A/HRC/34/45

The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/137.

In her report, the Special Representative provides an overview of major initiatives and developments aimed at sustaining and scaling up efforts to safeguard children’s right to be free from violence. The report is in support of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its distinct target to end all forms of violence against children, and builds upon the commemoration in 2016 of the tenth anniversary of the submission to the General Assembly of the United Nations study on violence against children.

Date: 
Tuesday, 03 January 2017
Document Type: 
SRSG Reports
Document Title: 
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Symbol Code: 
A/HRC/34/45