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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 85
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- With this aim, and in the overall framework of the priorities of her mandate, in 2011 the Special Representative will place special emphasis on the areas described below.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 89
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- This initial report of the Special Representative reaffirms the human rights foundation of her mandate and the significant developments in public health and child protection which will support its implementation. The report sets out the strategic direction that the Special Representative proposes to pursue during her mandate. This approach was informed by a wide range of meetings and consultations with key stakeholders at the global, regional and national levels that the Special Representative has held over the months since she took up her position. These include Governments and intergovernmental organizations; United Nations partners, including the Special Representative on children and armed conflict; United Nations agencies, in particular the core members of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence against Children; human rights bodies and mechanisms; civil society organizations; and children and young people.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 90
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- With this in mind, in the immediate future, the Special Representative will give attention to progress in three key areas as a priority, namely the development in each State of a comprehensive strategy on violence prevention and response; the introduction of an explicit national legal ban on all forms of violence against children; and the consolidation of national data systems and research in this field. Moreover, the Special Representative will pursue efforts to widen and further strengthen partnerships with key stakeholders, within and beyond the United Nations system, as well as secure firm support including adequate resources for her mandate.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 81
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- The overall thrust of the Special Representative's mandate is to accelerate progress in the implementation of the United Nations study recommendations and in children's protection from violence. To advance this process steadily and achieve lasting change in the priority areas of the mandate, during the first year of the mandate attention was focused on the revitalization of networks involved with the development of the study, the promotion of new alliances and further consolidation of strategic partnerships, and particularly on the institutionalization of regional governance structures to combat violence against children.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 106
- Paragraph text
- The effective follow-up to the Study recommendations is largely dependent on the extent to which they are mainstreamed into the national policy and development framework, and become a central topic of concern in the public debate. Through her global advocacy, policy dialogue and field missions, the Special Representative will continue to support national implementation efforts, particularly those designed to put in place well-coordinated and resourced national agendas on violence against children; legislation prohibiting all forms of violence against children in all settings; and sound data and research on the forms, incidence and magnitude of violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 121
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- Guided by relevant international standards, national experiences and existing research, the recommendations below highlight crucial steps to achieve this goal.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 125
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- Children's right to recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration should be firmly expressed in legislation.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 128
- Paragraph text
- Training should provide skills to promote dialogue, manage emotions and conflict, and secure the safety of child participants.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 113
- Paragraph text
- The present report provides an overview of results obtained and progress achieved by the Special Representative in the first three years of the mandate.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 118
- Paragraph text
- As noted throughout the present report, the three priorities of the mandate remain the foundation for achieving progress with regard to all the recommendations of the Study and have been identified by Governments across regions as crucial areas where progress needs to be achieved. Thus, putting in place a comprehensive, well-coordinated and well-resourced national agenda on violence against children; introducing an explicit legal prohibition on all forms of violence in all settings, supported by child-sensitive counselling, reporting and complaint mechanisms; and consolidating violence-related data and research are urgent and indispensable components of the future agenda.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 100
- Paragraph text
- The mandate of the Special Representative also honours the best of humankind; this comes, not surprisingly, from children themselves. Time and time again, the Special Representative has met children who have emerged from the most terrible nightmares and who yet remain resilient, confident, generous and eager to show the way ahead. In all regions of the world, young advocates join hands with national authorities, civil society and many other allies in raising awareness about the detrimental impact of violence, empowering young people to be the first line of protection from abuse and exploitation, and inspiring many others to build a world where children can grow up respected, nurtured and supported to achieve their ambitions and dreams. Even in the most desperate of situations, children demonstrate hope for a better world and determination to achieve lasting change. This is much more than positive thinking; this is about achieving positive change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 103
- Paragraph text
- Ten years after the launching of the United Nations study, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a unique opportunity to renew commitments and reinvigorate action to end violence against children. For the very first time, the dignity of children and their right to live free from violence and from fear are recognized as a distinct priority on the international development agenda. The inclusion of target 16.2 to eliminate by 2030 all forms of violence against children was a breakthrough; the international community must now act to transform this momentum into an unstoppable movement towards a world free from fear and from violence for all children.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 104
- Paragraph text
- Guided by the human rights imperative of freeing children from violence, by the evidence gathered in recent years and by the ambitious vision and historic opportunity offered by the 2030 Agenda to promote a quantum leap in violence prevention and response efforts, the Special Representative reaffirms her resolve to mobilize even greater support and action towards a world free from violence against children, in close collaboration with Member States and all other stakeholders, most especially children themselves.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 124
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- This is an area where significant work is being done, as illustrated in the 2011 thematic report on juvenile justice and human rights in the Americas issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, with the support of the Special Representative. The report identifies developments and good practices for the protection of children in the juvenile justice system and provides recommendations for the effective implementation of relevant international standards.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 125
- Paragraph text
- With a view to consolidating progress, the Special Representative will capitalize on significant experiences in various parts of the world, and will strengthen strategic partnerships with Member States, United Nations agencies, regional institutions, academia and civil society organizations. In this connection, she will join the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other partners in the organization of an expert consultation early in 2012.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 124
- Paragraph text
- Legislation should provide law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and the judiciary with options for diverting children away from the criminal justice system and promoting restorative justice processes at all stages of the proceedings; it should include alternative and educative measures, such as warnings, probation, judicial supervision and community work, to be applied in combination with restorative justice processes or when restorative justice is not appropriate.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 83
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- Across regions, violence against children is generating growing concern and attention, in many cases supported by a wide process of social mobilization in which children themselves are playing an indispensable role. At the same time, however, violence continues to affect the life of millions of children. Hidden and socially accepted, and still too often perceived as a necessary form of discipline, violence remains surrounded by passivity and indifference, and is associated with weak reporting, and fragmented and short-term interventions. As a result, it is seldom considered beyond the periphery of the policy agenda. In this ambivalent context, children find themselves overwhelmed by fear, trauma, isolation and helplessness.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 108
- Paragraph text
- Violence is a frequent dimension of children's lives. It occurs in various forms and contexts and has serious and long-lasting consequences on their well-being and development. Prevention and elimination efforts need to address those dynamics and invest in the social inclusion of girls and boys at special risk, for whom the multiple dimensions of deprivation go hand in hand with a cumulative exposure to violence. Enhancing families' capacity to protect and care for their children and preventing child abandonment and placement in residential care remain crucial dimensions of that process.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 115
- Paragraph text
- Although significant progress has been achieved, this process needs nurturing to translate the vision of the Study into reality and ensure it takes root and results in real change for all children. As highlighted by the findings of the global survey, it is crucial to sustain the achievements made, scale up positive initiatives and widen the ownership of this process of social change. But very especially, it is essential to avoid any risk of stalling the momentum built up around the implementation of the Study or of allowing this agenda to become diluted in the face of competing priorities.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 107
- Paragraph text
- In line with the priorities anticipated for the second term of the mandate, enhanced efforts were promoted to anchor the study recommendations in the national policy agenda; to tackle emerging concerns, including those associated with the use of information and communications technologies; to safeguard freedom from violence in early childhood and across the child's life cycle, with priority attention to the most excluded; and to promote the inclusion of violence against children as a crucial dimension in the development agenda.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 121d
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- [With that aim, the Special Representative will mobilize enhanced support for the consolidation of progress in the priority areas of her mandate, and will pay special attention to: ] Further mainstreaming violence-related concerns in the United Nations agenda, through support for the report of the Secretary-General on protecting children from bullying and the global study on children deprived of liberty, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-first and seventy-second sessions respectively.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 121
- Paragraph text
- Guided by the human rights imperative of freeing children from violence, by the evidence gathered over recent years and by the historic opportunity offered by the 2030 Agenda to promote a quantum leap in prevention and response efforts, the Special Representative reaffirms her resolve to mobilize even greater support and action towards a world free from violence against children, in close collaboration with Member States and all other stakeholders, most especially children themselves.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 92
- Paragraph text
- Schools are uniquely placed to break patterns of violence and provide skills to communicate, negotiate and support peaceful settlements of conflict. Education has a unique potential to generate a positive environment where attitudes condoning violence can be changed and non-violent behaviour can be learned. This is relevant for all ages, but particularly during early childhood. An environment free from violence in all its forms, including gender-based violence, is also instrumental in the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in ensuring universal primary education to all children and eliminating gender disparity in education.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 96
- Paragraph text
- Protection of children from violence within the justice system will be another topic of special concern. As highlighted at the twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and confirmed by numerous initiatives promoted across regions, this is an area where significant steps are needed to narrow the gap between international human rights standards and the reality on the ground, and where there is great potential to capitalize on significant experiences in different parts of the world, including the development of child-friendly justice procedures and mechanisms, the promotion of child-sensitive materials, the establishment of independent monitoring mechanisms to uphold children's rights, and the consolidation of evidence to inform the development of laws, policies and programmes.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 97
- Paragraph text
- A justice system based on the respect of the rights of the child is critical when preventing and addressing incidents of violence against children. Child victims of violence, including as a result of trafficking and exploitation, are, however, still too often criminalized and deprived of the protection that they should enjoy as children. Marginalized children, including those living in poverty, migrants and asylum-seekers face risks of physical, psychological and sexual violence, are denied access to legal assistance, or placed in detention instead of benefiting from adequate care arrangements. Frequently considered the first option rather than a measure of last resort, the deprivation of liberty remains a reality for thousands of children. Violence, including torture and humiliating treatment, is used as a form of control, discipline and punishment; in some countries, sentencing can include caning, flogging, stoning or amputation, as well as capital punishment and life imprisonment.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 101
- Paragraph text
- The past few years have been marked by a consolidated commitment to preventing and eliminating violence against children. There has been a strengthened understanding of children's exposure to violence, while strategic actions have been undertaken to ensure their effective protection; significant normative, policy and institutional developments have helped to advance national implementation of the protection of children from violence, together with the revitalization of networks and the development of new partnerships to support advocacy and social mobilization, and the institutionalization of the follow-up to the Study recommendations by Governments, regional organizations and civil society actors.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 107
- Paragraph text
- Future initiatives need to be gender-sensitive, informed by children's perspectives and experience, and tailored to children's evolving stages of development. To prevent violence against them in their early years, investment in positive parenting, home visitation and early childhood care and development programmes will remain essential. To capitalize on young people's agency and potential, and prevent their stigmatization and manipulation in violent incidents and criminal activities it will be imperative to empower them with life skills and quality education, and to support their active contribution to a violence-free society.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 114
- Paragraph text
- This initial stage was marked by the consolidation of commitments to preventing and eliminating violence against children. There has been a strengthened understanding of children's exposure to violence, while strategic actions have been undertaken to secure their effective protection; significant normative, policy and institutional developments have helped advance national implementation efforts for the protection of children from violence, together with the revitalization of networks and the development of new partnerships to support advocacy and the institutionalization of the follow-up to the Study recommendations by Governments, regional organizations and civil society actors.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 111c
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- [It is crucial to consolidate the gains made, grasp the lessons learned and redouble efforts to shape a dynamic process of change and build a world where all children can grow up free from violence. With this aim in mind, the Special Representative will build upon the decision of the General Assembly on the renewal of her mandate to mobilize enhanced support for accelerated progress in priority areas, paying special attention to:] Further mainstreaming violence-related concerns in the United Nations policy agenda by providing support to the report of the Secretary-General on protecting children from bullying and the global study on children deprived of liberty to be submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-first and seventy-second sessions respectively.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 119
- Paragraph text
- Talent must be placed at the service of our widely shared child rights values and of the violence-free society that we all aspire to build. In the countdown to 2030, everybody counts and everybody is needed to overcome the destructive impact of violence and social exclusion.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 120
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative will continue her advocacy in support of the institutionalization of regional governance structures and initiatives to accelerate progress in the follow-up to the study's recommendations. In this regard, the Special Representative will, in the coming months, host a high-level meeting with representatives of these regional mechanisms to help strengthen synergies among them, to promote a cross-regional exchange of experiences and to consolidate children's freedom from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 86
- Paragraph text
- 2011 is the middle year of the global campaign for the universal ratification of the Optional Protocols. It is therefore a crucial time to strengthen advocacy and policy dialogue to foster adherence to these treaties and to consolidate their effective implementation. Encouraged by the wide expression of support for the global campaign, which is rooted in significant commitments made by the international community, the Special Representative will promote actively the achievement of these goals.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 116
- Paragraph text
- The first two years of the mandate have seen significant developments. These include important legislative and policy measures undertaken by Governments to protect children from violence; strategic initiatives by United Nations agencies and mechanisms to mainstream the issue of violence against children into their agendas; and critical strides by regional organizations and groupings, as well as civil society actors, in institutionalizing the process of implementing the study's recommendations. Violence against children is giving rise to increasing concern and action, in many cases supported by wide social mobilization in which children themselves are playing a growing role.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 105
- Paragraph text
- Violence knows no geographic, social or cultural borders; it is widespread and occurs in all contexts, including where children are expected to enjoy special protection. To gain deeper understanding of the root causes and risk factors of this phenomenon, and identify positive experiences and strategic recommendations to assist governments in their national implementation efforts, the Special Representative will pursue her series of thematic expert consultations on priority topics. These include the prevention of violence against children within the juvenile justice system, and data and research on violence against children.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 102
- Paragraph text
- Although significant progress has been achieved, this process needs nurturing to translate the vision of the Study into reality and to ensure that it takes root and results in real change for all children, at all times. As highlighted by the findings of the global survey, it is crucial to sustain achievements made, to scale up positive initiatives and to widen the ownership of this process of social change. In particular, it is essential to avoid any risk of stalling the momentum built up around the implementation of the Study or of allowing this agenda to become diluted in the face of competing priorities.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 105
- Paragraph text
- As noted throughout the present report, the three priorities of the mandate remain the foundation for achieving progress with regard to all the recommendations of the Study and have been identified by Governments across regions as crucial areas where progress needs to be achieved. Thus, putting in place a comprehensive, well-coordinated and well-resourced national agenda on violence against children; introducing an explicit legal prohibition of all forms of violence in all settings, supported by child-sensitive counselling, reporting and complaint mechanisms; and consolidating violence-related data and research are urgent and indispensable components of the future agenda.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 120
- Paragraph text
- Future initiatives need to be gender-sensitive, informed by children's perspectives and experience and tailored to children's evolving stages of development. To prevent violence against them in early years, investment in positive parenting, home visitation and early childhood care and development programmes remains essential. To capitalize on young people's agency and potential and prevent their stigmatization and manipulation in violent incidents and criminal activities, it will be imperative to empower them with life skills and quality education and support their active contribution to a violence-free society.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 130
- Paragraph text
- Guidelines and standard operational procedures, as well as centrally approved systems of accreditation, should be developed for professionals.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 105
- Paragraph text
- In recent years, the protection of children from violence has evolved from a largely neglected topic into a growing global concern. Framed by international human rights standards and informed by the United Nations study on violence against children, there have developed a growing understanding of how children are exposed to violence, strengthened commitments to ensure their safety and protection as well as significant efforts to mobilize national support for prevention and response and to help change attitudes and behaviour that condone violence against children..
