The United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against
Children has been a global effort to paint a detailed picture of the
nature, extent and causes of violence against children, and to propose
clear recommendations for action to prevent and respond to it. This is
the first time that an attempt has been made to document the reality of
violence against children around the world, and to map out what is
being done to stop it. Since 2003, many thousands of people have
contributed to the study in consultations and working groups, through
questionnaires and in other ways. Children and young people have been
active at every level.
On 11 October 2006, the UN General Assembly will
consider the study's findings and recommendations.
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Note: The World Report on Violence against Children is a more elaborate publication of the Study Report (or: popular version) with more details, case studies, best practices, etc. and also includes the recommendations.
The World Report on Violence against Children will be launched on 20 November in Geneva
Information on obtaining hard copies of the "World Report on Violence against Children" available 1 December 2006
Resource details:
The Secretary Generals report on Violence against Children was presented on 11 October 2006, to the 3rd Committee of the General Assembly, by the Independent Expert, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro.
Resource URL: http://www.violencestudy.org/IMG/pdf/English.pdf
Type/Format of Resource: Report
Category/Topic of interest: Child Abuse; Human Rights
Population Group: Social Service Providers
Language of Resource: English
Year of Publication: 2006