2020 et Métis de Belgique (Belgium)

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Mario Caligiuri: Lawyer, Rete l’Abuso (Italy)

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Anne David: Fédération des Enfants Déracinés des DROM (France)

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Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen: Executive Director Protect Children (Finland)

Dominik Büchel: Executive Director Alliance Enfance, (Switzerland)

Paula Paçó: Instituto de Apoio à Criança (IAC), (Portugal)

Julie Crutchley: Senior advisor and researcher at ECPAT (Norway)

Yanine Karapataki : Associations Métis de Belgique/Metis van België (Belgium)

Elisabeth Rabesandratana: lawyer at La Rochelle and victim representative at the International Criminal Court (France)

Matthias Katsch: Activist Commission member of the «independent commission addressing sexual abuse of children» (Germany)

Sabine Andresen: Head of the «Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Germany» (Germany)

Urs Germann : Research assistant Federal Office for the Equality of Persons with Disabilities (Switzerland)

Olivier Lendo : Associations Métis de Belgique/Metis van België (Belgium)

Laurent Sermet: University Professor, Institute of Political Studies, Aix-en-Provence (France)

Saga Luoma : Pesäpuu ry, (Finland)

Federico Tulli: Journalist (Italy)

Tiia Hipp: Pesäpuu ry, (Finland)

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