10 November 2006 - Update: The Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children 24
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- UN Study on Violence Against Children: Book launch
- Children and Violence: General Assembly Resolution on Child Rights
- News and Resources
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UN Study on Violence Against Children: Book launch [event]
Following the launch of the Violence Study to the General Assembly in New York in October, this event will mark the launch of the Book. Events will be attended by representatives of civil society, children and young people, governments and UN agencies.
Agenda
3pm: Opening remarks by the Chair Claire Brisset, Former Défenseure des Enfants, France
3.05–3.50pm: UN Study on Violence against Children - What we expect to see next?
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Prof. Paulo Pinheiro, Independent Expert, UN Study on Violence against Children
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Amb. Moushira Khattab, Vice Chair, Committee of the Rights of the Child
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Representative of member States
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Child representatives involved in the Study Process
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NGO representatives, NGO Advisory Panel
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NGO Group Subgroup on Children and Violence
4–5pm: UN Study on Violence against Children - What the UN plans to do next?
Representatives of ILO; OHCHR; UNESCO; UNICEF; UNHCR; UNODC; WHO
5pm: Concluding remarks by the Chair Claire Brisset, Former Défenseure des Enfants, France
5.05pm – 5.30pm Presentation of the “World Report on Violence against Children"
On the occasion of 15th anniversary of the Committee of the Rights of the Child and official launch of the “World Report on Violence against Children” the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organisation, and the Independent Expert, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, invite you to attend the roundtable and debate: “UN Study on Violence against Children What’s next?”.
Date: Monday 20 November 2006
Location: Palais des Nations, Geneva—Room to be confirmed
Please register by 17 November if an access pass to the Palais is needed:
[email protected]
Further information
For more information, contact:
UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children - Secretariat
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.violencestudy.org
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=11115
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Children and Violence: General Assembly Resolution on Child Rights [publication]
Following the presentation of the UN Study on Violence Against Children in New York in October, a draft Resolution on the Rights of the Child was tabled, which includes a section on children and violence.
Section of the Resolution of the General Assembly on the Rights of the Child dealing with Violence against children - UN General Assembly, 61st Session, Third Committee, Agenda item 63 (a), A/c.3/61/L.16
13. Welcomes the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children17 and the participatory process through which the report was prepared, takes fully into account its recommendations, and encourages Member States and requests United Nations entities, regional entities and civil society to widely disseminate and follow
up on the study;
14. Condemns, and urges States to prohibit, all forms of violence against children, including physical, mental and sexual violence, torture, child abuse and exploitation, hostage-taking, domestic violence, trafficking in or sale of children and their organs, paedophilia, child prostitution, child pornography, child sex tourism, gang-related violence and harmful traditional practices in all settings, including the home, schools and other educational settings and institutions through care and justice systems;
15. Condemns the abduction of children, in particular extortive abduction and abduction of children in situations of armed conflict, including for the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts, and urges States to take all appropriate measures to secure their unconditional release, rehabilitation, reintegration and reunification with their families;
16. Urges States:
(a) To strengthen efforts to prevent and protect children from all forms of violence through a comprehensive approach and to develop a multifaceted andsystematic framework to respond to violence against children which is integratedinto national planning processes;
(b) To strive to transform attitudes that condone or normalize any form of violence against children;
(c) To end impunity for perpetrators of crimes against children, investigate and prosecute all acts of violence and impose appropriate penalties;
(d) To protect children from all forms of violence or abuse by government officials, such as the police, law enforcement authorities and employees and officials in detention centres or welfare institutions;
(e) To take measures to protect children from all forms of violence or abuse in schools, to promote constructive and positive forms of discipline and child development approaches and to establish complaint mechanisms that are age- and gender-appropriate and accessible to children, taking into account children’s evolving capacities and the importance of respecting their views;
(f) To ensure that all those who work with and for children protect children from bullying and implement preventive and anti-bullying policies;
(g) To address the gender dimension of all forms of violence against children and incorporate a gender perspective in all policies adopted and actions taken to protect children against all forms of violence;
(h) To strengthen international cooperation and mutual assistance to prevent and protect children from all forms of violence and to end impunity for crimes against children;
17. Recognizes the contribution of the International Criminal Court in ending impunity for the most serious crimes against children, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and calls upon States not to grant amnesties for such crimes;
18. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization, to explore ways and means, within their respective mandates, by which they can contribute more effectively to addressing the need to prevent and to respond to all forms of violence against children.
Further information:
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=11118
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- News and Resources
Australia: Sterilisation of children with intellectual disabilities
http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=11175
SPARC: Letter to President of Pakistan calling for the establishment of juvenile courts
http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=11125
Human Rights Watch: A Question of Security: Violence against Palestinian women and girls
http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=11108
Amnesty International: Facts and Figures on the Death Penalty
http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=11085
Plan International: Tradition and Rights: Female genital cutting in West Africa
http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=11060
Statement issued by the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children at the end of his visit to Ukraine
http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=11022
For further information, search our website: http://www.crin.org/violence/search/index.asp
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