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 106
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- The outcome document adopted by the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, "Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", describes a vision of a world of peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. It includes the elimination of all forms of violence against children as a distinct priority. The implementation of this new agenda and the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the submission of the study in 2016 mark the start of the most important countdown: towards a world free from fear and from violence for all children, leaving no one behind.
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- Equality & Inclusion
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 111b
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- [It is crucial to consolidate the gains made, grasp the lessons learned and redouble efforts to shape a dynamic process of change and build a world where all children can grow up free from violence. With this aim in mind, the Special Representative will build upon the decision of the General Assembly on the renewal of her mandate to mobilize enhanced support for accelerated progress in priority areas, paying special attention to:] Advancing the implementation of a safe, inclusive and empowering digital agenda for children by strengthening policy advocacy on children's empowerment and protection from online abuse and mobilizing support for a dedicated multi-stakeholder platform to coordinate actions and accelerate progress in this process;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 109
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- Despite progress achieved, the urgency of this cause has not diminished. In a world plagued by deep economic crisis and social unrest, it is imperative to prevent the risk of dilution of the agenda on violence against children in the face of competing priorities. A sustained and coordinated effort remains essential to transform the current achievements into a quantum leap forward! The Special Representative looks forward to continuing to collaborate closely with Member States and all other stakeholders to achieve this important goal.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 122
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- Violence against children is seldom reported, and official statistics remain limited in their ability to capture the true scale and extent of this phenomenon. As a result, available information is scarce and reflects only the tip of the iceberg. This is an area where urgent action is required and one to which the Special Representative will continue to devote priority attention. With that in mind, in 2012 she will join the Government of Sweden in the organization of an expert consultation on this issue.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Children
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 120
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- The decisive contribution of restorative justice programmes to upholding justice and the rule of law, preventing recidivism, avoiding stigma and fostering the child's sense of dignity and worth is clear. But these programmes also help to strengthen social accountability for the protection of children, while avoiding a significant financial drain on national resources. These gains can be effectively diverted to build strong and cohesive societies where children can develop to their full potential, free from fear, violence and discrimination.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 116
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- The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promotes an ambitious vision of a world of peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence, and it includes the elimination of all forms of violence against children as a distinct priority. The beginning of the implementation of this new Agenda during the tenth anniversary of the United Nations study marks the start of the most important countdown: towards a world free from fear and from violence for all children, with no one left behind.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 108
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- In moving ahead, transformation, talent and time are our watchwords. Transformation, because to achieve lasting change hope must replace despair and confidence supplant distrust, while using technology to amplify our capacity for action and connect those willing to achieve change. The decisive commitment and leadership of States, institutions, communities and networks of millions of adults and children who stand ready to join efforts are crucial to this ambitious transformative process.
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Children
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 118
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- Transformation, talent and time are our watchwords: transformation, because to achieve lasting change, hope must replace despair and confidence supplant distrust. By using technology we can amplify our capacity for action and connect those willing to work for change. The determination and leadership of States, institutions, communities and networks of millions of adults and children who stand ready to join efforts are crucial to this ambitious transformative process.
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Children
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 90
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- Through global advocacy, awareness-raising and policy dialogue initiatives, the Special Representative will continue to promote vigorously the implementation of the study recommendations, including by consolidating progress in her three strategic areas of concern. In this overall framework, in the immediate future, special emphasis will be placed on preventing and addressing violence against children in two particular settings: education and the administration of justice.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 129
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- In spite of this promising trend, however, violence against children remains widespread, largely hidden and still too often condoned by society. Recognizing that no violence is justifiable and all violence can be effectively prevented, the Special Representative is strongly committed to maintaining momentum around violence prevention and responses; increasing visibility and renewed concern at the harmful effects of violence on children; addressing social norms to encourage a process of positive behaviour and social change; and mobilizing political support to combat this phenomenon and achieve steady progress.
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- Violence
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 98
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- The situation of these children remains surrounded by stigma. There is little information on those deprived of liberty and on the reasons behind their detention; independent monitoring mechanisms are seldom available to safeguard their protection and address their complaints. Sensationalistic information and ill perception of growing juvenile delinquency build social pressure to criminalize children and adolescents, and for the introduction of an increasingly lower minimum age of criminal responsibility and harsher measures of deprivation of liberty. As a result, a culture of tolerance to violence against children persists, and the fight against impunity for acts of violence against children is confronted with renewed challenges. These are critical concerns that the Special Representative will address in the context of her mandate, missions and supported regional initiatives.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 103
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- These developments provide much hope for progress, but it remains urgent to translate the vision of the Study into reality. 2012 is a particularly strategic time to accelerate efforts, as it marks the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and of the commitments made at the General Assembly Special Session on Children on violence against children. It is also the year during which the General Assembly will review the Special Representative's mandate and re-energize efforts to build a world free from violence. Pressed by the urgency of this cause and by the unique potential offered by this auspicious year, the Special Representative will place particular attention on the areas set out below.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 104
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- The wide expression of support for the global campaign for the universal ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the progress achieved are evidence of the value of this joint United Nations initiative. The year 2012 can become a milestone in the achievement of universal ratification and the Special Representative will continue to give priority attention to this goal. In view of the General Assembly's adoption of the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure, efforts will also be directed towards its swift signature and entry into force.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 109
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- Violence does not take place in a vacuum. Important factors, such as poverty, environmental degradation and organized crime, addressed in section IV above, aggravate the risk of child neglect, maltreatment and abuse. Conversely, the protection of children from violence contributes to social progress and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As the international community considers the global development agenda for beyond 2015, it is critical to address violence as a priority and a cross-cutting concern, recognizing the centrality of the human dignity of the child, securing the protection of the most disadvantaged and safeguarding children's right to freedom from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 121
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- Violence is a frequent dimension in children's lives. It occurs in various forms and contexts and has serious and long-lasting consequences on their well-being and development. Prevention and elimination efforts need to address these dynamics and invest in the social inclusion of girls and boys at special risk, for whom the multiple dimensions of deprivation go hand in hand with a cumulative exposure to violence. Enhancing families' capacity to protect and care for their children, and preventing child abandonment and placement in residential care remain crucial dimensions of this process.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Families
- Girls
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- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 122
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- Violence does not take place in a vacuum. Important factors, such as poverty, environmental degradation and organized crime aggravate the risk of child neglect, maltreatment and abuse. Conversely, the protection of children from violence contributes to social progress and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As the international community considers the global development agenda for beyond 2015, it is critical to address violence as a priority and a cross-cutting concern, recognizing the centrality of the human dignity of the child, securing the protection of the most disadvantaged and safeguarding children's right to freedom from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 115
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- In recent years, the protection of children from violence has evolved from a largely neglected topic into an issue of global concern. Framed by international human rights standards and informed by the United Nations study on violence against children, at present there is strengthened commitment to ensuring children's safety and protection and a growing understanding of the ways in which children are exposed to violence, and significant efforts have been made to mobilize national support for prevention and response and to help to change attitudes and behaviour that condone violence against children.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 127
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- As noted in the present report, significant developments have marked the initial period of the Special Representative's mandate - these include strategic initiatives undertaken by United Nations agencies to mainstream violence against children within their agenda; critical strides by regional organizations and political groups, and civil society networks to institutionalize the process of implementation of the recommendations of the study; and noteworthy improvements at the national level to protect children from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 130b
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- [Guided by this mission and building upon the strong human rights foundation of her mandate, the Special Representative will, in the immediate future, give primary attention to the following dimensions:] Promoting progress in her three strategic areas of concern, namely, the development in each State of a comprehensive strategy on violence prevention and response; the adoption of an explicit national legal ban on all forms of violence against children, in all settings; and the consolidation of national data systems and research in this field;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 126
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- The mandate of the Special Representative is anchored by the United Nations study on violence against children and its action-oriented recommendations, which provide a strategic agenda to secure children's protection from all forms of violence, in all settings and in all nations.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 128
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- Strong partnerships within and beyond the United Nations system have helped to consolidate this agenda with dynamic mobilization and support from stakeholders at all levels, including governments, national institutions, civil society organizations and children themselves.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 126
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- As indicated above, the Special Representative will conduct a global survey to map and assess progress in the implementation of the study's recommendations. The survey outcomes will be presented to the General Assembly in 2012 and are expected to inform the further acceleration of efforts in the implementation of the recommendations, and to sustain the momentum of work already under way.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 139
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- The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support for these important efforts and for the identification of goals and targets to accelerate progress in the protection of children from all forms of violence. We need to measure what we treasure. And if we are to succeed, it is critical that children and young people enjoy genuine participation in this process - not as accidental partners, but as real agents of change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 126
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- Legislation should recognize that restorative justice and informal justice or conflict-resolution mechanisms, while being accessible at the local and community levels and playing an important role in the protection and reintegration of children, should never jeopardize children's rights or preclude children from having access to the formal justice system.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 135
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- Awareness-raising campaigns should be undertaken at the national and local levels with relevant stakeholders, including local authorities, traditional and religious leaders and the media, to enhance understanding of restorative justice and promote child-friendly attitudes among justice professionals and service providers, and to sensitize the general public to the importance of restorative justice processes.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 136
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- The role of civil society organizations in the implementation of restorative justice programmes should be promoted; furthermore, mapping and mobilizing local resources and community volunteers should be encouraged for successful implementation at the community level.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 120
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- With regard to time, there can be no complacency: it is imperative to move with a deep sense of urgency. Investing in the prevention of violence, protecting children's lives and futures and saving nations' resources means time gained in the countdown to a brighter future. The opportunity for change is too important to let slip.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 101
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- Since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, the world has made tremendous strides towards the realization of children's rights. But the vision of the Convention will not be fully realized unless children's rights become one of the sustaining pillars of society and are embraced as a core value of the dialogue between generations.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 95
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- Framed by these critical dimensions, in 2011, the Special Representative will host, in cooperation with key partners, an expert consultation on the prevention and elimination of violence in education.
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- SRSG report
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 140
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- The Special Representative looks forward to pursuing her collaboration with Member States and all other stakeholders in the further strengthening of this crucial agenda and the building of a world free from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Violence
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- All
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 87
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- The study helped to challenge the acceptance of violence against children, highlighting that no violence against children is justifiable and all violence can be effectively prevented. With its action-oriented recommendations, the study has shaped a strategic agenda to consolidate the protection of children from all forms of violence in all settings.
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- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 88
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- Within and across borders, it is essential to maintain momentum around this agenda; increase visibility and generate renewed concern at the harmful effects of violence on children; promote behavioural and social change; mobilize political and financial support to prevent and combat this phenomenon; and achieve steady progress along the way.
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- Violence
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 84
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- Clearly, the urgency of safeguarding children's freedom from violence has not weakened and it is imperative that the pace of progress made so far be consolidated. The second year of the mandate will therefore be a critical period for rallying firm and steady support to address persisting challenges, and to speed up global progress towards a world free from violence.
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- Violence
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- Children
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 87
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- 2011 is the mid-term of the Special Representative's mandate, and also marks five years since the review of the United Nations study by the General Assembly. It therefore offers a strategic opportunity to gain a perspective on the progress achieved, reflect on good practices and factors of success, and boost efforts to overcome persisting challenges and promote a paradigm shift in children's protection from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 89
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- As noted in the United Nations study, and confirmed during the Special Representative's missions to all regions, violence against children knows no geographic, cultural or economic bounds; it affects boys and girls of all ages, and occurs in all settings, including where children are expected to benefit from special care and protection.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Violence
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- Boys
- Children
- Girls
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 93
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- Unfortunately, however, this unique potential stands in stark contrast with the daily reality of millions of children. Within and around educational settings, both girls and boys continue to be exposed to violence, including verbal abuse, intimidation, physical aggression and, in some cases, sexual abuse. At times, they are also victims of gang violence and assault.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Education
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 94
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- Violence not only has a negative impact on child victims; beyond those directly affected, it also generates fear and insecurity among students, hampering their learning opportunities and overall well-being. This situation raises families' anxiety and concerns, at times fuelling pressure to keep children, particularly girls, away from school and encouraging dropping out of school as a means of preventing further violence and harm.
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- Education
- Violence
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- Children
- Families
- Girls
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 99
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- The Special Representative looks forward to continuing to collaborate closely with Member States and all other relevant stakeholders to consolidate the implementation of the United Nations study recommendations and achieve children's freedom from violence in all its forms.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 108
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- As noted above, the Special Representative launched a global survey to map and assess progress in the implementation of the Study recommendations. Its outcomes will inform her report to the General Assembly, in 2012, and the shaping of a forward-looking agenda which can sustain the momentum of achievements made and promote a paradigm shift in the protection of children from violence.
