Deeply concerned that girls, in particular adolescent girls, continue to be silent and invisible victims of violence, abuse and exploitation and that some legal systems do not adequately address the vulnerability of girls in the administration of justice, including the need for better protection of child victims and witnesses,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Girls
Year
1997
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The girl child (1997), A/RES/52/106, PP 3.