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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 111
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- In order to maximize the involvement of children in discussions and action on violence, the Special Representative is engaging additional experts on child participation and will further develop the child-friendly space on her website.
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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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2010, para. 43
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- [Vulnerabilities and risks faced by children who are internally displaced during armed conflict – addressing their rights]: Ultimately, displacement should be a temporary condition and a durable solution should be secured where all those who were internally displaced no longer have any specific protection and assistance needs linked to their displacement and can enjoy their human rights without discrimination. States have a responsibility to create the conditions for a durable solution to displacement, either through voluntary return, integration or resettlement. The best interests of a child – determined through participatory, age-appropriate and gender-competent assessments – should always be the primary consideration when seeking a durable solution.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2010, para. 24
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- In this regard, Security Council resolutions 1882 (2009) and 1888 (2009) challenge United Nations actors to put in place more rigorous monitoring and reporting mechanisms on sexual violence. Resolution 1882 (2009) advances monitoring practice by requiring the Secretary-General to list in his annual report on children and armed conflict parties who commit patterns of rape and other grave acts of sexual violence against children in contravention of international law. The Office of the Special Representative is in the process of developing templates, with the assistance of an international legal expert and former prosecutor of gender cases in the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, for action plans to ensure that parties that are listed will enter into agreements with the United Nations to prevent such violations, hold individuals accountable and take action to provide support to the victims.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2015, para. 37
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- As part of global efforts to address sexual violence against children, the Special Representative participated in the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, held in London, in June 2014, and was the keynote speaker for the session dedicated to the vulnerabilities of children to sexual violence in armed conflict. Her Office also contributed to the Secretary-General's guidance note on reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence, which was jointly coordinated by OHCHR and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The inclusion of special guarantees for non-repetition in the design and implementation of State policy, as well as the establishment of legal and institutional frameworks to prevent, investigate, prosecute and punish crimes of sexual violence committed against children in situations of conflict, is a positive development.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 45
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- Sexual violence against children, and particularly against girls, has been a topic which has received increased attention. Building upon a national study on violence against children undertaken in Swaziland in 2007 and supported by the Clinton Global Initiative, UNICEF has joined WHO, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Development Fund for Women, together with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a strategic partnership to promote similar research in other countries and provide support for the strengthening of an environment to protect girls against sexual violence.
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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
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 2011
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- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 92
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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 8d
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- [Within the overall framework of her priority agenda to promote progress in the development of national integrated strategies on violence against children; in the strengthening of children's legal protection from violence in all its forms; and in the consolidation of data and research on violence against children, in 2011 the Special Representative placed a particular emphasis on the promotion of the following strategic initiatives:] Consolidating the institutionalization of regional processes and governance structures in support of national efforts to prevent and eliminate 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
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 93
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- In October 2011, the Special representative joined the launch of the NGO Advisory Council's report entitled Five Years On: A global update on violence against children. The report surveyed over 100 studies conducted by academic researchers, non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies since 2006. The report recognizes progress and numerous commitments and promises made for violence prevention and elimination, but also presents evidence of how millions of children continue to be humiliated, beaten, burned, sexually abused and even killed. The report is a valuable contribution to the knowledge base about violence against and children and to the shaping of a future agenda for action.
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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
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 107
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- 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.
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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
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 33e
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- [The meeting called for a multidimensional strategy and:] Children's legal protection from violence in education settings, which must be achieved through an unambiguous legal prohibition of all forms of violence.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 120
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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 105
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- Governments have a leading responsibility in the realization of children's rights. That includes violence prevention and children's online protection through measures such as those addressed in previous sections.
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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
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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