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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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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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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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- Non-negotiated soft law
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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
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2012
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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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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2013
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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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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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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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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 97
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- In response to a call made by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for consolidation of knowledge on violence against indigenous children, the Special Representative joined hands with UNICEF, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Labour Organization in the development of the study entitled "Breaking the silence on violence against indigenous girls, adolescents and young women: a call to action based on an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America" (May 2013).
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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
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 64
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- In the framework of her cooperation with the Council of Europe, in March 2014, the Special Representative participated in the High Level Conference held in Dubrovnik (Croatia), which reviewed progress in the implementation of the Council's Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2012-2015. The elimination of violence against children is one of its core objectives. Framed by the sound normative work of the Council, including on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, on cybercrime and on gender and domestic violence, the meeting promoted the further implementation of the vast array of policy guidelines, training programmes and awareness campaigns for violence prevention and response. As a follow-up, enhanced efforts will be made to support positive parenting, child participation and empowerment in the digital world, and child-friendly justice, social services and health care. Moreover, the Council was invited to address the vulnerability of children impacted by the economic crisis in Europe; and the role of education, media and advertising in preserving children's human dignity, and combating gender stereotypes and sexual violence.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 71
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- The Special Representative met with the NGO Advisory Council in early October 2009 in New York, and in March 2010 in Geneva. The meetings helped to shed light on strategic areas where progress can be achieved and to identify significant opportunities for 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 takes 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 age and gender disaggregated data on violence against children, and the establishment of effective and accessible complaint mechanisms for children. The meetings 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)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 75
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- The Special Representative has been committed to reach out to children and young people in her meetings and expert discussions at global, regional and national levels. Across regions, children identify violence as a priority concern and inspire a deep sense of urgency; as agents of change, developing child rights clubs and advocacy materials, and engaging in peer education and awareness-raising initiatives, they promote an enhanced understanding of the hidden face of violence and support the development of child-sensitive approaches that enhance the effectiveness of violence prevention and responses.
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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
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 38
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- WHO remains a critical partner in the process of follow-up to the United Nations study. Violence prevention and the promotion of sound evidence, two priority recommendations of the study, are high on the WHO agenda, as illustrated by its work in the prevention of sexual violence against girls, the development of new estimates on the prevalence and health impact of child maltreatment, and the promotion of national surveys in this field. In 2011, collaboration will be pursued in these areas, with particular emphasis on data collection and analysis of violence against children in the home and the community.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 26
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- In anticipation of that report, the following four overarching conclusions deserve special attention in view of their crucial value for shaping legislative initiatives on 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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- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 32
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- Education plays a crucial role in tackling violence against children and between children. Schools have a unique potential to create a positive environment in which attitudes condoning violence can be changed and non-violent behaviour can be learned. Recognizing the crucial importance of education in safeguarding children's rights and violence-free schools as catalysts for non-violence in the communities that they serve, in 2011 the Special Representative joined the Government of Norway and the Council of Europe in the organization of an expert consultation on this topic (see also A/HRC/19/64).
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
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- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 31
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- Violence against children is not a new topic in the development agenda. It is a core dimension of the right to freedom from fear, proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and emphasized by the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the process generated thereafter. In the Millennium Declaration, Member States reaffirmed the right of children to be raised in dignity and free from fear of violence, and expressed determination to "spare no effort in the fight against violence" (para. 8); moreover, they resolved to encourage the ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, which set out the normative foundation for children's right to freedom from violence. Furthermore, during the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, States expressed their commitment to strengthen child protection systems, to enhance accountability, and to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls.
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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
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 121
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- Governments have a leading responsibility in the realization of children's rights. This includes violence prevention and children's online protection.
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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
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 35
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- The third message strongly conveyed by children was that violence constitutes not only a crucial priority that the post-2015 development agenda should specifically address, but also a cross-cutting concern that other development goals need to take into consideration. Thus, while placing special emphasis on the role of education in preventing and addressing violence, they highlighted the fact that violence is widespread in schools, compromising child development and well-being. Violence prevention was a dimension that, in their view, public health systems should consider. Violence was equally felt to undermine gender equality and empowerment, and social practices and beliefs compromise girls' confidence and ability to report incidents of violence, at times leading to school dropout. Moreover, children recognized that violence and poverty are closely related and both can lead to high risks of poor child health, failing school performance, social exclusion and welfare dependency.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 21
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- That pervasive pattern explains why violence against children is a major concern for young people. This was captured in the review conducted by the Special Representative, together with civil society partners, of online surveys and more than 80 national consultations held with children around the world on the post-2015 global development agenda. More than 800,000 children joined the process and their message was unambiguous: "Violence is a major obstacle to child development and it urgently needs to be brought to an end!" Across the regions, violence was highlighted as a priority and an area where urgent action is expected from world leaders.
