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United Nations


World Report on Violence Against Children
http://www.unviolencestudy.org/

And full-text of the introduction to the BOOK
http://www.unicef.org/violencestudy/Chapitre%2001%20%20intro.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]


Sixty-first session
Item 62 of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of the rights of children

Rights of the child

Report of the independent expert for the United Nations
study on violence against children** [online October 2006]
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/study/SGSVAC.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
or
http://www.unicef.org/violencestudy/Fedited.SGSVAC_GA_report_2006.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
or
http://www.violencestudy.org/IMG/pdf/English.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]

[See in particular D. Violence in work settings  at paragraphs 64­68]

Summary
This report, which is based on the in-depth study of Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, independent expert
appointed by the Secretary-General pursuant to General-Assembly resolution 57/90 of 2002,
provides a global picture of violence against children and proposes recommendations to prevent
and respond to this issue. It provides information on the incidence of various types of violence
against children within the family, schools, alternative care institutions and detention facilities,
places where children work and communities. The report is accompanied by a book which
provides a more detailed account of the Study.

The Study was prepared through a participatory process which included regional, subregional
and national consultations, expert thematic meetings and field visits. Many Governments also
provided comprehensive responses to a questionnaire transmitted to them by the independent
expert in 2004.

Contents
                                                                Paragraphs
I. INTRODUCTION: PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM VIOLENCE 1­23
A. Mandate and scope of the Study 7­10
B. The Study process 11­23
II. A GLOBAL PROBLEM 24­37
A. Hidden, unreported and under-recorded 25­27
B. Emerging picture 28
C. Risk and protective factors 29­35
D. A wide range of impacts 36­37
III. SETTINGS IN WHICH VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN OCCURS 38­80
A. Home and family 38-47
B. Violence in schools and educational settings 48­52
C. Violence in care and justice systems 53­63
D. Violence in work settings 64­68
E. Violence in the community 69­80
IV. PROGRESS ACHIEVED 81­89
V. CONCLUSIONS 90­93
VI. RECOMMENDATIONS 94­123
A. Overarching recommendations 96­109
1. Strengthen national and local commitment and action 96
2. Prohibit all violence against children 97­98
3. Prioritize prevention 99
4. Promote non-violent values and awareness-raising 100
5. Enhance the capacity of all who work with and for children 101
6. Provide recovery and social reintegration services 102
7. Ensure participation of children 103
8. Create accessible and child-friendly reporting systems and services 104
9. Ensure accountability and end impunity 105
10. Address the gender dimension of violence against children 106
11. Develop and implement systematic national data collection and research 107
12. Strengthen international commitment 108­109
B. Setting-specific recommendations 110­114
1. In the home and family 110
2. In schools and other educational settings 111
3. In care and justice systems 112
4. In the workplace 113
5. In the community 114
C. Implementation and follow-up 115­123
1. National and regional level 116­119
2. International level 120­123

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