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- Violence
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- Children
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 119
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- The spectrum of violence against children is not static and emerging concerns need to be further researched and seriously addressed. Among them, it is important to explore the opportunities and counter the risks associated with the use of new information and communications technologies; and prevent and address children's exposure to armed violence and organized crime.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Violence
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- Children
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- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 130
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- The present report presents an overview of the strategic initiatives that the Special Representative developed to advance progress in the implementation of the study recommendations. These initiatives have helped to further consolidate cross-regional commitments to children's protection from violence and strengthen national advocacy, legal and policy action aimed at the prevention and elimination of violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 118
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- Over the past year, the Special Representative has pursued global advocacy with a broad range of partners, both within and beyond the United Nations system, on strengthening the protection of children from violence. Significant progress has been made, but further urgent efforts are needed to translate the vision of the United Nations study on the protection of children against violence into reality for all children.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 104
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- The next few years will be strategic for moving forward in that direction, but progress will be dependent on urgent and steady action, with special emphasis on the following priority dimensions.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 134
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- Data, research and evaluation should be developed and widely shared to promote a paradigm shift from punitive to restorative justice approaches that respect and protect the rights of the child.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 107
- Paragraph text
- It is imperative to seize this historic opportunity to place the protection of children from violence at the heart of the policy actions of every nation and make a reality of children's vision of a world where fear and violence are part of the distant past.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 109
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- Talent must be placed at the service of our widely shared child rights values and of the society we all aspire to build. In the countdown to 2030, everybody counts and everybody is needed to overcome the destructive impact of violence and social exclusion.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 117
- Paragraph text
- At the same time, however, violence continues to compromise the rights of millions of children. Hidden and socially accepted, violence is met with passivity and indifference. Owing to weak reporting and to fragmented and short-term interventions, it is seldom high on the policy agenda or a priority topic of public debate. As a result, many children continue to live with trauma and in fear, self-blame, isolation and helplessness.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 118
- Paragraph text
- The urgency of ensuring children's freedom from violence has not diminished, and it is imperative that the current pace of progress be accelerated. With this aim, and within the overall framework of the priorities of her mandate, the Special Representative will, in the forthcoming period, devote particular attention to the areas set out below.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 119
- Paragraph text
- Encouraged by the wide expression of support for the global campaign for universal ratification, which is rooted in significant commitments undertaken by the international community, the Special Representative will continue to actively promote the achievement of this goal.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 121
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative will continue her fruitful series of expert consultations on selected violence-related priority areas. As noted above, one of these will be devoted to the consolidation of data and research on violence against children; a second will address violence and the administration of justice.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 123
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative places special emphasis on violence in justice-related settings, through advocacy, policy dialogue initiatives and field missions. A justice system based on respect for the rights of the child is critical for preventing and addressing incidents of violence against children, as well as safeguarding the rights of victims and witnesses.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 102
- Paragraph text
- This momentum has been accompanied by concrete achievements, including national legislative and policy measures to protect children from violence, a more targeted approach by United Nations agencies and mechanisms to mainstream violence against children in the policy agenda, and a process of institutionalization of the follow-up to the recommendations of the Study by regional organizations and political groupings, and civil society actors.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 119
- Paragraph text
- Restorative justice represents a paradigm shift in how justice for children and young people is perceived in many countries around the world. It is anchored in the inalienable rights of the child and promotes the accountability and reintegration of children who have committed an offence through a non-adversarial and voluntary process, based on dialogue and problem solving.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 122
- Paragraph text
- States should undertake a comprehensive legislative review to align relevant domestic legislation, whether in statutory, customary or religious laws, with human rights standards; in countries with plural legal systems, the supremacy of legislation aligned with international human rights standards should be explicitly recognized in the law to avert potential conflicts in legal interpretation and implementation.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 121b
- Paragraph text
- [With that aim, the Special Representative will mobilize enhanced support for the consolidation of progress in the priority areas of her mandate, and will pay special attention to: ] Advancing the implementation of a safe, inclusive and empowering digital agenda for children by strengthening policy advocacy on the protection of children from online abuse and mobilizing support for a dedicated multi-stakeholder platform;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 121c
- Paragraph text
- [With that aim, the Special Representative will mobilize enhanced support for the consolidation of progress in the priority areas of her mandate, and will pay special attention to: ] Promoting research on the role of the media in the protection of children from violence, to address social norms condoning violence and to encourage ethical reporting for the safeguarding of children's rights;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 132
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative looks forward to pursuing her collaboration with Member States and all other stakeholders in the further strengthening of this agenda and the building of a world free from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 122
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative looks forward to continuing to collaborate closely with Member States and all other stakeholders in the further implementation of her mandate towards building a world free from violence against children.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 99
- Paragraph text
- But beyond the impact on individual victims and their families, violence is associated with far-reaching costs for society. It diverts billions of dollars from social spending, slowing economic development and eroding States' human and social capital.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 86
- Paragraph text
- In the light of relevant General Assembly and Human Rights Council resolutions, the mandate of the Special Representative on violence against children is anchored by the United Nations study on violence against children and aims to promote progress in the follow-up to the study's recommendations.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 123
- Paragraph text
- Legislation should decriminalize status offences and survival behaviours and include legal safeguards to protect the child's best interests, and the child's rights to freedom from violence and discrimination, to access to justice and to free and safe participation in proceedings throughout the restorative justice process, as well as to legal and other relevant assistance.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 129
- Paragraph text
- Over the past year, the Special Representative pursued her global advocacy work with strategic partners within and beyond the United Nations system, acting as a bridge-builder and a catalyst for action across regions, sectors and settings where violence against children may occur, and promoting the protection of children from violence as a human rights imperative.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 120
- Paragraph text
- It is imperative to seize the historic opportunity of the new sustainable development agenda and the anniversary of the study to place the protection of children from violence at the front and centre of the policy actions of every nation. It is vital to increase investment and re-energize action to build a world as big as the dream of children: a world where every child is free from fear and from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 102
- Paragraph text
- Recent estimates show that at least one billion children are victims of violence every year. Clearly, much more needs to be done. It is high time to close the gap between international standards, political commitments and action. It is high time to promote a culture of respect for children's rights and of zero tolerance for violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 131
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative looks forward to collaborating closely with Member States and all other relevant stakeholders to advance this critical agenda and achieve children's freedom from violence in all its forms.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 91
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative looks forward to developing close collaboration with the Human Rights Council in the performance of her mandate aimed at the protection of children from all forms of violence in all settings.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 110
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative looks forward to continuing to collaborate closely with Member States and all other stakeholders in the further strengthening of this crucial agenda to help build a world where violence has no place.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 127
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- Effective training should be assured to all relevant actors, including the police, prosecutors, the judiciary, probation officers, lawyers, social workers, facilitators and mediators.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 129
- Paragraph text
- Training initiatives should also address child rights and relevant legislation, as well as diversion, restorative justice processes and other alternative non-custodial measures.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 119
- Paragraph text
- The study will mark its tenth anniversary in 2016. It will also be the start of the implementation of the new sustainable development agenda, with its strategic target of ending all forms of violence against children.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 105
- Paragraph text
- In the countdown to 2030, everybody counts. Every world citizen can be an agent of change. And this can inspire others to work to bring about the change we need. Joining hands together, the sum of all forces will be zero: zero violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 117
- Paragraph text
- It is imperative to seize this historic opportunity to place the protection of children from violence at the heart of the policy agenda of every nation and turn children's vision of a world where fear and violence are part of the distant past into reality.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 123
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative looks forward to continuing to collaborate closely with Member States and all other stakeholders in the further strengthening of this crucial agenda.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 130a
- Paragraph text
- [Guided by this mission and building upon the strong human rights foundation of her mandate, the Special Representative will, in the immediate future, give primary attention to the following dimensions:] Advancing her two-year campaign for the universal ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and promoting global adherence to other treaties aiming at children's protection from violence;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 130c
- Paragraph text
- [Guided by this mission and building upon the strong human rights foundation of her mandate, the Special Representative will, in the immediate future, give primary attention to the following dimensions:] Supporting the development of a thematic report on safe, child-sensitive and accessible counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms on violence against children, in line with Human Rights Council resolution 13/20.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 106
- Paragraph text
- The spectrum of violence against children is not static and emerging concerns need to be further researched and seriously addressed. Among them, it will be important to explore the opportunities and counter the risks associated with the use of new information and communications technologies; and to prevent and address children's exposure to armed violence and organized crime.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 116
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative remains strongly committed to advancing progress toward children's freedom from violence. The results achieved and the lessons learnt over the initial years of her mandate provide a strong foundation for sustaining investments, re-energizing efforts and promoting a paradigm shift in the safeguarding of children from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 131
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support to consolidate these important efforts and will address priority areas of concern. They include violence against children as a distinct concern in the global development agenda, prevention of violence in early childhood, and protection of children and adolescents affected by community and armed violence and organized crime.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 110
- Paragraph text
- And time, because there can be no complacency: it is imperative to move with a deep sense of urgency. Investing in violence prevention, protecting children's lives and futures and saving nations' resources mean time gained in the countdown to a brighter future. The opportunity for change is too important to let slip.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 112
- Paragraph text
- The Special Representative looks forward to continuing to collaborate closely with Member States and all other stakeholders, including children themselves, in the further implementation of her mandate towards building a world free from violence against children.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 107
- Paragraph text
- To consolidate knowledge and advance progress, she will consolidate further the strategic partnerships developed with regional organizations and institutions and will host regional consultations in 2012, including in South Asia and in the Caribbean.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 131
- Paragraph text
- Coordination and close cooperation among all restorative justice service providers and other relevant stakeholders should be institutionalized at the national and local levels.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 88
- Paragraph text
- With this in mind, the Special Representative will conduct a global survey to map and assess progress in the implementation of the study recommendations. The survey will be promoted in close collaboration with partners, including Member States, United Nations agencies, regional organizations and institutions, and civil society and children's organizations, and will build upon relevant initiatives and regional and global processes, including the universal periodic review process of the Council, the reporting process to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and the follow-up to the world conferences against the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 91
- Paragraph text
- 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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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 132
- Paragraph text
- The availability of a sufficient number of well-trained professionals in restorative justice should be secured.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 121a
- Paragraph text
- [With that aim, the Special Representative will mobilize enhanced support for the consolidation of progress in the priority areas of her mandate, and will pay special attention to: ] Achieving a quantum leap in the violence-related sustainable development goals by supporting national development strategies, in particular through the design and implementation of a comprehensive agenda for the prevention and elimination of violence, the enactment and enforcement of legislation banning all violence against children and the consolidation of data and research in that area, as well as through regional cooperation efforts on the protection of children from violence;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 111a
- Paragraph text
- [It is crucial to consolidate the gains made, grasp the lessons learned and redouble efforts to shape a dynamic process of change and build a world where all children can grow up free from violence. With this aim in mind, the Special Representative will build upon the decision of the General Assembly on the renewal of her mandate to mobilize enhanced support for accelerated progress in priority areas, paying special attention to:] Achieving a quantum leap in progress towards achieving the violence-related Sustainable Development Goals by promoting and supporting the development of national strategies, especially through the design and implementation of a comprehensive national agenda for violence prevention and elimination, the enactment and enforcement of legislation banning all violence against children and the consolidation of data and research in this area, as well as through regional cooperation efforts on children's right to freedom from violence;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 96
- Paragraph text
- The mandate of the Special Representative draws attention to both the worst and the best aspects of humankind. The worst is that countless children are exposed to violence that is often concealed but nevertheless pervasive. Children are intentionally targeted in politically driven processes, manipulated in organized crime, obliged to flee violence in their communities, sold and exploited for economic gain, groomed online, disciplined through violent means, sexually assaulted in the privacy of their homes, neglected in institutions, abused in detention centres, bullied in schools, and stigmatized and ill-treated as a result of superstition or harmful practices. Every five minutes, a child dies as a result of violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 82
- Paragraph text
- Significant developments marked the first year of the mandate. These include legislative and policy measures taken at the national level to protect children from violence, strategic initiatives by United Nations agencies to mainstream countering violence against children in their agenda, and critical strides by regional organizations and political groups, as well as civil society organizations, to institutionalize the implementation process of study recommendations.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 127
- Paragraph text
- Paragraphs 119 to 126 above highlight crucial areas of concern on which the Special Representative is committed to focusing. She looks forward to continuing to consolidate strong partnerships with Member States and all other relevant stakeholders to advance the effective implementation of the study's recommendations and to ensure the freedom of children from violence in all its forms.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 101
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- The past two years of the mandate have helped to build momentum on violence prevention and its elimination at the national, regional and international levels. As captured by this report, violence against children is generating growing concern and action, and leading to advocacy and social mobilization initiatives by a wide alliance of partners, and supported by international and regional organizations.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 103
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- The Special Representative remains strongly committed to advancing progress with regard to children's freedom from violence. The results achieved and the lessons learned over the initial years of her mandate provide a strong foundation for sustaining investments, re-energizing efforts, addressing emerging concerns and promoting a paradigm shift in the safeguarding of children from violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 106
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- This report presents an overview of strategic developments and results achieved by the Special Representative in advancing progress in the implementation of the study recommendations. Initiatives promoted over the reporting period have helped to further consolidate cross-regional commitments to children's protection from violence and strengthen advocacy, legal and policy action for violence prevention and elimination.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 109
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- The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support for these important efforts and for the identification of specific goals and indicators so as to accelerate progress in children's protection from violence. Indeed, it is high time to measure what we treasure! And if we are to succeed, it is critical that children and young people enjoy genuine participation in this process - not as accidental partners, but as real agents of change.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 137
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- The present report presents an overview of strategic developments promoted by the Special Representative in advancing progress in the implementation of the Study recommendations. These initiatives have helped to further consolidate commitment to children's protection from violence and strengthen advocacy, legal and policy action for violence prevention and elimination.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 138
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- In line with the priorities set out for the second term of the mandate, the Special Representative enhanced efforts to anchor the Study recommendations in the national policy agenda; to tackle concerns associated with violence prevention and elimination in the justice system; and to promote the inclusion of children's protection from violence as a crucial dimension in the post-2015 development agenda.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 95
