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End Immigration Detention of Children Other documents PDF icon Download File (1.23 MB) 01 February 2024
Investing in children: An accelerator for the Sustainable Development Goals Other documents PDF icon Download File (702.83 KB) 31 January 2024
Rethinking travel and tourism: Placing child protection at the core of sustainable travel and tourism SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (2.42 MB) 16 October 2023
A Safer World for Children with Sustainable Development Goals Other documents PDF icon Download File (2.23 MB) 14 March 2023
A safer digital environment for children - Now is the Time to ACT SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (2.49 MB) 14 March 2023
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children to the Human Rights Council SRSG Reports A/HRC/52/61 PDF icon Download File (258.31 KB) 11 January 2023
Declaration from children and adolescents with disabilities - International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021 Children Declarations PDF icon Download File (115.69 KB) 03 December 2021
Concept note VNR LAB- Investing in children: developing a child-sensitive SDG Voluntary National Review for an inclusive and sustainable recovery Other documents PDF icon Download File (137.05 KB) 13 July 2021
Children as agents of positive change. A mapping of child-led initiatives across regions towards an inclusive and healthy world free from violence SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (4.08 MB) 08 March 2021
Protection and Promotion of Civic Space - United Nations Guidance Note UN Documents PDF icon Download File (868.22 KB) 23 September 2020
UN75 Survey report UN Documents PDF icon Download File (8.7 MB) 20 September 2020
ITU 2020 Guidelines on Child Online Protection UN Documents PDF icon Download File (2.18 MB) 23 June 2020
Global Status Report on Prevention of Violence against Children 2020 UN Documents PDF icon Download File (6.19 MB) 18 June 2020
Inter-Agency Working Group on Violence against Children Agenda for Action UN Documents PDF icon Download File (455.56 KB) 27 April 2020
How to highlight promising practices to end Violence against Children - VNR briefing note 2020 Other documents PDF icon Download File (8.99 MB) 24 April 2020
United Nations Secretary-General Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on children Other documents PDF icon Download File (735.34 KB) 16 April 2020
Protection of children during the COVID19 Pandemic - Children and Alternative Care Immediate Response Measures Other documents PDF icon Download File (2.12 MB), PDF icon Download File (352.93 KB) 15 April 2020
COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty Other documents PDF icon Download File (974.05 KB) 15 April 2020
Open Letter from International Civil Society Organizations and Child-Focused Agencies Other documents PDF icon Download File (3.48 MB) 15 April 2020
Technical note Covid-19 and its implications for protecting children from violence in the home Other documents PDF icon Download File (4.61 MB) 15 April 2020
Our lives online - UNICEF East Asia report Other documents PDF icon Download File (1.5 MB) 28 February 2020
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (74th Session) UN Documents A/RES/74/133 20 January 2020
Special Representative on Violence against Children Strategy for 2020 SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (6.28 MB) 01 January 2020
Sexual Exploitation of Children in Africa - A Silent Emergency (A report from the African Child Policy Forum) Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (3.53 MB) 27 November 2019
United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty Other documents PDF icon Download File (14.8 MB) 20 November 2019
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/74/259 30 July 2019
Resolution on the Rights of the child: empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights, including through inclusive education UN Documents A/HRC/40/L.20 18 March 2019
Mis Derechos Viajan Conmigo Other documents PDF icon Download File (8.92 MB) 06 February 2019
Promotion and protection of the rights of children: promotion and protection of the rights of children - Protecting children from bullying UN Documents A/RES/73/154 17 December 2018
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (73rd Session) UN Documents A/RES/73/155 17 December 2018
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/73/276 30 July 2018
Protecting children from bullying - Report of the Secretary-General SRSG Reports A/73/265 30 July 2018
Report of the Secretary-General on the issue of child, early and forced marriage UN Documents A/73/257 26 July 2018
2018 World Congress on Justice for Children: Paris Declaration Other documents PDF icon Download File (221.84 KB) 30 May 2018
Declaración de México sobre la protección de las niñas, niños y adolescentes frente a los castigos corporales y al acoso escolar y al ciberacoso Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (73.48 KB) 27 April 2018
Rights of the child: protection of the rights of the child in humanitarian situations UN Documents A/HRC/37/L.33 03 March 2018
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children to the Human Rights Council SRSG Reports A/HRC/37/48 22 January 2018
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children to the Human Rights Council SRSG Reports A/HRC/37/48 22 January 2018
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children to the Human Rights Council UN Documents A/HRC/37/48 22 January 2018
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (72nd Session) UN Documents A/RES/72/245 24 December 2017
Towards the effective fulfillment of children´s rights: National Protection Systems IAHRC Report (English and Spanish) Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (3.85 MB), PDF icon Download File (3.12 MB) 30 November 2017
