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15 April 2025

Istanbul, 15 April 2025 – I am truly delighted to join you at this Regional Conference on reimagining justice and placing diversion and restorative approaches at the heart of child-friendly justice, organized by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Türkiye, UNICEF and the EU.

14 April 2025

Joint press release by the UN Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and on Violence against Children.

 

08 April 2025

Tashent, 8 April 2025 - Madame President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Parliamentarians, 
I would like to thank the organizers for the invitation to attend the 150th Assembly of the IPU and to address the general debate on parliamentary action for social development and justice. 

12 March 2025

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.

21 January 2025

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.

10 December 2024

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.

14 November 2024

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.

09 November 2024

Bogota, 07 November 2024 - Representatives from over 40 countries worldwide committed on Thursday to working collectively to forge the newly revitalized Pathfinding Global Alliance to end all forms of violence against children.

06 November 2024

Bogota, 06 November 2024 - By 2030, Africa's child population is projected to reach 750 million, and by 2055, the continent will be home to 1 billion children, almost 40 per cent of the world’s girls and boys. 

05 November 2024

Bogota, 05 November 2024 - The first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, which will convene in Bogota, Colombia, this week, is an unmissable opportunity for governments to invest in our collective future.