CRINMAIL Violence against Children 49

15 March 2010 - CRINMAIL Violence against Children 49

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- Children's rights at the Human Rights Council - focus on sexual violence [news]

- COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Call for papers on ending sexual violence [news]

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Children's rights at the Human Rights Council - focus on sexual violence [news]

Every year the Human Rights Council (HRC) dedicates a day of discussion to a children's rights issue. This year, at its 13th session, the Council debated the issue of sexual violence against children. During the same week, the Special Representative on Violence against Children (SRSG), Marta Santos Pais, presented her first report since taking office.

CRIN was there to report on the general debate, side events and the negotiations on the relevant resolutions. Updates were sent through the CRINMAIL on child rights at the Human Rights Council. See below for breakdown by day:

Monday 8 March: highlights from the report of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, the Working Group on arbitrary detention and a side event on education in Africa.

8 March 2010 - Français

Tuesday 9 March: report from the side event on national violence strategies by the Council of Europe, a list of NGO Statements delivered during the plenary and an interview with the SRSG on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais.

9 March 2010

Wednesday 10 March: full report on the debate on sexual violence against children, NGO statements and a report on the side event on the 10th anniversary of the two Optional Protocols to the CRC, organised by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

10 March 2010 - Français

Thursday 11 March: presentation of the SRSG's first report to the Human Rights Council, governments' and NGOs' statements, a report on a side event on sexual violence, organised by NGOs and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an interview with Tim Ekesa, Director of the Kenya Alliance for the Advancement of Children.

11 March 2010

Friday 12 March: continuation of governments' and NGOs' statements on the SRSG's annual report and the presentation of the report of the Working Group for the communications procedure under the CRC.

12 March 2010

Further information:

Read Ms Santos Pais' first report

For more information, contact:
Child Rights Information Network - CRIN
East Studio, 2 Pontypool Place, London, SE1 8QF, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)207 401 2257
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.crin.org

Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=21698

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Call for papers on ending sexual violence [news]

This call for papers is addressed to legal, health, social, research and education professionals wishing to contribute to a Council of Europe study on sexual violence against children. The study will serve as a background for the Council of Europe awareness raising campaign to stop sexual violence against children.

The Council of Europe campaign

The Council of Europe Strategy on the Rights of the Child (2009-2011) has amongst its major focuses that of eradicating all forms of violence against children. In particular, it calls for launching comprehensive awareness-raising actions to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children.

In response to this mandate, in autumn 2010, the Council of Europe will launch a pan-European campaign to stop sexual violence against children. The campaign’s overall objective will be to raise European societies’ awareness of the full extent of sexual violence against children and to equip them with knowledge and tools to prevent it. The campaign will address the various forms of sexual violence including child pornography, child prostitution, online grooming, child sex tourism and child sexual abuse.

The future study

Given the complexity and sensitivity of the issue at stake, the Council of Europe wishes to prepare a study to inform and guide the campaign. The study should cover inter alia the following dimensions:

Overview of the extent of sexual violence (sexual exploitation and sexual abuse) in Europe;
Overview of the legal framework (global and European) to combat sexual violence against children;
Sexual violence reporting and referral mechanisms;
Rehabilitation services for child victims of sexual violence;
The range of services available for children exhibiting sexually harmful behaviour;
Training of professionals to identify and report sexual violence;
Internet dimensions of sexual violence against children;
Support services for potential and actual adult perpetrators of sexual violence;
Data collection on violence against children;Communication and awareness raising campaigns against sexual violence in Council of Europe member States.
Sexual education and prevention of sexual violence

The proposed length for research articles addressing one of the aforementioned issues should be no more than 8,000 words (about 15 to 16 A4 pages, normal spacing) and should be submitted in one of the official languages of the Council of Europe, i.e. English or French.

Following the selection procedure, a limited number of experts will be invited to work with the Council of Europe on a contractual basis, during the period between April and June 2010.

Building a network of professionals

The experts who will contact us will be also invited to express their interest in cooperating with the Council of Europe in the various projects and activities to be launched during the campaign, the objective being to build a network of professionals wishing to bring their expertise and the results of their work to a community of practice at European level.

How to contact us

Please fill the document enclosed and send it, accompanied by your CV to Ms Marie-Francoise GLATZ ([email protected]) by 31 March 2010 at the latest.

For more information, contact:
Council of Europe
Building a Europe for and with children
DG III- Social Cohesion / Council of Europe
B Building - Office B137
F - 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Tel: +33 3 88 41 22 62; Fax: +33 3 90 21 52 85
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.coe.int/children

Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=22165

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