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Organised working children and adolescents, experts, academics, and representatives of civil society organisations from four continents met in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, from 16 to 18 October at the Forum on Public Policies with Working Children and Adolescents: Protagonism, Perspectives and Experiences from the Global South'. Their goal was to reflect on practices, approaches and challenges for the protection, defence and promotion of the rights of working children and adolescents. The organisers of the Forum made the following strongly-worded declaration.