The Bridgetown Declaration and Agenda for Action to combat Child sexual abuse in the Caribbean adopted in Barbados on the 21st of November 2012 reaffirmed the commitment of government representatives and civil society organizations to end child sexual abuse in the region.
"We, the participants at the Bridgetown Conference on Combating Sexual Violence Against Children in the Caribbean, representing governments, non-governmental...
" We, the representatives of the MERCOSUR Pro-Tempore Chairmanship of the Permanent Commission of the Initiative Nin@Sur, of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Government of the Dominican Republic, participating with the Latin America and the Caribbean Movement for Children (MMI LAC) in the first meeting held of Regional Institutions of South America, the Caribbean and Central America on Violence against Children, organized by...
Statement issued by The Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) on sexual abuse of children in the Caribbean Region
The Twenty-Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) views with grave concern the alarming prevalence of sexual abuse of children in Member States. COHSOD reviewed the overwhelming evidence documented in recent studies...
Doha Declaration
In cooperation and coordination between:
- The League of Arab States (LAS),
- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children,
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
- United Nations Children’s Fund Regional Office for the Middle-East and North Africa,
- The Supreme Council for Family Affairs in...
South Asia Call for Action On Ending Violence against Children
We, the participants at the South Asia Follow Up Regional Consultation on the UN Study on Violence against Children, representatives from governments, non-governmental and other civil society organizations, regional and international organizations, and children, have gathered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 28 to 30 May 2012, to take stock of progress made since...
From the Declaration:
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" This Declaration will be complemented by the guidelines of a Regional roadmap for Caribbean countries in light of the priorities identified by participating countries committed in support of the regional process and the formulation of national roadmaps. These roadmaps will take into account the contexts and structures of the Caribbean institutions and the specific situation in each State,...
DECLARATION OF THE YOUNG PERSONS OF THE CARRIBBEAN
Kingston, Jamaica, 15 May 2012
We, child and youth representatives from the Caribbean have gathered in Jamaica for the Violence against Children Sub-Regional Conference to proclaim the present Declaration:
Violence can be described as using your position of power or strength to inflict intentional damage to someone. This may include emotional or mental...
El presente Mapeo surge como parte de las múltiples iniciativas emprendidas en forma conjunta entre el
MMI-LAC y la Representante Especial, y es reflejo de un trabajo comprometido por parte de todos los
actores presentes en la región vinculados a los temas de niñez y adolescencia desde el más alto nivel. Los
resultados que este documento nos acerca han sido un instrumento clave de referencia...
Executive summary
The Council of Europe transversal programme “Building a Europe for and with children” was launched in
2006 in response to a mandate resulting from the Third Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe (Warsaw 2005).
The strategy on the rights of the child 2012-15 proposes a vision for the Council of Europe’s role and action in this field, taking...
The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) convened a Consultative Meeting with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children (SRSG-VAC) and CEDAW Committee experts on violence against women in Manila, the Philippines, on 16-17 January 2012. The Consultation was supported by UN Women and UNICEF.
The Consultation provided an opportunity to...
Authorities from Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic, gathered in Santo Domingo in a regional follow-up meeting to the UN Study on Violence against Children, adopted a strategic declaration to promote progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the UN Study.
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We, the representatives of the Council of Europe, the League of Arab States, MERCOSUR Pro-Tempore Chairmanship of the Permanent Commission of the Initiative Nin@Sur, the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC), and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child participating, with UNICEF, in the first held meeting of Regional Organizations and Institutions on Violence against Children,...
La violencia contra la niñez y adolescencia en América Latina y el Caribe ha llegado a adquirir proporciones
epidémicas en la actualidad. Las últimas investigaciones nos confirman que durante el año
2010, el 31% de los homicidios (16 homicidios cada 100.000 habitantes) se llevaron a cabo en esta
región, lo que significa el doble del promedio mundial.
América Latina y el Caribe es...
Hoja de Ruta Encuentro Sudamericano de Seguimiento del Estudio de Naciones Unidas sobre la Violencia contra los Niños