Celebrating Childhood: A journey to end violence against children Other documents PDF icon Download File (15.39 MB) 11 October 2017
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/72/275 02 August 2017
Report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/288 UN Documents A/68/970 18 April 2017
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime International Instruments A/RES/55/25 13 March 2017
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (71st Session) UN Documents A/RES/71/177 30 January 2017
UN Resolution on Protecting children from bullying UN Documents A/RES/71/176 23 January 2017
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/HRC/34/45 03 January 2017
National Plan of Action To End Violence against Women and Children in Tanzania Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (3.14 MB) 18 December 2016
Protection of children from armed violence in the community SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.15 MB), PDF icon Download File (999.24 KB) 01 November 2016
Joint Statement from the High-level Round Table on the Role of Regional Organizations on the Protection of Children from Violence 2014 Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (486.12 KB) 18 October 2016
Ending the torment: tackling bullying from schoolyard to cyberspace SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (3.7 MB) 18 October 2016
Safeguarding the rights of girls in the criminal justice system SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (2.26 MB) 16 October 2016
Protection of children from armed violence in the community SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.15 MB), PDF icon Download File (999.24 KB) 10 October 2016
Protecting children from bullying - Report of the Secretary-General SRSG Reports A/71/213 26 July 2016
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/71/206 25 July 2016
Protecting children from bullying - Report of the Secretary-General UN Documents A/71/213 25 July 2016
General comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights (art. 4) UN Documents CRC/C/GC/19 20 July 2016
ACWC (ASEAN) pledge to support High Time initiative to end violence against children Political Declarations PDF icon Download File (8.96 KB) 17 March 2016
Draft resolution referred to the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda by the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session UN Documents A/70/L.1 15 January 2016
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/HRC/31/20 05 January 2016
Resolution Rights of the Child (70th Session) UN Documents A/RES/70/137 17 December 2015
Third Committee Resolution Rights of the child: III Right to education UN Documents /C.3/70/L.28 18 November 2015
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development UN Documents A/RES/70/1 21 October 2015
Joint Statement from the High-level Round Table on the Role of Regional Organizations on the Protection of Children from Violence 2014 Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (348.36 KB) 18 October 2015
Safeguarding the rights of girls in the criminal justice system SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (2.26 MB) 16 October 2015
Safeguarding the rights of girls in the criminal justice system SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (2.26 MB) 16 October 2015
Draft outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda UN Documents A/69/L.85 12 August 2015
Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Realizing the right to education for all children UN Documents A/70/315 12 August 2015
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/70/289 05 August 2015
The girl child UN Documents A/70/267 04 August 2015
Follow-up to the outcome of the special session of the General Assembly on children - Report of the Secretary-General UN Documents A/70/265 03 August 2015
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography UN Documents A/70/222 31 July 2015
Discrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/29/23 04 May 2015
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dainius Pūras SRSG Reports A/HRC/29/33 02 April 2015
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dainius Pūras UN Documents A/HRC/29/33 02 April 2015
Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro UN Documents A/HRC/29/38 31 March 2015
Good practices and major challenges in preventing and eliminating female genital mutilation - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/29/20 27 March 2015
UN Resolution: Protecting children from bullying UN Documents A/RES/69/158 03 February 2015
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (69th Session) UN Documents A/69/157 03 February 2015
UN Model Strategies on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice UN Documents A/RES/69/194 26 January 2015
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/HRC/28/55 30 December 2014
Summary of the panel discussion on accelerating global efforts to end violence against children - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/28/55 30 December 2014
Resolution on the Rights of the Child - United Nations General Assembly (69th Session) UN Documents A/68/L.61 05 December 2014
The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General On the Post-2015 Agenda UN Documents A/69/700 04 December 2014
Report of the Third Committee - Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (69th Session) UN Documents A/69/489 02 December 2014
Child and Family Welfare Policy - Government of Ghana Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (419.54 KB) 18 November 2014
Joint Statement from the High-level Round Table on the Role of Regional Organizations on the Protection of Children from Violence 2014 Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (493.34 KB) 18 October 2014
