Annual Reports to the General Assembly

The present report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 80/190. The report seizes the opportunity of the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations study on violence against children to take stock of how violence against children has evolved since the study’s publication. While acknowledging the substantial challenges that remain, the report highlights the advances achieved and stresses that progress is possible. It outlines the wide multi-stakeholder mobilization undertaken by the Special Representative and strong actions that have been taken to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children, in all settings.