SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 52

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Armed violence in communities is a complex global phenomenon. It is often associated with organized crime, with non-State actors using threats and terror to control communities. It may be aggravated by climate change, natural disasters and environmental degradation, all of which intensify conflicts over access to natural resources and encourage mass migration to the cities and across borders. Explosive urban growth and the deterioration of urban areas can generate "no-go zones" with little or no State presence. All those processes facilitate the expansion of transnational organized crime, while the increasing globalization of illegal markets helps unlawful groups to control criminal activities. That undermines governance and locks marginalized children into a vicious cycle of further marginalization and violence.
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)
  • Environment
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Paragraph number
52