A/HRC/34/45
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 January 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February-24 March 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Annual report of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on Violence against Children
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the annual
report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children,
Marta Santos Pais, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/137.
In her report, the Special Representative provides an overview of major initiatives
and developments aimed at sustaining and scaling up efforts to safeguard children’s right to
be free from violence. The report is in support of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and its distinct target to end all forms of violence against
children, and builds upon the commemoration in 2016 of the tenth anniversary of the
submission to the General Assembly of the United Nations study on violence against
children.
GE.17-00017(E)