Ending Violence
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Updates from the SRSG office on violence against children worldwide
Stockholm, 10 June 2016 - On the year of the tenth anniversary of the UN Study on Violence against Children and as the implementation, follo…
28/12/2016 SRSG Santos Pais commends the French parliament for passing the Equality and Citizenship bill which promotes the ending of violen…
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, addressed the Human Rights Council at its 2…
Asuncion, Paraguay - The Sub-Regional meeting of follow up to the UN Study on Violence against Children in South-America was held in Asuncio…
SRSG Santos Pais and representatives from regional organisations and institutions will hold on June 30 and July 1 a Cross-Regional Round Tab…
Since the campaign for universal ratification was launched, two years ago, 20 additional countries have ratified the Optional Protocol on th…
UN Study on Violence Against Children
The landmark 2006 United Nations Study provided the first comprehensive global picture of all forms of violence against children — in every region, in every setting. It led to the creation of the SRSG mandate and remains the foundation of global child protection efforts.
Read the StudySDG 16.2
End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children — a core target of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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