Releasing Children's Potential and Minimizing Risks - ICTs, the Internet and Violence against Children SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (2.09 MB) 16 October 2014
Why Children’s Protection from Violence should be at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda - A Review of Consultations on the ost-2015 Development Agenda SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.33 MB) 15 October 2014
Report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/288 UN Documents A/68/L.61 08 September 2014
Report of the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals UN Documents A/68/970 12 August 2014
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/69/264 06 August 2014
Summary report on the panel discussion on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/27/34 18 July 2014
Conclusions and Recommendations - Cross Regional Meeting for Advancing the Protection of Children from Violence. Jamaica, June 30 – July 1, 2014 Political Declarations PDF icon Download File (493.34 KB) 01 July 2014
Technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age UN Documents A/HRC/27/31 30 June 2014
Summary report on the full-day meeting on access to justice for children - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/27/25 18 June 2014
Birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/27/22 17 June 2014
High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child UN Documents A/RES/68/273 28 May 2014
Report on the 23rd session Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - ECOSOC (Includes - United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice) UN Documents PDF icon Download File (795.33 KB) 16 May 2014
African Report on Violence against Children Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (3.94 MB) 18 April 2014
General Comment on Article 6 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (613.25 KB) 16 April 2014
UN Resolution on Ending Violence against Children: A Global Call to Make the Invisible Visible UN Documents A/HRC/RES/25/10 14 April 2014
Resolution on the Rights of the Child: Access to justice for Children - Human Rights Council (25th Session) UN Documents A/HRC/25/L.10 25 March 2014
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (68th Session) UN Documents A/RES/68/147 07 February 2014
Resolution on Strengthening collaboration on child protection within the United Nations system - United Nations general Assembly (68th Session) UN Documents A/RES/68/145 30 January 2014
Resolution on Child, Early and Forced Marriage - United Nations General Assembly (68th Session) UN Documents A/RES/68/148 30 January 2014
Questions relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 UN Documents A/68/246 17 January 2014
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/HRC/25/47 03 January 2014
Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2014-2015 - Report of the Fifth Committee* UN Documents A/68/689 30 December 2013
African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage in Africa Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (921.7 KB) 18 November 2013
Prevention and Responses to Violence against Children within the Juvenile Justice System SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.53 MB) 18 October 2013
Joint Statement from the High-level Round Table on the Role of Regional Organizations on the protection of Children from Violence 2013 Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (252.72 KB) 18 October 2013
Safe and child-sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms to address violence against children SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.12 MB) 18 October 2013
Promoting Restorative Justice for Children SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.6 MB), PDF icon Download File (2.48 MB) 18 October 2013
Toward a World Free from Violence - Global Survey on Violence against Children SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.99 MB), PDF icon Download File (2.14 MB), PDF icon Download File (592.68 KB), PDF icon Download File (812.72 KB), PDF icon Download File (812.29 KB) 17 October 2013
Technical cooperation for the prevention of attacks against persons with albinism UN Documents A/HRC/24/L.36 24 September 2013
Resolution on Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage: challenges, achievements, best practices and implementation gaps - Human Rights Council (24th Session) UN Documents A/HRC/24/L.28 23 September 2013
Resolution on Human Rights in the Administration of Justice, including Juvenile Justice - Human Rights Council (24th Session) UN Documents A/HRC/RES/24/12 23 September 2013
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/68/274 06 August 2013
Model strategies and practical measures on the elimination of violence against children in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice - Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Report on the 22nd session UN Documents PDF icon Download File (539.71 KB) 26 April 2013
Political Commitments by Regional Organizations and Institutions to Prevent and Address Violence against Children SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (3.31 MB) 18 April 2013
Protecting children from harmful practices in plural legal systems - with a special emphasis in Africa SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.56 MB), PDF icon Download File (2.77 MB), PDF icon Download File (3.27 MB) 18 April 2013
Rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure* International Instruments CRC/C/62/3 16 April 2013
Rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure International Instruments CRC/C/62/3 16 April 2013
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (67th Session) UN Documents A/RES/67/152 12 April 2013
United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems UN Documents A/RES/67/187 28 March 2013