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- In 2006, the United Nations study on violence against children confronted the international community with the extent, pervasiveness, complexity and impact of violence against children. The mobilization generated by the study and the process of implementation of its recommendations around the world have led to important progress, and States are now better equipped to prevent, eliminate and respond to violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 97
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- Children's exposure to pervasive violence is well documented by United Nations reports, academic evidence and children's own heartbreaking stories. For millions of children around the world, life is defined by two words: fear and pain. For those children, the world has no safe haven. And States are missing the chance to build a better world for all of them.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 98
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- Violence compromises all children's rights. It goes hand in hand with deprivation and high risks of poor health, poor school performance and long-term welfare dependency. In early childhood, the impact of violence is often irreversible. As children grow, cumulative exposure to manifestations of violence becomes a bleak continuum, spreading across children's life cycle and, at times, persisting across generations.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 100
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- The present report provides an overview of results achieved and progress promoted by the Special Representative and is intended to support the review of the mandate and its funding by the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 117
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- The next few years will be strategic for moving in this direction. But progress will be dependent on urgent and steady action, with a special emphasis on the following priority dimensions.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 108
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- In this regard, the significant reflections of the past several months on the post-2015 agenda open up strategic avenues towards addressing violence against children as a global priority and cross-cutting concern.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 133
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- Adequate financial resources should be made available to support and sustain restorative justice programmes, and to secure periodic capacity-building for justice actors, community volunteers and peer educators.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 77
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- Securing sound support and predictable funding has been indispensable to promote progress in the present strategic agenda, and remains critical to ensure effective and independent performance of the Special Representative's mandate.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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- Other
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 48
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- Guided by the important deliberations of the XX Pan American Child Congress, significant steps were taken to consolidate regional partnerships with the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Ibero-American Community.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 44
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- The Special Representative met with the NGO Advisory Council in early October 2009 in New York. The meeting helped to shed light on strategic areas where progress can be further achieved and identify significant opportunities for fruitful cooperation in the follow-up to the study's recommendations at the global, regional and national levels and across the various settings within which violence against children continues to take place; these areas and opportunities include the adoption of national plans of action to advance implementation of the study's recommendations, the legal prohibition of all forms of violence against children in all settings, the collection and dissemination of disaggregated data on violence against children and the establishment of effective and accessible complaint mechanisms for children. The meeting also considered ways of enhancing children's participation in the follow-up to the study, benefiting from their insights and experience, and mobilizing and empowering them to take action in their own communities.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 66
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- Decisive steps were also taken to consolidate regional collaboration and agree on a strategic action plan on violence against children with the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the Global Movement for Children, in which UNICEF and key civil society organizations participate. In this context, the Special Representative held an important planning meeting in Panama with members of the Movement, the Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and representatives of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and OHCHR. As a key outcome from the meeting, it was agreed to pursue, over the next three years, implementation of the recommendations of the study with particular emphasis on the adoption of legislation to prohibit all forms of violence against children; the development of a comprehensive, well-coordinated and well-resourced national strategy, and the consolidation of research and data systems in this area.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 70
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- As regarded violence against children, participants expressed commitment to developing productive cooperation with the Special Representative and providing her with the necessary technical and financial support. They called on OIC member States to take all appropriate legislative, social and other measures for effective follow-up to the study's recommendations; urgently review and reform legislation to ensure the prohibition of all forms of violence and the promotion of positive, non-violent forms of discipline; and, on the basis of positive national experiences, establish a high-level focal point to coordinate actions to prevent and combat violence, and develop a well-resourced national strategy on violence against children. Special attention was also given to prevention and protection from harmful practices, protection of children under occupation and in times of war and poverty alleviation.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 72
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- At the end of November 2009, the Special Representative held important meetings in Addis Ababa with the African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs and the Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, with a view to exploring opportunities for collaboration in the protection of children from all forms of violence. Violence against children has been high on the policy agenda of the African region, including in the context of the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; during the drafting of the study and when the 2006 Day of the African Child was devoted to this topic; during the Second Pan-African Forum on Children, held in Cairo in 2007; and in "The Call for Accelerated Action to make Africa Fit for Children", adopted thereafter. With the follow-up to the study, renewed opportunities exist to move this agenda forward.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 9
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- The mandate of the Special Representative is framed by the United Nations study on violence against children and its strategic recommendations; it builds upon public health and child protection initiatives and developments, and envisages the protection of children from violence as a human rights imperative. Indeed, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international human rights instruments provide a firm normative foundation for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children. These international standards constitute a sound reference for mainstreaming the protection of children from violence in the national policy agenda, helping to avoid fragmented, diluted or simply reactive solutions and influencing lasting change through their steady implementation. For this reason, the Special Representative promotes the universal ratification and effective implementation of core human rights treaties.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 13a
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- [The recommendations of the United Nations study provide a navigation chart for accelerating and monitoring progress in violence prevention and responses. In view of their particular urgency, the study identified time-bound targets for three strategic overarching recommendations. Those areas remain critical and require renewed and firm attention. For that reason, in the broad framework of the study's recommendations, the Special Representative gives priority attention to initiatives aimed at:] The development in each State of a national comprehensive strategy to prevent and address all forms of violence against children, mainstreamed in the national planning process, coordinated by a high-level focal point with leading responsibilities in this area, and supported by adequate human and financial resources to support implementation;
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 26
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- This is an area where urgent action is required. Existing data sets on children provide a basis to build upon, but they need to be integrated beyond sectors and individual disciplines, promoting a holistic consideration of the child. Gaps in child protection areas need to be addressed and monitoring tools and indicators expanded, including to consider boys and girls of all ages and in all settings, and to address those at greatest risk. Moreover, those efforts need to incorporate children's views and perspectives, and capture their experience, and dynamic and evolving free agency. This is crucial to understand the hidden face of violence and effectively address its root causes.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 28
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- The development of the United Nations study generated solid and strategic alliances, within and beyond the United Nations system. To advance the implementation of the recommendations of the study, strengthened partnerships are crucial. The Special Representative will therefore promote enhanced collaboration with key partners, including the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies; human rights treaty bodies and mechanisms; national governments, regional organizations, parliamentarians, national independent institutions on children's rights; and civil society, including children and young people.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
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- Children
- Youth
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 16
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- Around the globe, law reform for children's protection from violence is gaining momentum. When the United Nations study was finalized, only 16 countries had legislation prohibiting violence in all settings, including corporal punishment in the home. Currently, 29 countries have introduced such a comprehensive legal ban. In all regions, legislative reform initiatives are under way to achieve full prohibition, and in several other countries, new legislation is under review to prohibit violence in specific settings. In some cases, a monitoring system has been developed to advance implementation. In countries where harmful practices persist behind deeply entrenched traditions, the legislative process has provided opportunities to involve community and religious leaders, parliamentarians, professional associations, academic institutions and grass-roots organizations, and to engage communities concerned to promote change from within and consolidate prevention efforts.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 21
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- Secondly, in countries where a full legal ban has been adopted, further efforts are required to narrow the gap between law and practice. Legislation needs to permeate the work of institutions and shape the training and ethical standards of professionals working with and for children. Implementation needs to be supported by awareness-raising and social mobilization initiatives for the public at large, and children in particular. The development of easily accessible, child-sensitive, confidential and independent counselling and reporting mechanisms to address incidents of violence also need to be promoted. This is an area where progress is urgent, both to provide an effective remedy to child victims and to overcome the challenges presented by the invisibility and social acceptance of violence and the reluctance of professionals working with and for children to address or refer these cases to relevant bodies and institutions.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 85
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- These are critical concerns the Special Representative will continue to address in the context of her mandate and missions.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 63
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- The development of close collaboration with human rights bodies and mechanisms is an essential component of the Special Representative's agenda. This cooperation is critical in pursuing an integrated approach to children's protection from violence and capitalizing on synergies across mandates, in the overall framework of the implementation of children's rights standards and commitments to children, including those undertaken at the Millennium Summit, the special session of the General Assembly on Children and, more recently, the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents. The Call for Action adopted by the Congress highlights the importance of close cooperation between mandate holders, and its agenda provides a valuable framework for mutually supportive actions and accelerated progress in the follow-up to the study's recommendations; those include the development of national plans and the enactment of effective legislation, and the establishment of reporting mechanisms for child victims.
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Adolescents
- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 64
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- In this regard, the Special Representative's cooperation with the Committee on the Rights of the Child gains crucial relevance. The United Nations study was developed at the request of the Committee and was strongly grounded in its work on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Committee has devoted special attention to violence against children in thematic debates, general comments and during the consideration of States Parties' reports. At present, all concluding observations include a specific section on the follow-up to the study's recommendations and on cooperation with the Special Representative.
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- Violence
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 45
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- Significant progress has been achieved in the above-mentioned area. Firstly, important regional political commitments have been made with regard to violence against children. As a result, the issue of protection of children from violence has gained centre stage, including in the 2009 Cairo Declaration (see paragraph 10 above), the Declaration of Buenos Aires adopted at the Twelfth Ibero-American Conference of Ministers and Authorities Responsible for Children, the South Asian Initiative to End Violence against Children, the Beijing Declaration on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights, the Marrakesh Declaration adopted at the Fourth High-level Arab Conference on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe Strategy for 2009-2011 "Building a Europe for and with Children", as well as in the European Union Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child and the Implementation Strategy on Violence against Children.
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- Violence
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 69
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- Collaboration with civil society organizations at the regional and national levels has also been significant. These organizations are indispensable supporters of awareness-raising and social mobilization in favour of children's protection from violence. With the consolidation of existing networks, often involving representatives from community-based organizations and, at times, also child-led organizations, an increasing understanding has been gained on emerging and widespread forms of violence, as well as on socially accepted practices, and on ways of promoting their effective and lasting abandonment with the involvement of communities concerned.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 50
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- The valuable role played by safe and accessible counselling, and by complaint and reporting mechanisms for children's protection from violence was given focused attention by the Human Rights Council in its panel discussion on the protection of children from sexual violence, in which the Special Representative on violence against children also participated in March 2010. The Council adopted a resolution in which it strongly condemned all forms of sexual violence and abuse against children; and urged States to develop and establish child-sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms that are confidential and safe. The Council also invited the Special Representative and the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to submit a joint report on this topic to the Council at its sixteenth session.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 51
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- To inform the development of the report, the Special Representative will organize with OHCHR an expert consultation on this topic in September 2010. The meeting aims to provide a comprehensive overview of existing models of accessible and child-friendly counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms, established at governmental level, and by independent institutions and civil society organizations; to reflect on challenges and good practices in the use of such mechanisms by children and their representatives, including in relation to child participation, accessibility, confidentiality, safeguard of privacy and victims' protection; and to make recommendations for their improvement.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 7
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- During the first year of the Special Representative's mandate, in order to consolidate change in the aforementioned priority areas, particular attention was given to the revitalization of networks involved in the development of the study, the promotion of new alliances and further consolidation of strategic partnerships and, in particular, the institutionalization of regional governance structures related to violence against children. Those efforts have been critical in promoting the mainstreaming of the issue of the freedom of children from violence into the policy agenda at the international, regional and national levels.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Violence
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 59
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- These important lessons learned from anti-bullying programmes provide a crucial reference for the prevention and elimination of other forms of violence against children in schools.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Education
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- Children
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 66
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- Dimensions such as these are vital to enable schools to identify early warning signs of violence, to support children at special risk and to provide timely and effective support in an ethical and child-sensitive manner.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 67
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- In the absence of training in child-friendly pedagogy, and without awareness, information or guidance regarding violence against children, teachers and other school staff may believe that resorting to violent methods to maintain academic standards or impose discipline is a natural or needed response. Children in turn may internalize such values and regard violence as a valid strategy for resolving disputes and imposing their views on their peers. When violence prevention skills and training have been provided, however, there is greater openness to resorting to alternative, positive forms of discipline and advocating the abandonment of violence in school.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 6
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- The mandate's second year was a key period to rally firm support to address persisting challenges, and speed up global progress towards a world free from violence. With this in mind, the Special Representative promoted regional consultations in South Asia, South America, Central and Eastern Europe, Central America and with the League of Arab States, and organized three expert consultations on critical topics, namely child-sensitive mechanisms to address incidents of violence, law reform to secure children's protection from all forms of violence, and preventing and addressing violence against children in schools. The main conclusions and recommendations of the latter two meetings are addressed below. In early 2012, an expert consultation will be held on the protection from violence of children within the justice system.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 49
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- In many countries, initiatives to prevent and address violence against children in schools are building momentum. Some key developments of this significant process of change include campaigns aimed at ensuring learning without fear and at addressing specific forms of violence, including bullying, cyberbullying and gender-based violence. School audits and participatory debates inform the promotion of ethical standards and encourage child-sensitive counselling, reporting, mediation and victim assistance. Data and research address root causes of violence and support children at risk. Law reform initiatives seek to prohibit all forms of violence in education.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 50
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- Education has a unique potential to create a positive environment in which attitudes condoning violence can be changed and non-violent behaviour can be learned. Schools are well placed to break patterns of violence and to provide skills that enable people to communicate, negotiate and support peaceful solutions to conflicts. This is possible at all stages of life, especially early childhood, when initiatives can decisively improve the development of talents and abilities, reduce marginalization and associated risks of violence, and promote access to school and educational achievement. An environment free of violence in all its forms is also instrumental to promoting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular to ensure universal primary education for all and to eliminate gender disparities in education.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 54
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- The consultation was guided by international and regional human rights standards and the recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against children. The study highlights the fact that the most effective approaches to countering violence in schools are tailored to the specific circumstances of each school. These approaches also have key elements in common, as "they are based on the recognition that all children have equal rights to education in settings that are free of violence, and that one of the functions of education is to produce adults imbued with the non-violent values and practises".
