News | SRSG on Violence Against Children

Gathered in the Sixth High-Level Round Table regional organizations commit to support the implementation of Agenda 2030 targets to end violence against children

📅 31/05/2016 · Stockholm, 10 June 2016 - On the year of the tenth anniversary of the UN Study on Violence against C

South American Meeting on the follow-up to the UN Study on Violence against Children

📅 28/04/2011 · Asuncion, Paraguay - The Sub-Regional meeting of follow up to the UN Study on Violence against Child

Regional organizations and SRSG enhance cooperation to strengthen the protection of young children from violence

📅 25/06/2014 · SRSG Santos Pais and representatives from regional organisations and institutions will hold on June

United Nations celebrates progress in the campaign for the Universal Ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

📅 25/05/2012 · Since the campaign for universal ratification was launched, two years ago, 20 additional countries h

SRSG Santos Pais highlights violence against children during UN General Assembly High-Level Week

📅 23/09/2013 · New York — During the High-Level Week of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, th

“Children on the move have rights too – joint statement marking the 28th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child”

📅 20/11/2017 · Geneva/New York, 20 November – On Universal Children’s Day, UN child rights experts [1] call on all

Universal Children's Day 2014: SRSG calls for a world free from violence against children

📅 20/11/2014 · On Universal Children's Day, SRSG Marta Santos Pais called on governments and the international comm

SRSG joins other UN child rights experts calling for Violence against Children to be a priority and a cross cutting concern in the post-2015 agenda

📅 20/11/2013 · GENEVA/NEW YORK – Governments should make child protection from violence a priority in the post-2015

SRSG Santos Pais welcomes the adoption of a new protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child introducing a system of individual complaints for children

📅 19/12/2011 · New York, 19 December 2011 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against

SRSG Santos Pais urges world leaders to accelerate action to end violence against children at UN General Assembly

📅 19/09/2017 · New York — During the High-Level Week of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, th

SRSG launches a Child-Friendly Version of the 3rd Optional Protocol to the CRC on a Communications Procedure

📅 19/09/2013 · Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children launched a new publicat

SRSG Santos Pais presents annual report to Human Rights Council and calls for stronger investment in violence prevention

📅 19/03/2014 · Geneva — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta San

SRSG Violence against Children Newsletter - January 2011

📅 19/01/2011 · Newsletter SRSG-VAC - January 2011 The SRSG has prepared her first SRSG Newsletter for the period of

SRSG reviews achievements and identifies remaining challenges for the protection of children from violence in her third annual report to the General Assembly

📅 18/10/2012 · New York, 17 October, 2012 – SRSG Marta Santos Pais presented her third annual report to the General

SRSG launches new report on "Safeguarding the rights of girls in the criminal justice system - Preventing violence, stigmatization and deprivation of liberty"

📅 17/10/2015 · In a high-level panel discussion, co-organized with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, an

Protecting children from online abuse is everybody's business!

📅 17/09/2015 · In the lead up to the Human Rights Council 2016 full-day debate on "information and communication te

Children want the elimination of violence to be a priority in the post-2015 development agenda- SRSG launches review of consultations with children across regions

📅 16/10/2014 · More than 800.000 children were involved in the numerous consultations held across the world on the

SRSG interview: World must ratify rules to stem child abuse

📅 16/01/2012 · BANGKOK (AlertNet) – The United Nations’ special representative on violence against children this we

SRSG Santos Pais addresses the Human Rights Council on violence against children in the juvenile justice system

📅 15/06/2012 · Geneva — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta San

SRSG welcomes breakthrough in the prevention of violence against children

📅 15/05/2014 · “The adoption of the Model Strategies on the Elimination of Violence against Children in Crime Preve

SRSG Santos Pais welcomes adoption of Human Rights Council resolution on the rights of the child at its 23rd session

📅 14/06/2013 · Geneva — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta San

Children can now lodge complaints with the UN about violations of their rights

📅 14/04/2014 · GENEVA (14 April 2014) – United Nations child rights experts have hailed a new treaty that allows ch

SRSG calls for active participation of children with disabilities in Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

📅 13/09/2012 · SRSG Santos Pais participated in a roundtable discussion on children with disabilities during the fi

SRSG Santos Pais calls on States to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure

📅 13/05/2012 · The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais,

Brasilia Declaration adopted on Child Labour expresses strong resolve to address attitudes and practices that condone or tolerate child labour, including violence and abuse

📅 11/10/2013 · The III Global Conference on Child Labour, held in Brasilia from 8 to 10 October, took stock of the

SRSG welcomes launch of Nigerian Data Survey on Violence against Children

📅 11/09/2015 · Findings from the Nigeria Violence Against Children Survey were released in Abuja on 10th September

New Report on Violence against Children in Africa calls for accelerated efforts across the continent to protect children from violence

📅 11/02/2015 · A new report The African Report on Violence against Children was launched on 11th February at the Un

SRSG Santos Pais presents annual report to Human Rights Council emphasizing violence prevention must start in early childhood

📅 10/03/2017 · Geneva — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta San

“Let’s connect for a safe, empowering and inclusive Internet”

📅 09/02/2015 · GENEVA (9 February 2015) –Top United Nations experts on children’s rights and on freedom of expressi

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure opening for signature at the end of February

📅 09/02/2012 · The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure whi

Renewed commitment needed to ensure a safe, non-violent, inclusive and relevant learning environment for indigenous children

📅 08/08/2016 · NEW YORK, 9 August 2016 - On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

"Maldives has strategic opportunity to translate international commitments to children's rights into tangible legal, policy and programmatic action for the prevention and elimination of violence against children"

📅 08/05/2013 · In a five-day visit to the Maldives, SRSG Marta Santos Pais expressed her support to national effort

Protecting Children from Harmful Practices - SRSG stresses urgent need to safeguard the supremacy of human rights in case of conflict between national, customary and religious laws

📅 07/03/2013 · On March 7th 2013, as a contribution to the Human Rights Council’s annual discussion on the child’s

Side event at Human Rights Council - Launching of SRSG publication on "Tackling Violence in Schools – Bridging the gap between standards and practice"

📅 06/03/2012 · Within the framework of the debate on the Rights of the Child in the Human Rights Council, the Offic

SRSG News — 03/12/2016

📅 03/12/2016 · News update from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence again

SRSG Santos Pais adds her voice to the Campaign to #ENDviolence against children with disabilities

📅 03/12/2015 · On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, SRSG Santos Pais calls for an end to violence

UN General Assembly adopts Resolution on the Rights of the Child recommending the renewal of the SRSG mandate for a further period of three years

📅 03/12/2012 · The SRSG welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations of the Omnibus Resoluti

Senate of Chile approves the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and joins global efforts to strengthening international and national child protection systems on children's rights

📅 02/04/2015 · The National Institute of Human Rights of Chile, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-Gene

Regions define actions to curb violence against young children - SRSG organizes Fourth Cross-Regional Round Table in Jamaica

📅 01/07/2014 · Kingston, 1 July 2014 - Acting as a bridge-builder between regions, the SRSG convenes each year a Cr