The Special Representative has established a firm institutional collaboration with the South Asian Initiative to End Violence against Children, having participated in the first meeting of its Governing Board as well as in the technical workshop on law reform, both held in Kathmandu in November 2010. The meetings reflected on national developments and prevailing challenges and were aimed at strengthening regional cooperation in the elimination of violence against children. They also provided an opportunity to review opportunities for the introduction of a legal ban on all forms of violence against children. The Initiative was formed in 2010 to guide the process of national implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study. Its strategic plan for 2010–2015 includes time-bound targets to help to monitor periodic progress achieved. This process is overseen by the Governing Body, comprising national coordinators representing the eight Governments in the region, and with leading coordinating responsibilities at the national level, two representatives from civil society organizations and two representatives from the Regional Child Participation Network. The process aims at the institutionalization of the collaboration with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and will open avenues to further strengthen the protection of children from violence in the region. The Special Representative’s cooperation with the Initiative provides a strategic occasion to strengthen cooperation with critical partners in South Asia, including the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, national governments, United Nations agencies, civil society organizations, and with community-based organizations and children’s advocates on violence against children.
In a five-day visit to the Maldives, SRSG Marta Santos Pais expressed her support to national efforts to address concerns about a young girl of 15 years of age victim of sexual abuse and sentenced to flogging, whose case has received worldwide attention and whose protection remains a serious concern.
“I welcome the expression of condemnation by the President and other Maldivian authorities, as well as...
NEW YORK, 24 September 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, welcomed today the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, by Indonesia, deposited by the Foreign Minister, Dr. Natalegawa. The event was hosted by Patricia O'Brien, Under Secretary-...
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,...
Welcome remarks by Dr. Rinchen Chophel, Director General, SAIEVAC
The Director General, SAIEVAC warmly welcomed all the Governing Board Members from thegovernment, CSO Board Members, Child Board Members, the Child Observers and the SACG Chair to the 3rdSAIEVAC Governing Board Meeting. He also acknowledged the presence of Ms. Marta Santos Pais in the opening of the Board Meeting. In his welcome address, he gave a brief overview of the...
Background
Children of SAARC region, in various local, national, regional and global consultations have expressed the view that violent parental and teacher’s behaviours, teaching practices and child rearing as one of their most significant concerns. In response SAIEVAC, in its 2nd Governing Board Meeting, held in Kathmandu on the 29th October 2011, governments, civil society, children and the South Asia...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Background
Since the UNVAC Study launch at the General Assembly in 2006, numerous efforts were made by different actors to contribute towards ending violence against children in all settings.
This resulted in a number of good practices that remain to be further documented and disseminated. However...
Dear Friends,
The child representatives from the eight SAARC countries assembled together in Colombo, Sri Lanka form 26th to 30th May 2012, for the south Asia follow up regional consultation to discuss and share experiences on the UN Study on Violence Against Children which was organized and showcased by the SAIEVAC secretariat and hosted by the government of Sri Lanka.
All...