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 51
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- This whole-school ethos was evident in the experiences shared at the Oslo meeting, including those designed to prevent bullying in schools. The success of these initiatives has been closely associated with the engagement of teachers, staff and students, as well as parents and members of the community. The reduction of incidents of bullying has equally been dependent on a strategic combination of factors, namely: - Sincere commitment to address this phenomenon, with the formal adoption and wide dissemination of anti-bullying rules, and their launch though an official school event; - The creation of a governance system in which all stakeholders participate; - The development of a monitoring system, through which incidents and issues of concern are periodically reviewed; and - The dissemination of anti-bullying messages in the community at large. The lessons learned from anti-bullying programmes provide a crucial reference to address other forms of violence in schools.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 95
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- The Day of the African Child was a strategic opportunity to join with the African Committee of Experts in calling for the establishment of widely publicized, accessible, safe and child-sensitive counselling, reporting and complaint mechanisms; national investment in well-resourced child protection systems, including legislation banning all forms of violence against children; and the abolishment of status offences, including the decriminalization of survival behaviour such as begging, truancy and vagrancy. These solutions need to be promoted among street children themselves, with an understanding of their perspectives, thus investing in their genuine empowerment and enabling them to make informed choices in situations where the risk of violence may be effectively prevented.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 73
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- The regional process of follow up to the Study has continued to strengthen further. On the one hand, through the holding of periodic meetings to review progress achieved, as was the case in September 2011, in Nepal, by SAIEVAC, which has since been recognized as an Apex Body of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC); in October by the League of Arab States in Doha; and in December by the Permanent Commission of the Initiative Nin@Sur in Montevideo. One the other hand, through the extension and further development of existing strategies, as was the case of the Council of Europe meeting in Monaco, "Building a child-friendly Europe: turning a vision into reality", held in November 2011.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 74
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- Similarly, in a number of countries, including the Plurinational State of Bolivia and Belize, national follow-up consultations were held on the implementation of the Study recommendations.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 7
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- In collaboration with United Nations partners, in May 2010 the Special Representative launched a campaign for the universal ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. During the campaign, the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography received 21 additional ratifications; it is currently in force in 158 States. At least 23 other States made formal commitments to ratify the latter Optional Protocol in the framework of the universal periodic review process of the Human Rights Council, the Committee on the Rights of the Child or other human rights mechanisms. Of the 35 States not yet parties to the Optional Protocol, 50 per cent have ratified the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women, and 75 per cent International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour, which address similar areas of concern.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 14c
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- [At the consultation, in which governmental experts and representatives of United Nations agencies, international and regional organizations, human rights bodies, academia and civil society participated, a set of practical recommendations to assist States and other actors in the development of a violence-free justice system for children was drawn up. Those recommendations, included in a joint report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/21/25), address the following issues:] Ensuring the use of diversion and alternative non-custodial measures. Effective alternative mechanisms to formal criminal proceedings and to deprivation of liberty should be developed and used, including restorative justice, mediation, probation, community service and community-based programmes, including treatment for children with substance abuse problems.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 77
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- Building upon the consultations held in Paraguay and the Dominican Republic, respectively for South American and Central American countries, a Caribbean regional meeting will be held in May 2012 in Jamaica.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 96
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- From 2011 and over three years, the World Day is devoted to ending violence against children. In 2011, World Day partners, including UNICEF, organized 85 activities in 70 countries in commemoration of the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children. For instance, in the Dominican Republic over 70 faith-based organizations and child rights advocates gathered behind an Interreligious Declaration calling for enhanced efforts to implement the recommendations of the Study and highlighting religious leaders commitment to promote non-violence, the protection of children from violence in their communities, and non-violent discipline within the home. The Declaration was officially presented to the Special Representative in the framework of the Central American regional meeting on Violence against Children, held in Santo Domingo on 2 December 2011.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 29
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- In addition, the Special Representative agreed upon a regional cooperation framework with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children, for which protection of children against violence constitutes a priority of its five-year workplan; held two review meetings with the League of Arab States in October 2011 and June 2012 to advance implementation of commitments made on the protection of children from violence; and pursued her close cooperation with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, including through the co-organization of the consultation on the protection of children from harmful practices (see paras. 17-20 above). Cooperation was also pursued with the Council of Europe, which adopted its 2012-2015 Strategy for the Rights of the Child, highlighting the elimination of all forms of violence against children as a core objective; and with the European Union in the framework of its Agenda for the Rights of the Child and review of its Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 31
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- Building and strengthening partnerships within and beyond the United Nations system remains a priority of the Special Representative's mandate.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 33
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- The Special Representative conducted over 70 missions and visited more than 40 countries in all regions to advance national initiatives and bring the mandate closer to national stakeholders and the public at large. During country visits and in her direct dialogue with Governments to advance implementation of the Study and provide expert advice, she raised a wide range of themes and concerns, including the universal ratification of human rights instruments, the enactment of legislation to ban all forms of violence and establish effective child-sensitive counselling, reporting and complaint mechanisms, data and research initiatives to inform policymaking, promotion of the prevention of and responses to violence against children in their early years, as well as their protection in schools and care and justice institutions.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 34
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- Governments' participation in the expert consultations organized by the Special Representative, as well as in the numerous thematic events held at the United Nations, has been particularly relevant for the sharing of national experience and good practice, and for reflecting on persisting challenges and gaps. Member States have been key players in the promotion of regional consultations and the shaping of regional and national agendas on violence against children. Currently, more than two thirds of Member States participate in regional cooperation frameworks for the protection of children from violence, a trend that it is expected to continue to grow.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 99
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- But beyond the cost to each individual victim, violence has serious costs for households, communities and national economies. As noted in a WHO study, meeting the direct costs of health, criminal justice, and social welfare responses to violence diverts many billions of dollars from more constructive societal spending. The much larger indirect costs of violence due to lost productivity and lost investment in education work together to slow economic development, increase socioeconomic inequality, and erode human and social capital. Investing in the prevention of violence is therefore of critical importance, not only as a question of human rights and good governance but also of good economics.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 75
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- In most cases, information is obtained from broad categories, such as domestic violence, or limited to a few areas, such as crime, with limited disaggregation on the basis of gender, age, social origin or disability.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 76
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- The coordination of data sources remains challenging, with multiple institutions gathering and handling dispersed information, based on different definitions and indicators. When a central institution is in place, the information is often collected from limited sources, or only addresses some manifestations of violence or settings within which it occurs. Moreover, there is seldom regular periodicity of data-gathering efforts. Likewise, there is often a lack of coordination between statistical bodies and institutions responsible for the design and implementation of policies to protect children from violence. As a result, it is difficult to gain a holistic view of the incidence and cumulative impact of violence on children, to address neglected areas or to enable the prevention of violence to have a genuine chance of succeeding.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 37
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- The Study called for the protection from violence of children in early years and recognized the crucial importance of positive parenting, home visitation and early childhood care and development programmes.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 41a
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- [The meeting included the participation of a cross-regional group of experts, including young people, and highlighted the urgency of:] Promoting strong political engagement to prevent and reduce violence in the life of young children, supported by a national strategy and by well-coordinated public policies across governmental departments and between central and decentralized authorities. With this aim, countries should designate a high-level government institution responsible for the prevention of and response to violence against children, well-versed in the issues affecting the youngest children and with the capacity to involve multiple sectors, such as education, health, social services and justice; as well as for securing adequate funding and effective monitoring and evaluation to assess results and impact;
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 21b
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- [Legislation prohibiting all forms of violence is a key component of a comprehensive national strategy for children's protection from violence. To take stock of progress, identify positive experiences and advance legal reform in this area, the Special Representative organized, in July 2011, an expert consultation with OHCHR, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the NGO Advisory Council on Violence against Children. The consultation highlighted the following key conclusions and recommendations (see also A/HRC/19/64):] Law reform needs to be pursued through a comprehensive review of national legislation to ensure conformity with international human rights standards and overcome dispersed action; it requires the introduction of an explicit legal ban on all forms of violence in all settings, supplemented by detailed provisions in relevant pieces of legislation to tackle distinct manifestations of violence and the various contexts within which violence may occur; national legislation needs to be periodically reviewed and evaluated to address gaps and emerging concerns;
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 63
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- The protection of children from sexual exploitation is the area where most decisive progress has been made. Over 90 per cent of respondents highlight a legal prohibition of sexual violence against children, including prostitution; a ban on the procurement or offering of children for pornography, and on the possession and dissemination of images of child abuse, including via the Internet. Information from United Nations reports, including concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, confirm an accelerated rate of legislative activity in this area, although additional serious efforts remain necessary to promote effective implementation and address gaps and emerging concerns, including the protection of children from sale, the rise in child trafficking, the low number of prosecutions, the lack of data and the limited allocation of resources.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 71
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- Less than 30 per cent of respondents indicate 18 as the minimum age for marriage, with younger ages and different thresholds for boys and girls prevalent in a large number of countries.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 98
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- Children with disabilities are also at heightened risk of abuse, neglect, stigma and exploitation; in their lives, disability, poverty, poor health care and nutrition and social exclusion often go hand in hand. The incidence of disability is higher amongst children belonging to poorer households, where they lack access to basic social services of quality, thus compromising opportunities for early detection, treatment and recovery and for meaningful participation in social life. As families of children with disabilities face extra medical, housing and transport costs, they miss employment opportunities and face marginalization and aggravated vulnerability to violence. When placed in institutions, where they have limited ability to disclose situations of abuse and seek redress, children's vulnerability to violence is further exacerbated.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 82
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- Ghana, for example, completed its national plan of action on violence against children, 2008-2012; Jamaica adopted a national plan of action for an integrated response to children and violence, 2011-2016; Lebanon finalized a national strategy to prevent and protect children from violence; and Belgium developed an action plan on child abuse, violence and mistreatment. The first national programme on child protection (2011-2015) established by Viet Nam gives priority attention to children at risk of violence, exploitation and abuse. With special emphasis on economically disadvantaged areas and those where high proportions of ethnic minorities live, the plan aims to establish child protection systems in half of the country's provinces and cities by 2015.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 65
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- In order to build on the growing body of knowledge and experience, and to accelerate progress in ensuring children's online protection from violence, over the next several months, the Special Representative will organize with strategic partners a consultation on information and communications technology and children's protection from violence. The consultation will provide a strategic platform for learning from and building upon initiatives undertaken by national Governments, United Nations organizations, international and regional organizations, academia, independent children's rights institutions, the private sector and civil society organizations, including children and young people.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 46
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- In June 2013, the Special Representative joined the Governments of Indonesia and Norway in the organization of an expert consultation on restorative justice for children.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 49
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- In the context of the criminal justice system, child-sensitive restorative justice may involve bringing together the victim, the offender, his or her parents or guardians, child protection and justice actors, and the community, in a safe and structured environment. Through a non-adversarial and voluntary process, based on dialogue, negotiation and problem-solving, restorative justice aims to rehabilitate and reintegrate the young offender, through helping to reconnect him or her with the community, and ensuring that the offender understands the harm caused to the victim and the community and acknowledges accountability for criminal behaviour and reparation of its consequences.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 15
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- Since the launch of the campaign, the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography received 26 additional ratifications and is currently in force in 163 countries. Of the 30 States that are not yet parties to the Protocol, the majority made formal commitments to ratification in the framework of the universal periodic review process of the Human Rights Council, the Committee on the Rights of the Child or other human rights mechanisms; and the large majority have ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementary to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), of the International Labour Organization, which address similar areas of concern.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 18
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- The Protocol recognizes children's legal standing with respect to seeking redress for the violation of their rights - either directly or through a representative. To promote its implementation, domestic remedies and child-sensitive procedures and mechanisms need to be in place, including ombuds for children or similar national independent human rights institutions. Similarly, child-sensitive procedures and legal safeguards need to be established to ensure respect for the best interests and the views of the child, to protect children's privacy and prevent the risk of ill- treatment or intimidation.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 53
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- [The Bali meeting adopted important policy recommendations, highlighting the following areas:] Legislation - States should undertake a comprehensive legislative review to align relevant domestic legislation, whether in statutory, customary or religious laws, with human rights standards; in countries with plural legal systems, the supremacy of legislation aligned with international human rights standards should be explicitly recognized in the law to avert potential conflicts in legal interpretation and implementation. - Legislation should decriminalize status offences and survival behaviours and include legal safeguards to protect the child's best interests, and the child's right to freedom from violence and discrimination, to free and safe participation in proceedings throughout the restorative justice process, and to legal and other relevant assistance. - Legislation should provide law enforcement, prosecutors and the judiciary with options for diverting children away from the criminal justice system and promoting restorative justice processes at all stages of the proceedings; it should include alternative and educative measures such as warning, probation, judicial supervision and community work, to be applied in combination with restorative justice processes or when restorative justice is not appropriate. Children's right to recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration should be firmly expressed in legislation. - Legislation should recognize that restorative justice and informal justice or conflict resolution mechanisms, while being accessible at the local and community levels and playing an important role in the protection and reintegration of children, should never jeopardize children's rights or preclude children from accessing the formal justice system.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 85
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- Professionals and community facilitators dealing with children involved with the justice system must also receive adequate and continuous training and capacity-building.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 87
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- Restorative justice can take place during the time that a child is serving a prison sentence, or as a component of a probation programme. It can significantly help reduce recidivism.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 91
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- In this regard, five imperatives are of crucial relevance: there must be a legislative basis for customary law that is in line with international human rights standards; a range of appropriate alternatives for the child's rehabilitation and reintegration must be available; there must be proper assessment of the processes and procedures used, including with regard to who selects the individuals to sit on the mediation panel; capacity and knowledge relating to children's rights and national legislation, including juvenile justice laws, must be continuously ensured; and the right to appeal must be guaranteed so that there is oversight by the formal justice system.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 93
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- Similarly, parents who have assisted their child through a restorative justice process show less inclination to resort to violence as a form of discipline.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 111
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- Several case studies have demonstrated that even when diversion to restorative justice has been promoted as an alternative to formal judicial proceedings, important risks may persist for the protection of children. These include the use of threats to obtain compliance with a restorative agreement; testimony of a child or admission of responsibility obtained through undue means; referral to a diversion programme without the prior consent of the victim or the offender; the use of rushed mediation sessions; referral to public mediation sessions, where the right to confidentiality is violated; and the referral of cases to restorative justice conferencing without any preliminary inquiry or compelling evidence.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 83
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- The Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, notably the Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography provide important guidance for the realization of children's rights online. All measures, including legislative, policy and educational initiatives, should be guided by the best interests of the child; respect and support children's growing autonomy and agency, and protect children from violence and discrimination. These principles lay the foundation to capitalize on the potential of the online environment; to promote children's learning and freedom of expression; to support children in accessing, receiving and imparting information; and to protect them from harmful materials and information, from unlawful interference with their privacy or correspondence, and situations where their honour and reputation may be at risk.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 31b
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- [The urgency of safeguarding children's freedom from violence has certainly not diminished and the magnitude of this phenomenon remains high and deeply distressing. Significant United Nations reports illustrate this well:] In the past few years there has been a marked increase in trafficking in children. From 2007 to 2010, numbers rose from 20 to 27 per cent; in some regions more than 60 per cent of detected victims are children, as indicated in the UNODC 2012 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons and girls are particularly affected. Child trafficking is a serious form of violence; but it is also a source of incidents of abuse, as children are enslaved into prostitution, sold into marriage, coerced to work in plantations or deep-sea fishing, forced to beg on the street, or recruited by criminal networks.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 14
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- The Model Strategies address crucial challenges for children's protection from violence in the criminal justice system. Misperceptions and widespread prejudice towards marginalized groups of children continue to fuel incidents of violence and re-victimization. Those children are frequently perceived as responsible for serious crimes and high rates of criminality, and deserving of harsh sanctions and lengthy periods of detention. Yet available data indicate that children are not predominant in crimes statistics and in the majority of cases where they may have infringed the criminal law, it is for minor offences and petty crimes.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 58
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- However similar to any other form of violence, online abuse is not inevitable. It can be prevented and addressed effectively. As children often stress, technology is not bad, it depends on the use one makes of it.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 41a
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- [In some countries, important legislative initiatives have addressed violence against children with albinism and those accused of witchcraft, criminalizing harmful practices and issuing protective measures to secure children's safety and protection. Legislation is, however, insufficient to change superstition and deeply rooted beliefs. To ensure the protection of these children, the Special Representative has called for a comprehensive strategy highlighting, the following measures:] Supporting the protective role of the family. Parents and members of the extended family play a central role in the care and protection of children and need to be sensitized and supported in their child-rearing responsibilities. To address the social and economic drivers of violence against children with albinism or accused of witchcraft, it is critical to provide basic social services of quality to families concerned, to promote child development, well-being and effective protection, and to prevent children's exposure to harm.
