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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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- 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
- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 76
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- There has been progress on these issues in Malawi, including the adoption in 2015 of the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Act, which increased the minimum age of marriage to 18 years; the Government's commitment, in November 2016, to align the Constitution with that legislation and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; and the crucial role played by traditional leaders in mobilizing their communities to prevent the early and forced marriage of girls and to ensure their return to school to pursue their education.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Year
- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 56
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- Secondly, international standards require the best interests of the child to be a primary consideration in all decisions affecting the child and at all times: upon arrival in a destination country, during relevant proceedings, or when the possibility of return is envisaged. It is crucial to ensure safe, dignified and child-sensitive age-assessment procedures, and in any case of doubt to provide the special protection every child is entitled to. The same principles should apply when the child's legal status is being established or when a request for family reunification is considered. The appointment of a legal guardian is essential to provide support and to defend the child's best interests at every point.
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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
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 60
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- Children's rights are universal, inalienable and interrelated. The right to freedom from violence everywhere and at all times; the right to respect for family unity and to special protection when separated from their families; the right to have any request for family reunification considered in a positive, humane and expeditious manner; and the rights to a legal identity, to liberty and security and to effective alternatives to deprivation of liberty are inherent in the human dignity of every child. Children on the move are entitled to nothing less.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 9
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- Violence in the community is widespread. As highlighted by the Special Representative in her study Protecting Children Affected by Armed Violence in the Community, launched during the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, held in October 2016 in Quito, 300 million children below the age of 5 are thought to be exposed to community violence. Indeed, in many parts of the world, armed violence is often associated with gang activities and organized crime, an environment of violence that shapes children's daily life and generates fear, insecurity, and a pervasive sense that impunity prevails.
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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
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 58
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- Inter-agency collaboration among all relevant government departments is essential in this regard, but it is equally important to ensure effective cross-border and regional cooperation, promoting synergies to mobilize support and resources to address the many challenges affecting children on the move and to promote durable solutions and a continuity of care, including to ensure their empowerment, social inclusion and resumption of an independent life and to prevent the risks of revictimization, violence, or any other violation of their rights.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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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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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2016
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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
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 42
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- The Council of Europe has embarked on the development of its 2016-2021 strategy on the rights of the child, maintaining a sharp focus on protecting children from violence and giving special attention to areas of concern raised by the Special Representative, including children's rights in the digital environment and protecting them from online abuse.
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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
- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 93
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- To mobilize support and evidence for the global study on children deprived of liberty, the Special Representative organized with UNICEF a regional conference on oversight, inspection and monitoring of places where children are deprived of liberty in the framework of the criminal justice system.
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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
- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 108
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- In this process, three different approaches have been followed. In countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile, judiciary authorities have a special oversight responsibility over places where children are deprived of liberty as part of their role in executing judicial sentences and in safeguarding children's rights.
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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
- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 31
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- Violence leaves long-lasting scars on children's lives and often has irreversible consequences on their development and well-being and on their opportunities to thrive later in life. It also weakens the very foundation of social progress, generating huge costs for society, slowing economic development and eroding nations' 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
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 114e
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- [To be effective, national monitoring mechanisms need to have the following:] Access to sound data and standardized qualitative and quantitative monitoring tools, which are essential to inform a precise and objective monitoring system for places of detention, to guide strategic legal and policy reforms and the strengthening of a child-sensitive juvenile justice system, and to safeguard the rights of children deprived of liberty. Qualitative data may include surveys, interviews with children and staff, and individual assessments and recommendations issued from the inspection. Quantitative data include disaggregated information on the number of children deprived of liberty, including on the basis of gender, age and ethnic and national origin, the institutions where they are placed and the reasons for and duration of the deprivation of their liberty, and the types of crimes for which they are considered responsible and the sanctions imposed, as well as information on daily routines, food and disciplinary registries and rehabilitation and reintegration programmes, and on resource allocation and security measures, such as fire safety protocols. This information should be based on standardized templates and indicators to enable the identification of concerns and monitoring of progress within and between centres of deprivation of liberty.
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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
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 84
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- Guided by the same concern of advancing national implementation of the Regional Plan of Action and global progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda, the Special Representative met with the East Asia and Pacific Regional Working Group on Child Protection, composed of United Nations entities and civil society organizations, and with senior officials of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security of Thailand on enhancing knowledge on the protection of children's rights, including 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
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 79
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- Research on gangs in Honduras has shed some light on factors that lead adolescents to join or leave a gang. Joining a gang is more likely for a young person whose parents are absent for economic reasons, including as a result of migration, and for whom no other authority figure has stepped in. In one group studied, gang members who had lost their parents saw the gang as a replacement family. In another group, gang members were far more driven by financial reasons, regarding the leader as the boss of the business. Overall, the most common reasons for leaving the gang were the birth of a first child, concern about damage being caused to family members, the opportunity to move to a different neighbourhood, commitment to the community and having a spiritual experience.
