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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 80

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Children and adolescents in vulnerable situations are easy targets for transnational crime organizations dealing with stolen vehicles or goods, weapons, drugs, metals or persons. Occupying subordinate roles, the youngsters are seen as disposable labour and exposed to a high risk of violence.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 55

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SRSG report
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Adolescent boys are at high risk of homicide because they are more prone to participating in activities such as street fighting, street crime, gang membership and possession of weapons. For girls, the greatest risk is violence from intimate partners.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 11

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SRSG report
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In his report on protecting children from bullying (A/71/213), the Secretary-General addressed this question in detail, presenting important findings from an online opinion poll promoted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in cooperation with the Office of the Special Representative. More than 100,000 children and adolescents were surveyed and 9 out of 10 considered that bullying was a problem; two thirds reported that they had been victims and one third of these children had told no one.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 74

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SRSG report
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There are many reasons why images intended for private consumption may be more widely disseminated. There may be an explicit intention to harm the individual in question, or those involved may be unaware of the implications of their actions, or the perceived anonymity of the online environment encourages adolescents to act in ways they would not in face-to-face interactions. In any case, once online, such images or material are particularly difficult to delete.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 60

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SRSG report
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Public fear of gang violence and youth crime fuels the perception of children as a danger, rather than as being at risk, and mass media stigmatization helps to foster tolerance of institutionalized violence against them. In turn, that generates societal pressure to criminalize children and adolescents, lower minimum ages of criminal responsibility and impose longer prison sentences.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 118

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SRSG report
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According to UNICEF, one in three adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 worldwide have been the victims of emotional, physical or sexual violence committed by their husbands or partners at some point in their lives. Taking place behind closed doors, incidents of violence are often associated with a culture of silence that inhibits girls from speaking out, from seeking help, accessing justice and bringing perpetrators to justice.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 117

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SRSG report
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Children are particularly vulnerable to those intertwined forms of violence, both as victims and witnesses. While adolescent boys may be at risk of physical aggression and homicide owing to their participation in street fighting, gang membership, possession of arms and manipulation by organized crime networks, girls are more likely to endure violence in the private sphere, in particular sexual violence, which is often associated with shame, fear and distrust.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 64

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SRSG report
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Gender differences also influence how children use ICTs and perceive and respond to online risks. In Europe, boys appear more bothered by online violence than girls, while girls are more concerned with contact-related risks. Teenage girls are slightly more likely to receive nasty or hurtful messages online than teenage boys.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 63

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SRSG report
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Younger children are particularly concerned about risks related to the online content they may encounter. As they get older, they become more concerned by contact and conduct risks linked to the use of social networking sites. Adolescents may face unusually high risks of exposure to harmful material and cyberbullying. A considerable proportion of the victims of online sexual abuse are children under the age of 12.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Older persons
  • Youth
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 48

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SRSG report
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In response to those concerns, in October 2014 the Special Representative published a thematic report on the topic, which was informed by an expert consultation and available research, and built upon consultations held with children and adolescents. It calls for an inclusive, safe and empowering digital agenda that strikes the right balance between ensuring that children benefit from the potential offered by ICTs while enjoying safety and effective online protection.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 24

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SRSG report
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The Special Representative remains strongly committed to promoting the dissemination and implementation of the Model Strategies across regions. The Pan-American Child and Adolescent Congress, organized in December 2014 in Brazil, offered one such opportunity to promote their implementation through the Organization of American States.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 131

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SRSG report
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The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support to consolidate these important efforts and will address priority areas of concern. They include violence against children as a distinct concern in the global development agenda, prevention of violence in early childhood, and protection of children and adolescents affected by community and armed violence and organized crime.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 106

Document type
SRSG report
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Any online safety initiatives aimed at children, and adolescents in particular, must recognize their crucial role in this process. Children master ICTs with ease but they need to gain skills and confidence, to feel reassured when they explore the borders of the digital universe and when they encounter issues of concern.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 96

Document type
SRSG report
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The Special Representative collaborates closely with the Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Youth and is a member of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development. This partnership has opened up avenues for promoting the mainstreaming of freedom from violence into initiatives for adolescents, and identifying opportunities for joint actions designed to empower young people and secure their protection from violence.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Youth
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 63

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SRSG report
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Information and communications technologies have developed at an increasingly rapid rate over the past two decades. They have brought with them enormous benefits and opportunities in terms of education, socialization and entertainment. Children and adolescents master these new technologies with ease and expertise, exploring opportunities for accessing information. Such technologies support decision-making, promote creativity and innovation and enhance social networks.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 57