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- SRSG report
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- Harmful Practices
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 70
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- Widespread poverty and weak State structures compromise children's social and legal protection and enhance the vulnerability of potential victims. In poorer countries, children who have access to the Internet without adult guidance and supervision, for instance in cybercafes, may be particularly vulnerable to online solicitation and their economic situation may pressure them into accepting risky propositions. Moreover, parental knowledge and awareness of the online risks children face may be lacking, limiting further the support and protection those children receive. The generational divide has become increasingly apparent in poorer urban areas and rural neighbourhoods, in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 3
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- Over recent years the protection of children from violence has evolved from a largely hidden and neglected topic into a growing global concern. Framed by international human rights standards, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Protocols, and guided by the United Nations study on violence against children, there has been a growing understanding of children's exposure to violence, strengthened commitments to secure their safety and protection, and significant national implementation efforts to mobilize support for prevention and response and to help change attitudes and behaviour which condone violence against children.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 9b
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- [The following strategic dimensions of this important agenda in which significant progress has been made are highlighted in the report:] Enhancing awareness and consolidating knowledge to prevent and respond to violence against children by hosting international expert consultations, developing research on strategic topics and publishing studies. The publications included Toward a World Free from Violence: Global Survey on Violence against Children; 10 thematic studies on topics such as violence in schools and in the justice system, restorative justice for children, the rights of girls in the criminal justice system and child-sensitive counselling, and reporting and complaint mechanisms; reports on protecting children from harmful practices and from armed violence and organized crime; and a report on opportunities and risks associated with information and communication technologies (ICTs). In addition, child-friendly materials were produced to inform and empower children about their right to freedom from violence;
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 25
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- The study constitutes a high priority for the mandate of the Special Representative and she has facilitated the initial coordination and planning efforts in the lead-up to its development, in partnership with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). To prepare the ground, the Special Representative has spearheaded efforts to establish an institutional framework, including a United Nations inter-agency task force, a civil society forum and a cross-regional academic research network.
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 28
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- The Special Representative remains strongly committed to the further advancement of the global study.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 29
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- Regional organizations and institutions are strategic allies in violence prevention and elimination initiatives. The institutionalized cooperation developed with the Special Representative has been instrumental in placing violence against children at the heart of the regional policy agenda to accelerate progress, enhance the accountability of States and support national implementation efforts. The Special Representative's annual high-level cross-regional round table, which brings together regional organizations and institutions, has become a strategic forum for promoting policy dialogue, sharing knowledge and good practices, coordinating efforts and promoting synergies, identifying trends and pressing concerns and joining forces to accelerate progress in the protection of children from violence.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 60
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- The round table provided a strategic platform for sharing experiences on the development of regional strategies aligned with the 2030 Agenda and implementation actions foreseen. Critical attention was paid to strategies to support the mainstreaming of the targets related to combating violence in national and subnational plans and the development, where appropriate, of regional and national goals and targets. The role of regional organizations and institutions in mobilizing their member States to address violence against children in their voluntary national reviews to the high-level political forum on sustainable development was also stressed, as was cooperation with other regional entities in review processes. Support for peer learning and participatory processes in the national assessment of progress through the round table and other platforms was encouraged.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 62
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- Recognizing the strategic opportunity presented by the 2030 Agenda and the tenth anniversary of the United Nations study, regional organizations and institutions reaffirmed their strong commitment to further accelerating and assessing progress in eliminating violence against children and to reinforcing cooperation. Strategic actions envisaged include providing support to the development and implementation of regional plans aligned with the 2030 Agenda; mobilizing partnerships and strengthening the implementation of comprehensive national strategies for the prevention and elimination of violence; enacting and enforcing national legislation to ban all forms of violence against children; and enhancing data systems and supporting the follow-up and review process of the 2030 Agenda through strong accountability mechanisms at the national and regional levels.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 45
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- The Secretary-General launched the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children in July 2016, calling on it to help realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda of a world where all children live in peace. The Special Representative serves on the board and the executive committee of the Global Partnership, and through her global advocacy role promotes the shared mission of making the world a safe place for children and ending violence against children everywhere. The Global Partnership has the potential to harness collective efforts to promote steadily growing commitment and action for a world free from violence. It seeks to enhance political will to reach the Sustainable Development Goal targets on ending violence against children, accelerate action through the implementation of key interventions and strengthen collaboration among a wide range of stakeholders.
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- SRSG report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. Box, p. 5
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- Bullying affects children at different stages of their development, severely undermining their health, emotional well-being and school performance. It is often associated with profound feelings of dread, loneliness and helplessness. Victims may suffer sleep disorders, headaches, stomach pain, poor appetite and fatigue as well as feelings of low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, shame and, at times, suicidal thoughts. The psychological and emotional scars that are left may persist into adult life. Bullies themselves are also affected, and are also more likely than their peers to be involved in anti-social and risky behaviour later on in life. Furthermore, bullying can affect the whole school community, creating a climate of suspicion and uncertainty that can cause children to remain silent or to become complicit out of fear.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 35
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- As the central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda, the high-level political forum on sustainable development is critical to ensuring that ending violence against children is at the heart of the implementation process of the Sustainable Development Goals. The theme of the forum in 2016, "Ensuring that no one is left behind", was of particular relevance for children exposed to violence. Many of these children suffer in silence, loneliness and fear, and they are too often left behind in accessing appropriate care and support services to overcome their trauma, benefiting from recovery and reintegration and developing to their full potential.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 37
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- The experience gained from the first set of voluntary national review reports for the high-level political forum will provide strategic input to future reporting, follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. It is essential that future voluntary national reviews recognize that sustainable development cannot be achieved while globally, one billion children suffer violence and its devastating consequences. To achieve target 16.2 and free all children from fear, it is crucial to be able to assess progress and identify challenges. The Special Representative is determined to support these reviews and build upon the important experience gained from national human rights monitoring and reporting processes.
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- SRSG report
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 38
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- The 2017 high-level political forum will provide an important platform to assess progress in the protection of children from violence under the theme "Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world". The in-depth reviews at the high-level political forum of the Sustainable Development Goals on ending poverty, ensuring healthy lives and achieving gender equality will provide a critical reflection of how far States have come in ensuring a protective environment to offset the multiple, and often interconnected, vulnerabilities faced by children. For target 16.2 and the other violence-related targets, the 2017 voluntary national reviews are an important opportunity to highlight good practices, identify challenges and lessons learned, and renew commitments and the provision of reliable resources towards ending all forms of violence against children.
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- SRSG report
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 40
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- National reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals are a crucial contribution to ensuring investment in children and building a world in which every child grows up free from violence and exploitation. The Special Representative is strongly committed to supporting the voluntary national review process, which has been high on the agenda of her field missions and informed her participation in high-level conferences and regional forums. This question was also the central theme in 2016 of her cross-regional round table, which annually brings together regional human rights bodies, organizations and institutions.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 19
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- The inclusion of violence against children as a distinct concern in the global development agenda is an historic breakthrough and presents the global community with a strategic opportunity to transform target 16.2 into a reality for all the world's children. As the implementation process of the 2030 Agenda is now well under way, the chief priority of the Special Representative is supporting efforts to accelerate progress towards the achievement of all the violence-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially target 16.2. Protecting children from violence must not remain simply an ideal; indeed, the international community has a special responsibility to translate the ideal into tangible change for every child.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 29
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- In May 2015, the MERCOSUR Permanent Commission on Children agreed to develop a regional policy for the promotion of positive discipline and prevention of violence. In July 2015, the Caribbean Community Task Force on child rights and child protection developed a regional strategy on the prevention and elimination of violence against children for the period 2015-2020, to reinforce the protection of children from physical, emotional, sexual and online-related violence. The Central American Integrated System (SICA) initiated the drafting of a regional convention to address sexual violence against children, informed by a cross-regional discussion process supported by the Special Representative.
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- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 25
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- Collaboration with regional organizations and institutions is a cornerstone of the Special Representative's strategy to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Study recommendations. Those partnerships are aimed at developing policy platforms to sustain and scale up positive developments, identify concerns and challenges, and mobilize action to safeguard children from violence.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 18
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- Similarly, the Beijing Declaration on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights, adopted in November 2010 by Governments in the Asia-Pacific region, emphasized the need to address child protection concerns based on laws that focus on safeguarding children from potential harm and banning all forms of violence against children. At the Fourth High-level Arab Conference on the Rights of the Child, held in Marrakesh in December 2010, the determination to enforce legislation and promulgate laws to protect children from all forms of violence, exploitation, neglect and ill-treatment was voiced.
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 75
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- The Special Representative participated in meetings which led up to the adoption of the Council of Europe Strategy for 2009-2011 "Building a Europe for and with Children", which identifies the protection of children from violence as a key priority concern. Under the strategy, the Council acts as the regional initiator and coordinator of national and regional initiatives to combat violence against children, and as the European forum for follow-up to the recommendations contained in the United Nations study and cooperation with the Special Representative.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 76
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- Important regional standards and initiatives provide a framework for the protection of children from violence. To support progress in this area, the Council of Europe organized a conference in Strasbourg to establish a children's rights platform with national focal points from countries across the region and a network of experts from key partner organizations. The Special Representative participated in this high-level policy forum, which will play a crucial role in the promotion of information-sharing, advocacy and debate, and monitor progress achieved within the European region.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 13
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- Recognized as a priority by regional organizations and political groupings, important efforts have been made to support national implementation. Regional initiatives enabled the sharing and cross-fertilization of national experiences, and the development of national strategies in the framework of agreed regional agendas. In some cases, regional consultations were held on this topic, such as the Council of Europe meeting for Central and Eastern European States, held in Kyiv, entitled "Combating violence against children: from isolated actions to integrated strategies".
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 16
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- In many countries significant efforts are being deployed to move in this direction. In some cases, the development of a national strategy on violence has been promoted through a wide participatory process in which governmental departments, civil society organizations, academics and young people have taken part. In a number of other cases, States have set in place national plans of action and high-level coordinating bodies to oversee implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a core component of which is violence against children.
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 19
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- Around the globe, law reform for children's protection from violence is building momentum. When the United Nations study was finalized, only 16 countries had legislation prohibiting violence in all settings, including corporal punishment in the home. Currently, 27 countries have introduced such a comprehensive legal ban; in all regions, legislative reforms are being pursued to achieve full prohibition, and in several countries new legislation is also under review to prohibit violence in specific settings. In some cases, a monitoring system has been developed to support implementation.
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 80
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- The Special Representative remains firmly committed to further strengthening strategic alliances for the protection of children from all forms of violence, within and beyond the United Nations system. Important institutional collaboration mechanisms have been established in support of her mandate, including the Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence against Children, the non-governmental organization Advisory Council for the follow-up to the study on violence against children, and regional high-level governance structures established for the follow-up to the study.
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 9
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- The normative foundation of the protection of children from violence was further strengthened by other developments supported by the Special Representative, including the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure, ILO Convention No. 189 on decent work for domestic workers, and the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems. She also contributed to the general comment of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 14b
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- [At the consultation, in which governmental experts and representatives of United Nations agencies, international and regional organizations, human rights bodies, academia and civil society participated, a set of practical recommendations to assist States and other actors in the development of a violence-free justice system for children was drawn up. Those recommendations, included in a joint report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/21/25), address the following issues:] Protecting children from all forms of violence within the juvenile justice system. National laws, policies and procedures concerning juvenile justice should be brought into full compliance with relevant international standards, and juvenile justice reforms should pursue a child- and gender-sensitive approach and be guided by child rights principles and safeguards, including (i) the recognition of the deprivation of children's liberty as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate time; (ii) the separation of children from adults and of girls from boys in a child-sensitive environment; (iii) the explicit prohibition of and effective protection of children from violence, including as a form of punishment, treatment or sentencing; (iv) the legal provision of safe and child-sensitive counselling, reporting and complaints mechanisms to prevent and respond to incidents of violence; and (v) the establishment of independent oversight and monitoring mechanisms and accountability systems for the inspection of places of detention and the prompt investigation of incidents of violence against children.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 37
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- The Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence against Children, chaired by the Special Representative, has remained a crucial mechanism of institutional collaboration in support of the mandate. Its periodic meetings are a key forum for consultation, policy formulation and mainstreaming on the United Nations agenda of the protection of children from violence. In 2012, that cooperation informed the organization of expert consultations on data and research on violence against children and on the prevention of and responses to violence in the justice system.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 57
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- However, progress remains uneven and more vigorous efforts are needed in particular to develop a cohesive and well-resourced national strategy on violence against children; promote coordinated policy interventions to overcome dispersed and ill-enforced pieces of legislation and insufficient investment in family support; and promote capacity-building of professionals and safe and child-sensitive mechanisms to address incidents of violence. The survey also emphasizes the pressing need to consolidate data and research to promote evidence-based decision-making.
