SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 91
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In many countries, initiatives to prevent and address violence against children in education are building momentum. Some key components of this significant process of change include campaigns to foster learning without fear and to address specific forms of violence, including bullying, cyber-bullying and gender violence; school audits and broad participatory debates to inform the development of ethical standards and encourage child-sensitive counselling, reporting, mediation and victim assistance; data and research to address the root causes of violence and support children at risk; and law reform to prohibit all forms of violence in education.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children