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SRSG report
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Violence associated with gang violence, including extortion, physical violence, homicides and disappearances, dramatically hamper childhood and adolescent development. It compromises access to education and health services, recreation and social support, and is associated with lower levels of school enrolment and retention, and higher levels of poverty. In turn, deprivation aggravates the risk of increased levels of domestic violence and children's vulnerability.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Poverty
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 56

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Adolescent boys are at high risk of homicide as a result of participation in violence-prone activities, such as street fighting, street crime, gang membership and possession of weapons. For girls, the incidence of inter-partner violence is particularly high, and in many nations, family-related homicide is the major cause of female deaths.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Boys
  • Families
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 109

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SRSG report
Paragraph text
Against this background, public fear of gang violence and youth crime has generated social pressure for the criminalization of children and adolescents, together with a call for a lower minimum age of criminal responsibility and longer sentences of imprisonment. This has been accompanied by media stigmatization of children belonging to disadvantaged groups and a culture of tolerance of institutionalized violence against them.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 103

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Uncertainty associated with displacement, reduced options to escape hardship and pressing needs to secure survival and generate family income are some important factors behind violence, psychosocial distress, sexual abuse and the economic exploitation of children. Weakened protection in times of disaster, such as floods or earthquakes, may increase children's vulnerability to abandonment, sale or trafficking and place adolescents at increased risk of recruitment into gang activity and urban violence.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
  • Poverty
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 66

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SRSG report
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Although certain dimensions will require considerable work, this is an area where the positive influence of sustained advocacy and mobilization efforts can be seen, including in the framework of the campaign for the ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of Children, child prostitution and child pornography and the follow-up to the World Congresses against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 51

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SRSG report
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During the General Assembly in 2012, the Special Representative organized a follow-up round table with representatives from South and Central America and the Caribbean. The meeting included the participation of young advocates representing networks of children and adolescents in the region and was marked by the launch of the regional analytical mappings conducted in South and Central America and the child-friendly version of the South American roadmap.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 97

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Against this background, public fear of gang violence and youth crime has generated social pressure for the criminalization of children and adolescents, together with a call for a lower minimum age of criminal responsibility and longer sentences of imprisonment. This has been accompanied by media stigmatization of children belonging to disadvantaged groups and a culture of tolerance of institutionalized violence against them.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 91

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Uncertainty associated with displacement, reduced options for escaping hardship and pressing needs to ensure survival and generate family income are some important factors behind violence, psychosocial distress, sexual abuse and the economic exploitation of children. Weakened protection in times of disaster, such as floods or earthquakes, may increase children's vulnerability to abandonment, sale or trafficking, and place adolescents at increased risk of recruitment into gang activity and urban violence.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
  • Poverty
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 64

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Although dimensions of the problem such as those mentioned above will require considerable work, this is an area where the positive influence of sustained advocacy and mobilization efforts can be seen, including efforts in support of the campaign for the ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and of the follow-up to the World Congresses against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 77

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
The survey will also build upon relevant initiatives and processes, including the universal periodic review process in the Human Rights Council, the process of reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child and other treaty bodies, and the follow-up to the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents and to the Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016, adopted at the Hague Global Child Labour Conference in 2010.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 35

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms constitute critical remedies to address breaches of children's rights, including violence. Their development is anchored in international human rights standards, and, in view of their urgency, the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in Rio de Janeiro in 2008, called for their establishment in all countries by 2013.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 86

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
The widely participatory regional consultations organized in support of the United Nations study and the preparations for the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents were instrumental in generating interest in and commitment to the elimination of violence in its many forms. In some regions, a regional follow-up mechanism was set up to facilitate coordination of efforts and promote progress in this area.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 116

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
The participatory dimension of restorative justice gives adolescents the opportunity to take responsibility in a constructive and forward-looking way and is associated with positive results. In fact, those participating in restorative programmes show fewer tendencies towards antisocial behaviour and lower rates of recidivism. They are also less likely to become involved with gangs and are therefore at lower risk of becoming victims of gun or gang violence, which in many countries is a matter of life or death.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 139

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support to consolidate those important efforts and in 2015, will place special emphasis on the following topics: ensuring violence against children remains a distinct concern on the global development agenda; reinforcing the protection of children from online sexual abuse; strengthening action for the prevention of violence in early childhood; and promoting the protection of children and adolescents affected by community and armed violence and organized crime.
Body
SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph

SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 46

Document type
SRSG report
Paragraph text
Concern about the role of ICTs in generating violence against children has been growing in recent years. In 2006, the United Nations Study on Violence Against Children acknowledged that "the Internet and other developments of communication technologies … appear to be associated with an increased risk of sexual exploitation of children, as well as other forms of violence" (A/61/299, para. 77). The third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, held in 2008 in Brazil, reaffirmed that concern.
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SRSG: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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