SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 65
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- The consumption of alcohol and drugs can affect cognitive and physical function, mental health, self-control and the ability to assess risks. Impulsivity may increase, putting consumers at higher risk of resorting to violence in confrontations. An impaired ability to recognize warning signs in potentially dangerous situations can make them easy targets for perpetrators of violence. Experiencing or witnessing violence can lead to the harmful use of alcohol as a way of coping or self medicating. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) study in 2014, 34.1 per cent of adolescents (15-19 years old) drink alcohol; in the Americas and Europe the numbers rise to 52 per cent and 69.5 per cent respectively. Another WHO report in 2006 indicated that alcohol was a contributor to 26 per cent of the years of life lost to homicide among males and 16 per cent for females.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 65
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