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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
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 28
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- Over the past year, significant strides have been made in the process of consolidating regional commitments. In the Americas, the twenty-first Pan-American Child and Adolescent Congress of the Organization of American States on the theme of "Childhood: building environments of peace," hosted by the Government of Brazil, was devoted to the protection of children from violence, including in the context of juvenile justice, and from sexual exploitation. The Congress reiterated the commitment of the continent to using the United Nations study on violence against children as an indispensable reference for action, including securing strong national laws, plans and programmes; mobilizing adequate resources; consolidating data; strengthening awareness-raising initiatives; and greater investment in violence prevention.
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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
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 70
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- In June 2013, the Special Representative held a high-level meeting with the Central American Integration System (SICA), to discuss strategic areas of cooperation on children's protection from violence, and to promote the mainstreaming of this concern in the SICA agenda. The meeting was provided with information from the regional road map on violence against children for the Central American region, adopted in December 2012, in Santo Domingo.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
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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
- 2013
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 55
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- Violence prevention and the promotion of sound evidence, two priority areas addressed by the study, are high on the WHO agenda, as illustrated by the agency's work in the prevention of sexual violence against girls, in the development of new estimates on the prevalence and health impact of child maltreatment, and in the promotion of national surveys in this area. These dimensions gained centre stage at the Fourth Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting, organized in September 2009 in Geneva, in which the Special Representative participated.
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- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 131
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- In order to address those significant challenges, the international community has developed international standards, including the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), the updated Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and the recently adopted United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
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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
- Women
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 55
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- During the General Assembly's session, the Special Representative also participated in two high-level side events devoted to the gender dimension of violence against children and the participation of children in decision-making, respectively. The first event - a ministerial breakfast meeting jointly organized by the Governments of Brazil, the Netherlands and the United States of America and in which heads of United Nations agencies and ministerial representatives from a large number of countries participated - raised the importance of combating violence against girls as part of the international agenda, promoted international cooperation in this area and supported child and youth participation in the developing policies concerning girls. At the meeting, commitment to the Special Representative's role was expressed and countries were encouraged to implement policies and programmes for the elimination of all violence against children, with a particular focus on girls.
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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
- Girls
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 80
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- These two United Nations meetings provided a strategic forum for the Special Representative to join hands with Member States, United Nations agencies, regional organizations and civil society and child-led organizations in arranging high-level events designed to raise awareness, promote cross-fertilization of experiences and encourage further progress in crucial areas of the Special Representative's agenda - these include the development of national strategies to prevent and address violence in all settings, the enactment of effective legislation, and the promotion of gender-sensitive and child-participatory approaches, as well as the promotion of universal ratification and effective implementation of international children's rights standards.
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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
- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 26
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- Decisive progress has been made in this area, with the growing institutionalization of regional governance mechanisms and the adoption of political commitments concerning violence against children in eight regions.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
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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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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 45
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- Violence against children is not a new topic in the development agenda. It is a core dimension of the right to freedom from fear, proclaimed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and highlighted by the Millennium Declaration and the process generated thereafter. Yet, the lack of a distinct goal within the Millennium Development Goals has compromised efforts to mobilize action and support for prevention of violence and for children's protection. And it hampered progress in related goals addressing poverty eradication, gender equality, maternal health, child mortality, education and HIV/AIDS.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 81
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- In Latin America, the Special Representative joined the session of the MERCOSUR Permanent Commission of the Niñ@Sur Initiative devoted to the protection of children from violence and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Member States welcomed the High Time to End Violence against Children initiative, which is being mainstreamed into the regional strategy of follow-up to the United Nations study recommendations, and they reiterated the urgency of investing in violence prevention, including by addressing its root causes and overcoming attitudes and behaviour that condoned violence against children.
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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
- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 30
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- Cooperation with OHCHR will remain high on the Special Representative's agenda and critical for consolidating the human rights foundation of her mandate and advancing the implementation of the agenda on violence against children.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- 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
- 2010
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 99
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- The meeting led to significant outcomes: (a) the adoption of a forward-looking road map to advance progress and address gaps and persisting challenges; (b) the development of national strategies on violence against children by individual countries aligned with the regional road map; and (c) within MERCOSUR, the incorporation of the regional road map into the agenda of the Permanent Commission of the Niñ@Sur Initiative, which will review its implementation on an annual basis in the light of national reports submitted by Governments.
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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
- 2011
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 45
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- Significant work has been promoted in this area by civil society partners. With their support, children and young people are participating in consultations on the future development agenda. In Costa Rica, for example, young people shared the vision of their country as a nation where people can live in safety and without fear; a nation where everyone shares a deep commitment to eliminate all forms of violence in the home, in education spaces and in the community - from physical maltreatment to gender-based violence, bullying and abuse, including sexual abuse.
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- Non-negotiated soft law
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 5
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- In the first year of the Special Representative's mandate, particular attention was given to the revitalization of networks involved in the development of the Study, the promotion of new alliances and consolidation of strategic partnerships, and the institutionalization of regional processes and governance structures on violence against children. These efforts have been critical to promote the mainstreaming of children's freedom from violence in the policy agenda at the international, regional and national levels.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- 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
- 2012
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