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- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 70
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- Another significant gap revealed by the survey is the dearth of data on laws, policies and advocacy on the gender dimensions of violence and the legal protection of girls: 40 per cent of the respondents provide no information on this question and less than 30 per cent mention positive initiatives. Legislation in the area remains a challenge, with less than half of Governments indicating the enactment of a legal ban on harmful practices, which may fully or only partially cover female genital mutilation/cutting, child or forced marriage, witchcraft rituals, honour killings and other practices.
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- SRSG report
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- Harmful Practices
- Violence
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- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 28e
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- [The joint report recognizes that, despite efforts made in many countries, existing initiatives remain piecemeal and inadequate to address children's specific concerns and are often not seen as core components of a robust child protection system. To overcome these challenges, the report presents guiding principles and action-oriented recommendations, highlighting in particular the need for these mechanisms to be:] Effective in safeguarding children's safety, in ensuring the confidentiality of the proceedings and providing prompt and speedy responses and follow up.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 31c
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- [To address these dimensions and capitalize upon a growing body of knowledge and experience in this area, the Special Representative organized with the Government of Sweden an expert consultation in 2012 (see also A/67/230, para. 24). The conclusions and recommendations highlighted the urgency of the following measures:] Capitalizing on children's perceptions, views and experiences while ensuring due respect for their protection from harm and their right to express views and influence decisions, and avoiding situations that may place children at risk; and
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 75
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- In early December, representatives from Central American countries, Mexico and Cuba met in a regional consultation in Santo Domingo. The meeting was hosted by the Government of the Dominican Republic in cooperation with the Office of the Special Representative and the Latin American Chapter of the Global Movement for Children. It included the participation of national institutions and authorities on children and adolescents, international and regional human rights bodies, United Nations agencies, civil society organizations, the media, and young representatives.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 88
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- The Special Representative's office participated in the 5th Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, in September 2011, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Conference presented new evidence on effective interventions to prevent interpersonal violence and promote increased collaboration across sectors and disciplines, including health, social protection and criminal justice. The results of the meeting will be an important resource for the upcoming expert consultation on better data and research on violence against children.
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- Gender
- Health
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 111
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- But beyond the cost to each individual victim, violence has serious costs for households, communities and national economies. As noted by the World Health Organization, meeting the direct costs of health, criminal justice and social welfare responses to violence diverts many billions of dollars from more constructive societal spending. The much larger indirect costs of violence due to lost productivity and lost investment in education work together to slow economic development, increase socioeconomic inequality and erode human and social capital.
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- SRSG report
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- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 67
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- Victim-offender mediation is a model often applied in cases involving minor offences committed by children, although it is also used for more serious offences. This model is most commonly used as an alternative referral by the court after the offender has made a formal admission of guilt.The process promotes dialogue in a safe and structured setting, which allows the young offender to learn about the impact of his or her offence while helping the victim and offender to develop a mutually acceptable plan to address the harm that has been caused.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 96
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- Young victims are often the target of these practices. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, between 2011 and 2012 there was a 70 per cent increase in child sexual abuse material focused on girls under the age of 10 years, and abuse material involving toddlers or babies is not uncommon. Once online, child abuse images can circulate indefinitely, alongside the risk of perpetuating victims' harm. The circulation of such images contributes to the hypersexualization of children and in turn fuels the demand for sexual abuse material.
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- SRSG report
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- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Infants
- Youth
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 99
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- Self-exposure. Sending explicit self-generated text or images by mobile phone or instant messenger, known as "sexting", is becoming widespread. As a result of peer pressure or as part of online interaction, there is a real risk of such material falling into the wrong hands and used to harass young people, or blackmailing them into engaging in further risky behaviour. According to the Internet Watch Foundation, up to 88 per cent of self-generated sexually explicit content online has been taken from its original location and uploaded elsewhere on the Internet.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 107
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- As young people stressed during the 2013 Global Youth Summit promoted by the International Telecommunication Union, more than simply trying to avoid online threats, it is important to develop children's capacities as digital citizens; and promote solid values and life skills, including a strong sense of responsibility, respect and concern for others. Rather than curtailing children's natural curiosity and sense of innovation for fear of encountering risks online, it is critical to tap into children's resourcefulness and enhance their resilience while exploring the potential of the Internet.
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- Education
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 109
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- Informed and engaged parents and caregivers who support and advise children in their access to the Internet and the use of ICTs open avenues for a safer online experience. Parents' effective mediation minimizes risk without limiting children's skills or opportunities. Taking time to surface the cyberuniverse together, to guide and reassure their children, and to provide age-appropriate rules about online conduct are crucial dimensions of this process. Equally important is to raise children's awareness of online risks and provide guidance on ways of addressing them when they occur.
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 111
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- Schools have a unique potential to promote non-violent behaviour and to support change of attitudes condoning violence. Through quality education, children can gain the skills and abilities to surf cyberspace with confidence, to avoid and address risks, and to become well-informed and responsible digital citizens. This includes promoting creative, critical and safe use of the Internet and preventing and responding to incidents of online violence, including cyberbullying, even when they were not originated in the school environment.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 92
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- Promoting a safe and peaceful learning environment is a major cultural undertaking that requires leadership and support from Government, including adequate resources, to become a reality. It is crucial to strengthen children's protective environment with the support of all relevant stakeholders, including parents and caregivers, teachers and service providers. No less important is engaging and empowering children themselves. Children need to develop their own capacities as digital citizens and learn solid values and life skills, including being responsible in their actions towards others.
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- SRSG report
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- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
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- Families
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 65
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- The conference highlighted progress, challenges and opportunities to promote freedom from violence as part of wider efforts to achieve the African Union's Agenda 2063. The outcomes of the discussion informed the development of Africa's Agenda for Children 2040, which includes a core goal to end violence against children. These developments provide significant impetus for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Africa's Agenda for Children presents measurable goals and priority areas to which the African Union and its Member States commit themselves for the next 25 years.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 56
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- Thirdly, it is imperative to include in this process those who are most affected. Children and young people need to be provided with genuine opportunities and platforms to influence the road ahead - not simply on accidental occasions, but as true partners and agents of change. Recognizing the value of their contribution, the Special Representative joined civil society partners in the development of a report which captures the concerns and recommendations conveyed by child participants in the post-2015 sustainable development process.
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Youth
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 2
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- The Special Representative is guided by General Assembly resolution 62/141, in which the Assembly established the mandate, and acts as a bridge builder and a global, independent advocate for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children. In its resolution 70/137, the Assembly expressed support for the work of the Special Representative and recommended that the Secretary-General extend the mandate for a further period of three years, and maintain support for the effective and independent performance and sustainability of the mandate, funded from the regular budget.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 6
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- Protection of children online remained high on the agenda of the Special Representative. In this regard, she continued to support important multi-stakeholder initiatives, including the WePROTECT Global Alliance to End Child Sexual Exploitation Online. WePROTECT has secured high-level commitments from Governments, the information and communications technology industry, international organizations and civil society. It supports comprehensive national action on prevention and response to inform and empower children and to fight impunity within and across borders.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 82
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- Since the adoption of the Regional Plan of Action, the Special Representative has been active in promoting its implementation in collaboration with the ASEAN member States and secretariat and with the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children. In February, in a joint meeting held in Jakarta, the Commission expressed its commitment to the High Time to End Violence against Children initiative to galvanize political will and mobilize wide social support and action towards the implementation of the Regional Plan of Action.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 93
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- In April 2016, in Sofia, the Council launched its new Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021), which was developed with the participation of the Special Representative. Children's freedom from violence is at the heart of the Strategy and is mainstreamed in actions concerning the protection of children from online abuse; the promotion of child participation; the development of child-friendly justice; the prevention of deprivation of liberty and the promotion of diversion measures; and the protection of children on the move.
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- SRSG report
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- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 103
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- To address these concerns, urgent measures are needed. First, it is crucial to empower children with easily understandable, age-sensitive and culturally appropriate information about their rights and relevant procedures to enable them to exercise their right to be heard and to benefit from effective remedies and services for their protection, recovery and reintegration. Moreover, it is indispensable to establish safe, child- and gender-sensitive counselling, complaints and reporting mechanisms to which children can easily gain access to address any incidents of violence or other grievances.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 11
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- The Special Representative will carry out her mandate by making use of mutually supportive strategies, including the promotion of advocacy for concerns related to violence against children; the contribution to strategic meetings at the international, regional and national levels, including for the identification of good practices and the promotion of cross-fertilization of experiences across regions, sectors and settings; the organization of field missions; and the promotion of thematic studies and reports.
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 39
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- In her collaboration with United Nations organizations, the Special Representative on violence against children has built upon existing inter-agency mechanisms, in particular the Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence against Children, of which ILO, OHCHR, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) are core members. The Inter-Agency Working Group is a critical forum for consultation, promotion of policy formulation and mainstreaming of concerns related to violence against children within the United Nations system's agenda.
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Children
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 100
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- As acknowledged by surveys of children across regions, violence constitutes a key matter of concern for them. But in spite of the serious and long-lasting impact of violence in their daily lives, children show remarkable resilience and a unique ability to mobilize to promote non-violence and peaceful solutions, including by raising awareness amongst children and their families about violence and its impact, generating solidarity and support for child victims, and instilling confidence to report incidents of violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Violence
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 14a
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- [At the consultation, in which governmental experts and representatives of United Nations agencies, international and regional organizations, human rights bodies, academia and civil society participated, a set of practical recommendations to assist States and other actors in the development of a violence-free justice system for children was drawn up. Those recommendations, included in a joint report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/21/25), address the following issues:] Preventing the criminalization and penalization of children. The prevention and reduction of situations leading to the deprivation of children's liberty is a critical strategy for decreasing the risk of violence in the criminal justice system. States should pursue this goal by: (i) decriminalizing "status offences", such as begging, vagrancy, truancy and loitering; (ii) preventing the detention of unaccompanied migrant children and asylum seekers on the basis of their status; (iii) ensuring that children with mental health and substance abuse problems are appropriately cared for, rather than dealt with by the criminal justice system; (iv) ensuring universal birth registration, raising the age of criminal responsibility to at least 12 years and continuing to raise it further, and ensuring non-custodial options for children below that age; and (v) supporting the prevention of criminalization and penalization through a robust and well-resourced child protection system, with effective coordination between the justice, social welfare and education sectors.
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 85
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- Children growing up in poverty are less likely to access basic social services of quality or to benefit from effective preventive initiatives or protection mechanisms. This is a particularly acute problem for children living or working on the street, who often struggle to survive in unhealthy, hazardous and violent public spaces where crime is rampant and protection hardly available, and who are at risk of enduring ill-treatment by the authorities or being criminalized for survival behaviour, including truancy and begging.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
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- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Children
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 87
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- Poverty and violence also shape the life of the majority of children affected by HIV and AIDS. The pandemic has stripped away traditional social support networks and is associated with a higher risk of social exclusion, stigma and discrimination, school dropout and limited access to information and treatment, while paving the way to enhanced risks of violence. In turn, rape, intimate partner violence and sexual abuse, as well as harmful practices, including child and forced marriage, increase the risk of exposure to HIV infection.
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- 2012
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 64
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- Yet, these technologies also generate new risks and can become a tool with which to perpetrate violence. Indeed, harmful information becomes available more easily and may also be spread more quickly, potentially reaching out to millions in a fraction of a second and remaining in cyberspace for a lifetime. As a result, children may be at risk of abuse, bullying, harassment and exploitation in ways that are often difficult to detect and address, including by parents, caregivers, teachers and others (see box IV).
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 139
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- The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support to consolidate those important efforts and in 2015, will place special emphasis on the following topics: ensuring violence against children remains a distinct concern on the global development agenda; reinforcing the protection of children from online sexual abuse; strengthening action for the prevention of violence in early childhood; and promoting the protection of children and adolescents affected by community and armed violence and organized crime.
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- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
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- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 62
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- Over the past year, cooperation with the African Union Labour and Social Affairs Commission and the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child gained a renewed relevance with the launch, in May 2014, of the Campaign and Call to Action to End Child Marriage in Africa. The Campaign and the national launches anticipated in 10 countries provide a sound basis for this important collaboration and for enhancing regional initiatives in support of the abandonment of harmful practices against children.
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- SRSG report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
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- Children
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- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 89
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- The Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence against Children has remained a crucial institutional collaboration mechanism in support of the Special Representative's mandate. The periodic meetings of the Working Group are a key forum for consultation, policy formulation and mainstreaming of violence against children within the United Nations agenda. Over the reporting period, this cooperation was of strategic relevance for the organization of the expert consultations on early childhood and on restorative justice for children.
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- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 46
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- Concern about the role of ICTs in generating violence against children has been growing in recent years. In 2006, the United Nations Study on Violence Against Children acknowledged that "the Internet and other developments of communication technologies … appear to be associated with an increased risk of sexual exploitation of children, as well as other forms of violence" (A/61/299, para. 77). The third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in 2008 in Brazil, reaffirmed that concern.
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- Adolescents
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- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 53
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- Harmful material and information, including violent, sexually explicit or hateful content, are readily available and may spread quickly, potentially reaching millions in a fraction of a second and remaining in cyberspace for a lifetime. Violence, abuse and exploitation can easily take place in spaces that are not under adult supervision, and parents and caregivers may struggle to keep up with technological developments to monitor children's online activity, especially in countries where digital literacy is low.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 99
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- The rapid development and expansion of ICTs have generated new opportunities for the realization of children's rights as well as significant challenges for the protection of children from violence. Cyberbullying is one such challenge. Available information about this phenomenon, its impact on children and on measures to prevent and address it remains limited. Nonetheless, research and experience in different regions suggest a number of key areas in which action is needed to ensure children's safety and protection.
