

Celebrating Childhood
A Journey to end Violence Against Children
A book about what ending violence against children takes, means and brings. It’s a celebration of childhood and a manifesto for a world where children can grow with dignity and free from violence....
A book about what ending violence against children takes, means and brings. It’s a celebration of childhood and a manifesto for a world where children can grow with dignity and free from violence....

Children as Agents of Positive Change
A Mapping of Children’s Initiatives Across Regions, Towards an Inclusive and Healthy World Free From...
This publication provides an overview of children’s diverse roles in helping to prevent, address, and report violence, as well as of effective actions taken, including peer support. It offers insight...
This publication provides an overview of children’s diverse roles in helping to prevent, address, and report violence, as well as of effective actions taken, including peer support. It offers insight...

Ending the Torment
Tackling Bullying from the Schoolyard to Cyberspace
Eighteen experts in the field of bullying and cyberbullying and the SRSG on Violence against Children, have written a unique contribution from their specific area of expertise, addressing bullying and...
Eighteen experts in the field of bullying and cyberbullying and the SRSG on Violence against Children, have written a unique contribution from their specific area of expertise, addressing bullying and...

Toward a World Free from Violence
Global Survey on Violence Against Children
This Global Survey conducted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children confirms that recommendations made in the 2006 UN Study on Violence against Children...
This Global Survey conducted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children confirms that recommendations made in the 2006 UN Study on Violence against Children...

Hidden Scars: How Violence Harms the Mental Health of Children
( Print: July 2021,
PDF: July 2021
)
More than 1 billion children – half of all children in the world – are exposed to violence every year, in many forms and places, online and off. Whether a target or a witness, a child's exposure to...
More than 1 billion children – half of all children in the world – are exposed to violence every year, in many forms and places, online and off. Whether a target or a witness, a child's exposure to...

Keeping the Promise
Ending Violence Against Children by 2030
This report gathers expert analysis from a broad cross-section of stakeholders who are committed to bringing this unacceptable situation to an end. It draws out common findings and perspectives that...
This report gathers expert analysis from a broad cross-section of stakeholders who are committed to bringing this unacceptable situation to an end. It draws out common findings and perspectives that...

Protecting Children Affected by Armed Violence in the Community
( PDF: June 2017
)
This publication addresses the complex phenomena of armed violence (not armed conflict which is different) and presents strategies to protect children in context of armed violence in the community. It...
This publication addresses the complex phenomena of armed violence (not armed conflict which is different) and presents strategies to protect children in context of armed violence in the community. It...

Ending the Torment
Tackling Bullying from the Schoolyard to Cyberspace
Eighteen experts in the field of bullying and cyberbullying and the SRSG on Violence against Children, have written a unique contribution from their specific area of expertise, addressing bullying and...
Eighteen experts in the field of bullying and cyberbullying and the SRSG on Violence against Children, have written a unique contribution from their specific area of expertise, addressing bullying and...
Prevention of and Responses to Violence Against Children Within the Juvenile Justice System
( PDF: July 2021
)
This publication is based on the Joint report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary...
This publication is based on the Joint report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary...

Promoting Restorative Justice For Children
( PDF: September 2016
)
This report examines the potential of restorative justice programmes to facilitate conflict resolution and provide appropriate protection to children. This applies to the justice system, whether...
This report examines the potential of restorative justice programmes to facilitate conflict resolution and provide appropriate protection to children. This applies to the justice system, whether...

Promoting Restorative Justice For Children
( PDF: July 2016
)
This report examines the potential of restorative justice programmes to facilitate conflict resolution and provide appropriate protection to children. This applies to the justice system, whether...
This report examines the potential of restorative justice programmes to facilitate conflict resolution and provide appropriate protection to children. This applies to the justice system, whether...

Protecting Children Affected by Armed Violence in the Community
( Print: October 2016,
PDF: September 2016
)
This publication addresses the complex phenomena of armed violence (not armed conflict which is different) and presents strategies to protect children in context of armed violence in the community. It...
This publication addresses the complex phenomena of armed violence (not armed conflict which is different) and presents strategies to protect children in context of armed violence in the community. It...

Protecting Children From Harmful Practices in Plural Legal Systems
With a Special Emphasis on Africa
This report reviews positive legislative developments in different regions of the world, with a special emphasis on Africa, to strengthen children’s legal protection from violence as a result of...
This report reviews positive legislative developments in different regions of the world, with a special emphasis on Africa, to strengthen children’s legal protection from violence as a result of...

Releasing Children's Potential and Minimizing Risks - ICTs, the Internet and Violence Against...
( PDF: April 2016
)
This publication was influenced by input from national and international experts who attended the SRSG’s international consultation on this issue in June 2014 in San Jose, Costa Rica. This publication...
This publication was influenced by input from national and international experts who attended the SRSG’s international consultation on this issue in June 2014 in San Jose, Costa Rica. This publication...
Safe and Child-sensitive Counselling, Complaint and Reporting Mechanisms to Address Violence Against...
( PDF: July 2021
)
This report provides a set of guiding principles derived from existing human rights standards, and puts forward practical recommendations to accelerate progress in making safe, child sensitive and...
This report provides a set of guiding principles derived from existing human rights standards, and puts forward practical recommendations to accelerate progress in making safe, child sensitive and...

Safeguarding the Rights of Girls in the Criminal Justice System
Preventing Violence, Stigmatization and Deprivation of Liberty
Gender-based violence is a pervasive and devastating manifestation of discrimination against women and girls. International human rights standards provide a solid framework for preventing and...
Gender-based violence is a pervasive and devastating manifestation of discrimination against women and girls. International human rights standards provide a solid framework for preventing and...

Tackling Violence in Schools
A Global Perspective Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice
This thematic report was developed to assist partners, including Governments, international organizations, human rights mechanisms, civil society actors, research institutions, teachers’ unions and...
This thematic report was developed to assist partners, including Governments, international organizations, human rights mechanisms, civil society actors, research institutions, teachers’ unions and...

Toward a World Free from Violence
Global Survey on Violence Against Children
This Global Survey conducted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children confirms that recommendations made in the 2006 UN Study on Violence against Children...
This Global Survey conducted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children confirms that recommendations made in the 2006 UN Study on Violence against Children...
Violence Against Children on the Move
From a Continuum of Violence to a Continuum of Protection
Every minute, 20 people – many of them children – are forced from their homes by violence, persecution or conflict. While children account for less than one third of the global population, they make...
Every minute, 20 people – many of them children – are forced from their homes by violence, persecution or conflict. While children account for less than one third of the global population, they make...
When Children Take the Lead
10 Child Participation Approaches to Tackle Violence
Milestones of the same decade, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Internet together changed childhood forever, giving a new generation of children specific rights...
Milestones of the same decade, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Internet together changed childhood forever, giving a new generation of children specific rights...