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As the 63rd session of the GA has been underway, the 3rd Committee of the General Assembly has approved by a vote of 180 in favour, 1 against (the US) the resolution on the rights of the child. The Resolution is expected to be adopted by the GA itself later this month or early next year. (what is this?) Of interest in this resolution was the section on violence against children, particularly with regards to the delay of the Secretary-General in appointing the Special Representative, namely, the GA expresses: "deep concern about the delay in the appointment of a new Special Representative on violence against children, as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/141, and requests the Secretary-General to fully comply with the request and to take urgent action to appoint, in accordance with the resolution, at the highest possible level and without delay, a Special Representative". Another particularly relevant section was the one on juvenile justice, particularly with regards to ending the death penalty of juvenile offenders, as called for by a number of NGOs and signed by hundreds in a petition. View the whole section on violence against children here: http://www.crin.org/Law/instrument.asp?InstID=1387 Further information For more information, contact:
CRIN on info@crin.org or Roberta Cecchetti, Convenor of the Working Group of the NGO Group on Violence Against Children on roberta@savethechildren.ch.