What if
all the children of this world received the next Nobel Peace Prize?
On World Children's Day 2025, the World Child Forum made an extraordinary appeal to the global public: In 2026, all children on Earth should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Not one child. Not a symbol. All of them. The two billion children living on this earth.
What happens next
Until January 31, 2026, we're building a worldwide coalition to submit this nomination together. Not as a single voice, but as many voices asking the same question.
Read the invitation (PDF) – Why this question matters, what it would mean, and how you can participate. Available in English and German.
An invitation to think and act with us
The World Child Forum invites you to ask this question. Talk to a child. To teenagers. To friends, colleagues, people you meet in cafés, on trains, wherever conversations
happen. If this question resonates with you, we invite you to support the nomination for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
This nomination is not a political statement or PR gesture. It signals a new way forward. A new standard. A global admission of our failure: a commitment by all adults to act differently. You can support with your name, spread this question, and find other nominators. Every voice counts. Every conversation brings more people in.
The story behind the question
Learn how this initiative came to be. Sometimes the most powerful ideas start with the simplest observations. Bernhard Hanel shares the personal story of how this initiative was born.
Context and facts
How does one nominate two billion people? What are the Nobel Peace Prize criteria? Learn about the process, the precedents, and the possibilities.
Questions seeking answers
We are still figuring things out. Is this legally possible? What would the impact be? How do we ensure children's voices are heard? We share what we know so far, inviting others to help shape the answers and add new questions.
Who's behind this?
The World Child Forum (WCF). Since 2021, we've been asking different questions. Not protesting - playing. Not calculating - imagining. We believe questions matter more than answers. Because that's what children do - ask the questions adults stopped asking. Want to know more?