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- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 3
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- The Special Representative remains strongly committed to accelerating progress in the protection of children from violence and to seizing the unique opportunity presented by the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The inclusion in the 2030 Agenda of a distinct target, target 16.2, to eliminate all forms of violence against children is an historic achievement that can galvanize political will and reignite action to build a world free from fear and from violence for all, leaving no child behind.
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- SRSG report
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- Violence
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- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 109
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- Child participation continues to be a core dimension of the Special Representative's mandate. Regular meetings have been held with children and young people, including within the framework of regional initiatives and field missions.
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- Children
- Youth
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- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 10
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- The mandate of the Special Representative builds upon developments in public health and child protection and envisages the protection of children from violence as a human rights imperative. Indeed, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international human rights instruments provide a firm normative foundation for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children. They are an indicator of genuine national commitment to respecting the human dignity of the child at all times; addressing risk factors that compromise children's development and citizenship; investing in the social inclusion of the most vulnerable; and promoting actions that build upon children's best interests, perspectives and experiences. International human rights standards also provide a sound framework for mainstreaming the protection of children from violence in the national policy agenda, helping to avoid fragmented, diluted or simply reactive solutions and influencing lasting change through national implementation informed by good practices and lessons learned.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 37
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- The development of close collaboration with human rights bodies and mechanisms is an essential component of the Special Representative's agenda. This cooperation is critical in pursuing an integrated approach to children's protection from violence and capitalizing on synergies across mandates, in the overall framework of the implementation of children's rights standards and commitments to children, including those undertaken at the Millennium Summit, the Special Session on Children and, more recently, the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents. The call for action issued as part of the Congress highlights the importance of close cooperation between mandate holders, and its agenda provides a valuable framework for mutually supportive actions and accelerated progress towards the achievement of the time-bound targets agreed upon at the Congress; these targets are also of strategic relevance to the process of follow-up to the study's recommendations.
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 38
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- Against this background, the Special Representative's cooperation with the Committee on the Rights of the Child gains crucial relevance. The United Nations study was developed at the request of the Committee and is very strongly grounded in its work and jurisprudence on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Committee has devoted special attention to violence against children, including in thematic debates, general comments and during the consideration of States parties' reports. At present, all concluding observations include a specific section on the follow-up to the study's recommendations and on cooperation with the Special Representative.
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 64
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- The Congress followed an important regional meeting on the role of parliamentarians to prevent and eliminate violence against children, hosted by the National Assembly of Costa Rica and supported by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UNICEF. Representatives from national parliaments adopted strong recommendations for national follow-up to the United Nations study, including by holding parliamentarian sessions to monitor and advance follow-up to the study's recommendations, promoting law reform to introduce an explicit ban on all forms of violence against children, and ensuring adequate resource allocation for child-related public policies.
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 48
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- As noted in the sections above, during the initial period of her mandate, the Special Representative has reached out to children and young people in a number of meetings and discussions held at global, regional and national levels. Across the regions, children express strong concern at the incidence of violence; they inspire a deep sense of urgency, and their views and recommendations help to refine the effectiveness of actions taken, including by helping to improve understanding of the hidden face of violence, raise awareness and promote advocacy on positive initiatives, and support the development of child-sensitive policies and mechanisms.
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- Children
- Youth
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- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 50
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- Framed by the priority agenda identified above, during the initial months of her mandate, between early September 2009 and the submission of the present report, the Special Representative devoted particular attention to: - Global advocacy initiatives to promote the further dissemination of the study and encourage follow-up to its recommendations at the international, regional and national levels - The consolidation of strategic partnerships, including through the Special Representative's contribution to high-level meetings with key actors, and the strengthening of institutional collaboration with international and regional organizations - The adoption of measures for the establishment of her Office in support of her mandate
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 35
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- Building on this foundation, the two Special Representatives organized a commemorative event to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Protocols and launch a global campaign aiming at the universal ratification of the Optional Protocols by 2012, the year of the tenth anniversary of their entry into force. The campaign was launched on 25 May 2010 in New York, with the Secretary-General, and is promoted in close cooperation with UNICEF, OHCHR, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The goal of universal ratification has been widely endorsed by high-level international conferences, including the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (Rio de Janeiro, 2008), and is supported by international human rights bodies and a wide network of civil society organizations.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 58
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- The widely participatory regional consultations organized in support of the study and the preparations for the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children in Brazil were instrumental in generating interest in and commitment to the elimination of violence in its many forms. In some regions, a regional follow-up mechanism was set up to facilitate coordination of efforts and help to advance implementation of the study's recommendations. Building upon these significant developments, the Special Representative gave particular attention to strengthening institutional collaboration with regional forums, helping promote information-sharing and cross-fertilization of experiences, scale up positive initiatives, encourage evidence-based approaches to overcome prevailing challenges and influence progress within and across regions.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 61
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- The Congress was a strategic forum to promote and review progress in the Americas on follow-up to the recommendations of the study, and to launch the report on corporal punishment and human rights of children and adolescents, recently issued by the Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child of the Inter-American Commission. This important report builds upon the United Nations study and calls on member States of the Organization of American States to place explicit and absolute legal bans on the use of corporal punishment in all settings; adopt preventive, educational, and other measures to ensure the eradication of this form of violence and promote positive and non-violent alternatives; and make the Americas a region free of child corporal punishment by 2011.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 61
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- As highlighted by the Special Representative in her address, violence and child labour are closely interrelated. Violence in the home, in schools and in institutions, is a factor that pushes children into child labour, particularly its worst forms; violence is also a means to coerce children to work, and to keep them in exploitation and servitude. At the same time, violence and child labour can be prevented and effectively addressed, through the development of national action plans, the adoption of sound legislation and the strengthening of data and research. These actions figure prominently in the Road map, which also constitutes a key instrument in the elimination of violence against children in work-related situations.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 83
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- The situation of those children remains hidden and surrounded by stigma, and is seldom envisaged as a priority in the policy agenda. There is scarce information on the numbers of children deprived of liberty and on the reasons that lead to their placement in justice and care institutions; independent monitoring mechanisms are rarely available to safeguard their rights and address their complaints; and sensationalistic information, combined with ill perception of growing juvenile delinquency, fuel social pressure for the criminalization of children and adolescents, and for the introduction of increasingly lower ages of criminal responsibility and longer measures of deprivation of liberty. This is a pattern that helps to create a culture of tolerance of violence against children, and which often contributes to the stigmatization of children belonging to poor and disadvantaged groups.
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- Equality & Inclusion
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 24
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- Without reliable data, national planning is compromised, effective policymaking and resource mobilization are hampered and targeted interventions limited in their ability to prevent and combat violence against children.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 25
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- This is an area where urgent action is required and to which the Special Representative pays priority attention. Existing data sets on children provide a basis to build upon, but they need to be integrated beyond sectors and individual disciplines, to promote a holistic consideration of the child. Gaps in child protection areas need to be addressed and monitoring tools and indicators expanded to cover boys and girls of all ages and in all settings, and to identify those at greatest risk. Moreover, these efforts need to incorporate children's views and perspectives, and capture their experience, and dynamic and evolving agency. This is crucial to understand the hidden face of violence and to address its root causes effectively.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 26
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- During the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, the Special Representative hosted a panel discussion on the role of data and research in overcoming the hidden nature of violence, in raising awareness of its serious impact on children, and in supporting the development of evidence-based legislation, policies and actions for violence prevention and response, and for the protection of child victims. The panel was co-organized with OHCHR and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and supported by the Governments of Sweden and Brazil. The meeting provided an important platform to reflect on strategic lessons from national experiences and to present the preliminary findings of the UNICEF report entitled "Child Disciplinary Practices at Home: Evidence from a Range of Low and Middle-Income Countries".
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 46
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- This is a significant initiative that the Special Representative will continue to follow closely and which is expected to lead to important results.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 65
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- The cooperation with the Committee on the Rights of the Child helps to inform advocacy initiatives, assess progress on the protection of children from all forms of violence and support countries in their efforts. For this reason, the Special Representative met the Committee soon after her appointment and has developed very fruitful collaboration through regular meetings and exchange of information, and through joint participation in strategic events and initiatives, at the global, regional and national levels. This strategic partnership has gained a renewed emphasis with the launch of the joint campaign for the universal ratification of the Protocols to the Convention, and the collaboration in support of the development of the report on child-sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 68
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- As a cross-cutting issue, working to eliminate violence against children opens up avenues for developing partnerships across mandates, including child-related mandates, in particular with the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, with whom collaboration has been steadily strengthened and, as mentioned above (see para. 50), a joint report is being developed on child-sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms. Cooperation is also valuable with violence-related mandates, including violence against women and torture; with economic, social and cultural rights-related mandates to help address the root causes of violence; as well as with mandates on the rights to education, freedom of opinion and expression to enhance violence prevention, consolidate a culture of respect for children's rights and empower children and young people.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 69
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- The United Nations study was developed with strong support from civil society organizations and from children and young people, and they remain active partners in the process of implementation of the study's recommendations.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 75
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- The West Africa Youth Forum on Violence against Children illustrates the above point well. The Forum held an important meeting in Accra, in September 2010, in which the Special Representative participated. Attended by young people from countries across the region, it provided an excellent platform for sharing experiences, reflecting on critical factors hampering progress and reaffirming a shared commitment to promote change and enhanced collaboration in the prevention and elimination of violence. Discussions with children yielded first-hand accounts of their experience and perspectives on violence, as well as information on significant initiatives conducted in the region and on opportunities for enhancing child participation in the follow-up to the United Nations study.
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- Gender
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 76
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- Reiterating its determination to "Say no to violence against children", the Forum made significant recommendations, including on the essential role of education in violence prevention and for the abandonment of cultural practices that help to perpetuate violence; on the need to secure effective legal protection from violence to fight impunity and punish perpetrators; and on the urgency of strong legislation to prohibit all forms of violence and give confidence to children to report incidents of violence whenever they occur. The participants also called on the Special Representative to urge the United Nations and all leaders and Governments to express their commitment to and support for every campaign to end all forms of violence against children.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 58a
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- [This whole-school ethos informed the significant experiences shared at the Oslo meeting, including experiences with initiatives designed to prevent bullying in schools. The success of such initiatives has been closely associated with the engagement of teachers, staff and students, as well as parents and other members of the community. Reductions in the number of incidents of bullying have also been achieved as a result of a strong commitment, a clear plan and a strategic combination of efforts, namely:] A sincere and widely shared commitment to address this phenomenon, with the formal adoption and wide dissemination of anti-bullying rules, and their launching at an official school event;
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 58c
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- [This whole-school ethos informed the significant experiences shared at the Oslo meeting, including experiences with initiatives designed to prevent bullying in schools. The success of such initiatives has been closely associated with the engagement of teachers, staff and students, as well as parents and other members of the community. Reductions in the number of incidents of bullying have also been achieved as a result of a strong commitment, a clear plan and a strategic combination of efforts, namely:] The development of a monitoring system, with the periodic review of incidents and issues of concern;
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 65
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- Teachers and other school staff are decisive actors in preventing and responding to violence. It is therefore essential to provide them with the necessary skills, support and resources. Raising awareness and providing information about violence against children is indispensable in this process. It helps to equip staff to use constructive-discipline techniques and methods in school, to partner with students in violence prevention, to serve as positive role models, to learn about peaceful conflict mediation and resolution, and to promote school-safety mechanisms such as codes of conduct and student-friendly reporting mechanisms. Equally important is the provision of clear guidance on addressing incidents of violence, mandatory reporting and providing assistance to child victims.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 31
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- These two approaches, comprehensive and specific, are therefore needed and are indeed mutually supportive.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 34
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- At the request of the Human Rights Council, the Special Representative joined the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in the preparation of a report on effective and child-sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms to address incidents of violence, including sexual violence (A/HRC/16/56). The Council has urged States to ensure that such mechanisms are confidential, age-appropriate, gender-sensitive, disability-sensitive, safe, well publicized and accessible to all children. A similar recommendation was made in the United Nations study on violence against children.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 40
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- To accelerate progress, in May 2011 the Special Representative, in collaboration with strategic partners, hosted a treaty event in New York, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the launch of the campaign, and supported a regional event hosted by the African Union with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), UNICEF and OHCHR, in Addis Ababa. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia in October 2011 called on members to become parties to all major human rights instruments. In these and other high level meetings, the campaign received strong support from Governments, United Nations agencies, as well as parliamentarians, Ombuds for children, faith-based organizations and civil society organizations.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 43
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- For the families of children with disabilities, heavy demands and high stress, lack of support and services, and a deep sense of isolation aggravate the risk of violence within the household. Some families respond with neglect rather than with active violence. Others shield the child from contact with the outside world, including to protect him or her from abuse and stigmatization, sometimes in appalling conditions (such as windowless rooms or hot courtyards). Still others arrange for a "mercy killing" to put an end to the child's perceived suffering, at times as a result of pressure from or upon the advice of other family members or influential actors in the community.
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- SRSG report
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 44
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- The global survey also builds upon the significant analytical reviews conducted at the regional level, including by the League of Arab States, SAIEVAC, MERCOSUR and Central American countries. It draws upon United Nations and international monitoring processes, including the universal periodic review of the Human Rights Council, reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child and other treaty bodies, and the follow-up to the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents and the Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016, adopted by The Hague Global Child Labour Conference in 2010.
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 46
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- Education has a unique potential to generate an environment where attitudes condoning violence can be changed and non-violent behaviour can be learned. Schools are well placed to break patterns of violence and provide skills to communicate, to negotiate and support peaceful solutions to conflicts. However, this potential is in marked contrast with the daily reality of millions of children. Within and around educational settings, both girls and boys continue to be exposed to violence, including verbal abuse, intimidation, physical aggression, and in some cases sexual abuse. At times they are also victims of gang violence and assault.
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- Violence
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 47
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- Recognizing the crucial importance of education in safeguarding children's rights, and of violent-free schools as catalysts for non-violence in the communities that they serve, the Special Representative, in cooperation with the Government of Norway and the Council of Europe, organized in June 2011 in Oslo, an expert consultation with the participation of policy makers, education and child rights experts, civil society organizations and academics from different regions of the world, as well as United Nations agencies. The lessons and recommendations from the meeting will be addressed in the Special Representative's forthcoming publication entitled Tackling Violence in Schools: a global perspective.
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