Joint press release by the UN Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and on Violence against Children.
New York, 14 April 2025 – The international community must act urgently to avoid sacrificing a whole generation of Sudanese children in a brutal man-made conflict, called on Monday the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and on Violence against Children.
Geneva, 12 March 2025 - Without immediate and decisive action, child trafficking will continue to climb beyond today’s already frightening levels, according to a UN report published on Monday.
“Despite a lot of progress achieved in legislation, policy and practices, trafficking in children continue to increase, because the responses are not evolving quickly enough to keep pace with the evolution and scale of the crime," said Dr Najat Maalla M’jid, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children.
New York, 20 January 2025 - In 2024, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children commemorated 15 years of global advocacy and action to achieve a world free from violence against children.
New York, 10 December 2024 – As we mark Human Rights Day, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence Against Children reflect on the challenges and gains made during 2024. Children are facing violence on a massive scale across the world, due to multiple and overlapping crises.
New York, 14 November 2024 – States and key stakeholders from the United Nations System, academia, civil society and survivors’ organizations identified on Thursday effective and sustainable actions to tackle violence against children.
