Emil Paravina, PhD – humanist, pedagogist and advocate of children’s rights

Sa？etak The paper provides an overview of the social, professional and scientific activities of Emil Paravina, PhD, a long-time secretary of the Union of “Our Children” Societies of Croatia. He proved himself in the area of social support for children, theory and practice of children’s and youth’s leisure time, child rights and peace education, children’s organizations, etc. In the course of his career, he initiated a number of campaign and activities with and for children. He was also a prominent pedagogical writer and a lecturer at professional training seminars for educators and teachers