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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
- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 113
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- Child victims are particularly vulnerable and require appropriate support to avoid the risk of re-victimization and to benefit from effective rehabilitation. That calls for coordination among different sectors, including police, justice, child welfare services, education and other relevant authorities. In order to improve implementation of the law, professionals working with and for children, including teachers and law enforcement officials, should benefit from capacity-building initiatives to gain skills and expertise to promote children's digital literacy, alert children to online risks they may face, and identify early signals of abuse and required steps to address them in an ethical and child-sensitive manner.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 136
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- Recognizing the relevance of that area, the Special Representative welcomes the call by the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly for a global study on children deprived of their liberty, and remains fully committed to contributing to its development. The global study will provide a strategic opportunity to prevent girls' deprivation of liberty, and associated risks of stigmatization and violence; safeguard girls' rights as victims, witnesses and alleged perpetrators; and promote their long-lasting recovery and reintegration.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 76
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- Home to socially excluded children and young people, gangs may begin as unsupervised adolescent peer groups, but some become institutionalized in neighbourhoods, ghettos and prisons.
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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
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 97
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- The family home is most often a place of safety, protection and learning, but it can also be a place where violence is witnessed, endured and reproduced. Raising children in nurturing and non-violent environments, where human rights are respected, helps to prevent armed violence in the community. The support of the State for parents in their child-rearing responsibilities is vital, both through social policies and universal access to basic social services of quality, and through positive parenting initiatives and guidance to caregivers to enhance their skills in child development, non-violent discipline, promotion of gender equality and non-violent masculine identities. That is particularly needed when families fear for the safety of their children, or require support, healing and closed-door mediation to overcome the distress associated with community violence.
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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
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 77
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- Offline and online, States are required to ensure that all measures, including legislative, policy and educational initiatives, are guided by the best interests of the child; respect and support children's growing autonomy and agency; protect children from violence and safeguard them from the risk of discrimination, including when associated with a gender, social and economic digital divide. Those principles lay the foundation for children's online empowerment; promote children's learning and freedom of expression; support them in accessing, receiving and imparting information; and secure their protection from harmful materials and information, from unlawful interference with their privacy or correspondence, and from situations in which their image, honour and reputation may be at risk.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 102
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- Outreach, awareness-raising, communication and social mobilization strategies are indispensable to countering those trends and promoting change in individual and collective attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. All sectors of society must be involved in the process, including local leaders, religious communities, professional and civic associations, the business sector and the media. Indeed, media organizations may sometimes contribute to the climate of fear, stigmatization and suspicion, but they can also become strategic partners by supporting efforts to address misperceptions, change social norms that condone violence and crime and promote healing, peace and coexistence. Such efforts are particularly effective when those actors engage in public campaigns to mobilize public opinion and all levels of government to invest in services for children and build safe neighbourhoods.
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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
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2015, para. 73
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- The indoctrination of children by extremist groups poses new challenges with regard to their protection and psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration. The Special Representative encourages the Human Rights Council to make use of its mechanisms to highlight and address the need for appropriate measures to rehabilitate those children, in compliance with the principle of the best interest of the child and respecting the child's primary status as a victim.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 62
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- According to the EU Kids Online initiative, in Europe there has been a substantial increase in Internet use by children under the age of 9. Video-sharing sites are one of the first sites they visit and are popular, as are playing games, searching for information, doing homework and socializing with friends.
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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
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 18
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- Violence has a cumulative impact on children and the most excluded are the hardest hit, with limited access to basic quality social services for their protection, recovery and reintegration. At times, they are also endangered by harmful social norms.
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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
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 21
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- Professionals in the criminal justice system may also share misperceptions and societal attitudes, and they often lack training on children's rights and ways of securing their protection from violence. All professionals working with children in the formal and informal justice systems should acquire the knowledge and skills to safeguard children's rights and keep children safe.
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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
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 44
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- Children have not been exempt from those developments: mobile phones, computers and access to the Internet are very present in children's daily lives. ICTs offer children new and exciting means of enhancing knowledge and skills and experiencing creative research and cultural activities, as well as engaging in play, socialization and entertainment.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 115
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- Restorative justice can be introduced into every stage of the criminal justice process and is relevant in other contexts, such as family, school, care institutions and communities. It allows for the design and implementation of holistic interventions in line with children's development and the achievement of their potential in all aspects of life.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 18
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- Legislation should equally align the minimum age of criminal responsibility with international standards, and decriminalize status offences and survival behaviours. To ensure that deprivation of liberty is used only as a measure of last resort, legal provisions need to foresee a range of appropriate non-custodial measures for diverting children away from the criminal justice system, such as restorative justice, warning, probation and community-based programmes.
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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
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 19
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- The Model Strategies call for high-quality basic social services for children, and for programmes that address the root causes of social exclusion and inequity. States need strong child protection systems and effective institutional cooperation between all relevant sectors, including child welfare, health, education, social protection, law enforcement and criminal justice agencies.
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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
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 13
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- The Model Strategies bring together international norms and standards on children's rights and criminal justice. They provide valuable guidance to Member States to enhance progress in crime prevention and in law reform, policy development and practical 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
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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