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Annual Report to the Human Rights Council - 2013
A/HRC/22/55
04/01/2013
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Summary
This annual report builds upon the decision by the General Assembly to extend the mandate of the Special Representative for a further three years (res. 67/152). As the first report in this new period, the report highlights crucial results achieved and progress promoted in the protection of children from violence, identifying efforts required to sustain and scale up achievements made, and informing a strategic future agenda.
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 Resolution on the Rights of the Child and reaffirms her strong commitment to pursue her global advocacy work to break the invisibility and impunity surrounding incidents of violence against children across regions.
SRSG participates in conference on "Stepping up Progress in Combating Violence against Children" in Ankara, Turkey
28/11/2012
SRSG Santos Pais joined high-level governmental officials and leading child rights experts from across Europe in the conference “Stepping up Progress in Combating Violence against Children”, held in Ankara, Turkey.
The event was organized by the Government of Turkey, the Council of Europe and UNICEF, in collaboration with the SRSG on Violence against Children.
The conference aimed at exchanging European experiences in designing and implementing integrated national strategies and addressing gaps in the safeguard of children’s protection from violence.
The meeting provided an excellent opportunity to discuss the findings of the SRSG’s Global Survey on Violence against Children and recommend priority actions to accelerate progress in children’s protection from violence.
Universal Children’s Day - "No room for complacency to prevent and prohibit crimes against children"
20/11/2012
GENEVA / NEW YORK (20 November 2012) – Five top United Nations child rights experts* today urged world Governments to adopt more active measures to protect children from all forms of violence, to prevent the perpetration of crimes against children and to bring to justice those responsible for child sexual exploitation and for the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.
SRSG highlights crucial role played by Ombudsman in the protection of human rights in modern societies
01/11/2012
SRSG Marta Santos Pais was a keynote speaker at the XVII Annual Session of the Iberoamerican Federation of Ombudsman held in San Jose, Costa Rica on October 24 and 25 with representatives of institutions from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
In a region acknowledged to be the most violent in the world, where 80,000 children die every year as a result of abuse, Ms. Santos Pais highlighted the strategic role played by independent national human rights institutions and Ombudspersons in the region to accelerate progress on the prevention and response to violence against children, to identify positive practices and to recommend actions to strengthen collaboration amongst independent institutions.
Member States and regional institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirm their commitment to accelerate efforts for the prevention and elimination of violence against children and decide to support establishment of a regional Task Force on VAC
19/10/2012
Representatives of MERCOSUR, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Government of the Dominican Republic, alongside the Latin America and the Caribbean Movement for Children (MMI LAC) gathered in New York in an event organized with the SRSG on Violence against Children on protection of children from violence. The event was sponsored by the Governments of Brazil, Uruguay, Bahamas and the Dominican Republic and included the participation of three young representatives of the Children's led organizations involved on the process of follow up to the UN Study in the Latin America region.
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 Assembly, highlighting the achievements made for the protection of children from violence in all settings. Ms. Santos Pais placed special emphasis on three overarching recommendations of the UN study on violence against children: the development in each State of a comprehensive strategy on violence against children; the introduction of an explicit national legal ban on all forms of violence, in all settings; and the consolidation of data and research in this field.
Webcast - (Continued) 10.00 am (CET) Presentation of SRSG Annual Report to the 22nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - Discussion: Rights of Child
08/03/2013
Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children (SRSG), Marta Santos Pais, continues the presentation of her report to the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 8 March 2013, in Geneva.