Child protection
The 1996 Machel Study challenged the world to recognize that "war affects every right of the child." This follow-up report analyses the progress – and challenges – of the subsequent decade and continues the advocacy efforts to bring the issues of children in conflict to the forefront.
This publication discusses the protection issues facing children globally, outlining the priority actions needed to reduce their vulnerability. The publication calls for enhanced social protection, legal protection and justice, and alternative care, underpinned by efforts to address the silence and stigma that allow discrimination, abuse and exploitation of children to continue.
Jointly produced by UNICEF and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, this handbook describes measures parliamentarians can take to end violence against children: they can legislate, oversee government activities, allocate financial resources and, as leaders in their nations and communities, raise awareness of issues.
This Report is the first global study to estimate the numbers of children who are exposed to domestic violence. It is based on global data from the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children was presented to the United Nations General Assembly in October 2006. Read
This booklet, which comprises 14 information sheets covering different forms of abuse such as sexual exploitation, child labour and trafficking, highlights how child protection is crucial to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Read
Every day, children are bought, sold and transported away from their homes. This Handbook addresses some of the key measures that parliamentarians can take to end child trafficking. It outlines specific steps -- including laws, policies and advocacy efforts -- which parliamentarians around the world are taking to make children safer from this scourge. Read
This publication recalls the human rights framework set out in international instruments adopted by the United Nations with relevance to the right of children to freedom from violence. It also reviews UN human rights mechanisms that have addressed the protection of children from violence. Read
Produced by UNICEF and the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, this publication aims to support child rights advocates in their work to generate momentum and support for ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child related to children in armed conflict.
Adopting and enforcing strong laws to protect children, overseeing government activity, allocating financial resources and providing advocacy are what parliamentarians can do to help alleviate children's suffering. This IPU/UNICEF co-publication provides examples of parliamentarians’ responses to the challenges of child protection and addresses 10 specific protection issues. Read
Poverty and exclusion among urban children represent a missed opportunity to promote good local governance and to ensure the universal realisation of human rights. This Innocenti Digest (No. 10 – November 2002) addresses the reality of these children. Read
This report, a winner of the prestigious Notable Government Documents Award, is a tribute to the courage of the many children who have been affected by commercial sexual exploitation. It conveys the words and experiences of young people, how they become involved in the sex trade, how they feel about their lives, what they need, what they fear and what they hope for. Read
This Innocenti Digest (No. 6 – June 2000) looks specifically at domestic violence. The term ‘domestic’ includes violence by an intimate partner and by other family members, wherever this violence takes place and in whatever form. The Digest builds on the research carried out by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre for an earlier Digest on Children and Violence. Read
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