Rights of the child: the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health UN Documents A/HRC/22/L.27/Rev.1 21 March 2013
Human rights in the administration of justice UN Documents A/RES/67/166 20 March 2013
General comment on children and enforced disappearances adopted by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances at its ninety-eighth session (31 October – 9 November 2012) UN Documents A/HRC/WGEID/98/1 14 February 2013
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/HRC/22/55 04 January 2013
Call for Accelerated Action on the Implementation of the Plan of Action Towards Africa Fit for Children Regional Instruments PANAF/FORUM/CHD/MIN/2(II) 02 November 2012
Joint Statement from the High-level Round Table on the Role of Regional Organizations on the protection of Children from Violence 2012 Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (261.32 KB) 18 October 2012
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 July 2012 - The future we want UN Documents A/RES/66/288 11 September 2012
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/67/230 03 August 2012
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences - Thematic report on servile marriage UN Documents A/HRC/21/41 10 July 2012
Joint report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children on prevention of and responses to violence against children within the juvenile justice system SRSG Reports A/HRC/21/25 27 June 2012
Summary of the full-day meeting on the rights of the child - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/21/31 26 June 2012
Summary of the full-day meeting on the rights of the child - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN Documents A/HRC/21/31 26 June 2012
Resolution on the Rights of the Child - Human Rights Council (19th Session) UN Documents A/HRC/RES/19/37 19 April 2012
Gender Equality Act - Government of Malawi Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (461.18 KB) 18 April 2012
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (66th Session) UN Documents A/RES/66/141 04 April 2012
Resolution International Day of the Girl Child - United Nations General Assembly (66th Session) UN Documents A/RES/66/170 30 March 2012
UN Resolution Strengthening collaboration on child protection within the United Nations system UN Documents A/RES/66/139 19 March 2012
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure International Instruments A/RES/66/138 27 January 2012
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children* ** SRSG Reports A/HRC/19/64 13 January 2012
Joint Statement from the High-level Round Table on the Role of Regional Organizations on the protection of Children from Violence 2011 Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (254.56 KB) 18 October 2011
Tackling Violence in Schools: Bridging the Gap between Standards and Practice SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (1.13 MB) 18 October 2011
Human Rights Council Resolution on the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice UN Documents A/HRC/RES/18/12 14 October 2011
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children SRSG Reports A/66/227 02 August 2011
ILO Convention 189 International Instruments PDF icon Download File (333.44 KB) 16 June 2011
ILO Convention Concerning Decent Work For Domestic Workers (No. 189) International Instruments PDF icon Download File (333.44 KB) 18 April 2011
The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence UN Documents CRC/C/GC/13 18 April 2011
Human Rights Council Resolution: Rights of the child: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street UN Documents A/HRC/RES/16/12 12 April 2011
Small arms - Report of the Secretary-General UN Documents S/2011/255 05 April 2011
UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child (65th Session) UN Documents A/RES/65/197 30 March 2011
Joint report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children* ** SRSG Reports A/HRC/16/56 07 March 2011
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais* SRSG Reports A/HRC/16/54 28 February 2011
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children SRSG Reports A/65/262 09 August 2010
Global Child Labour Conference 2010 - Roadmap International Instruments PDF icon Download File (294.87 KB) 11 May 2010
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (64th Session) UN Documents A/64/146 03 March 2010
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children UN Documents A/RES/64/142 24 February 2010
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais* SRSG Reports A/HRC/13/46 03 February 2010
Human Rights Council Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure (SRSG Submission) SRSG Reports PDF icon Download File (62.71 KB) 14 December 2009
Resolution on the Rights of the Child - (62th Session) UN Documents A/RES/62/141 22 February 2008
Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment 8: The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment UN Documents CRC/C/GC/8 02 March 2007
Report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children Other documents A/61/299 PDF icon Download File (3.55 MB), PDF icon Download File (2.95 MB) 29 August 2006
Communication from the Commission - Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (174.18 KB) 04 July 2006
Resolution on the Rights of the Child (56th Session) UN Documents A/RES/56/138 15 February 2002
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography International Instruments A/RES/54/263 25 May 2000
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Regional Instruments PDF icon Download File (69.12 KB) 29 November 1999
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child International Instruments A/RES/44/25 20 November 1989
ILO Convention No. 138 on the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment or Work International Instruments PDF icon Download File (16.72 KB) 19 June 1976