Monitoring and reporting mechanism of grave child rights violation
Optional protocols to the Convention on the rights of the child
Core child protection resources
UNICEF, Child protection strategy, 2008
Sheeran Consulting Inc, UNICEF child protection meta-evaluation, 2008
UNICEF, Thematic Report: Child Protection from Violence, Exploitation and Abuse, 2010
UNICEF, Progress for children: a report card on child protection, 2009
Wulczyn F, Daro D, Fluke J, Feldman S, Glodek C, Lifanda K, Adapting a systems approach to child protection: key concepts and considerations, UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children, 2010
UNICEF, Child protection system mapping and assessment toolkit, 2010: User's guide [English] [Spanish] [French], Core toolkit [English] [Spanish] [French], Comprehensive toolkit [English] [Spanish] [French]
UNICEF, The dynamics of social change: towards the abandonment of FGM/C in five African countries, IRC Innocenti Insight, 2010
Mike Wessels, What are we learning about protecting children in the community? An interagency review of the evidence on community based child protection mechanisms in humanitarian and development settings, 2010 (Summary)
United Nations Secretary General's study on violence against children, 2006
UNICEF and the United Nations, Report of Graça Machel - Impact of armed conflict on children, 1996
UNICEF and the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict, Graça Machel study ten year strategic review, children and conflict in a changing world, 2009
UNICEF, Core commitments for children in humanitarian action, 2010
Definitions of select child protection terms, 2010
UNICEF, Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse - Thematic report, 2011
UNICEF, State of the World’s Children, Statistical table on birth registration, 2011
Muzzi, Mariana, UNICEF Working Paper: Good Practices in Integrating Birth Registration into Health Systems (2000-2009), UNICEF, 2010
UNICEF, Birth Registration and Armed Conflict, 2007
UNICEF, The 'rights' start to life: a statistical analysis of birth registration, 2005
UNICEF Childinfo webpage on birth registration: statistical table and graphs
Child friendly spaces
Global protection cluster, Global education cluster, INEE, IASC, Guidelines for child friendly spaces in emergencies, 2011
UNICEF, A practical guide for developing child friendly spaces
Save the Children, Guidelines on child friendly spaces
Christian Children’s Fund, Starting up child centered spaces in emergencies: A field manual, 2008
Child labour
UCW, Towards the Effective Measurement of Child Domestic Workers: Building estimates using standards household survey instruments, 2010 (Summary)
UCW, Child labour and the global financial crisis: an issues paper, 2009 (Summary)
UCW, Child labour in Bangladesh and India: A preliminary gender-based analysis, 2009 (Summary)
UCW, Child labour as a response to shocks: evidence from Cambodian villages, 2008 (Summary)
UNICEF, Child labour and school attendance: Evidence from MICS and DHS surveys, 2008
UNICEF, Child labour, education and the principle of non-discrimination, 2005
International Labour Organisation, Convention concerning the minimum age for admission to employment, C138, 1973
UNICEF Childinfo webpage on child labour: Statistical table and graphs
UNICEF, State of the world’s children, Statistical table on child marriage, 2011
UNICEF, Early marriage: A harmful traditional practice - A statistical exploration, 2005
UNICEF, Early marriage, Innocenti digest, 2001 [English] [French] [Italian][Spanish]
UNICEF Childinfo webpage on child marriage: graphs and statistical tables
Plan, Save the Children, TRG, UNICEF, World Vision, Policy and programmig resource guide for child protection systems strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2011
Child Frontiers, Research manual: child protection systems mapping and analysis in West and Central Africa phase II, UNICEF 2010
John D. Fluke and Fred Wulczyn, A concept note on child protection systems monitoring and evaluation, UNICEF, 2010
Child recruitment, release and reintegration
N'Djamena Declaration on Ending Recruitment and Use of Children by Armed Forces and Groups, 2010
UNICEF Innocenti Research Center, Handbook on the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2009
UNICEF, Guide to the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2003
Children and Transitional Justice Working Paper Series
The Paris Commitments to Protect Children from Unlawful Recruitment or Use by Armed Forces or Armed Groups [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]
The Paris Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]
Photo Essay: Maoist child soldiers return to civilian life in Nepal
Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons, An analytical review 10 years on from the adoption of the UN Trafficking in Persons Protocol, 2010
ILO, UNICEF, UN.GIFT, Training manual to fight child trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation, 2009
Textbook 1: Understanding child trafficking
Textbook 2: Action against child trafficking at policy and outreach levels
Textbook 3: Matters of process
Exercise book
Facilitator's guide
UNODC, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNICRI, UNIFEM, OHCHR, ILO, IOM, OSCE, OAS, Anti-Slavery, John Hopkins, ECPAT, TdH, International Framework for Action to Implement the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, 2009
UNICEF, Reversing the trend: Child trafficking in East and Southeast Asia, 2009
UNICEF, Risks and Realities of Child Trafficking and Exploitation in Central Asia, 2009
UNICEF, Guidelines on the protection of child victims of trafficking, 2006
UNICEF, Interparliamentary Union, Handbook for Parliamentarians: Combating Child Trafficking, 2005
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons especially Women and children, 2000
Hague Convention, Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980
Children living with disability
WHO and The World Bank, World report on disability, 2011
UNICEF, It’s about ability: Learning guide on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2009 [English] [French] [Spanish]
UNICEF, It’s about ability: An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2008 [English] [French] [Montenegro] [Russian] [Spanish]
UNICEF, Children with disabilities: Ending discrimination and promoting participation, development, and inclusion, 2007
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Promoting the rights of children with disabilities, 2007 [English] [Russian]
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Children and disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and Baltic States, 2005 [English] [Russian]
Family strengthening and children without parental care
Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland at the University of Strathclyde, International Social Service, Oak Foundation, SOS Children’s Villages International and UNICEF, Moving forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the alternative care of children’, 2012
UNICEF, Children in Informal Alternative Care, 2011
UNICEF, At home or in a home, 2011
Relaf, UNICEF, Guía de estándares para el personal de las entidades públicas y privadas que se ocupan de la protección de derechos de niñas, niños y adolescentes, 2011
Relaf, UNICEF, Aplicación de las directrices de las Naciones Unidas sobre modalidades alternativas de cuidado de los niños, 2011
Roby, Jini, Children in informal alternative care, UNICEF, 2011
UNICEF, State of the world’s children statistical table, 2011.
United Nations, Guidelines for the alternative care of children, 2010
Better Care Network,Better Care toolkit, 2010
Better Care Network and UNICEF, Manual for the measurement of indicators for children in formal care, 2009
Hague conference on international private law
Hague Convention, Convention on the international recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance, 2007
Hague Convention, Convention on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition, enforcement and co-operation in respect of parental responsibility and measures for the protection of children, 1996
Hague Convention, Convention on protection of children and co-operation in respect of intercountry adoption, 1993
Hague Convention, Convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction, 1980
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
UNICEF, The dynamics of social change: Towards the abandonment of FGM/C in five african countries, Innocenti insight, 2010 [Français]
UNICEF, Legislative reform to support the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting, 2010
WHO, Global strategy to stop health care providers from performing FGM, 2010 [French]
OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNECA, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO, Eliminating female genital mutilation - An interagency statement, 2008
UNICEF, Long-term evaluation of the Tostan programme in Senegal: Kolda, Thiès and Fatick regions, 2008 [French]
The Donor's working group on female genital mutilation/cutting
UNICEF Childinfo webpage on FGM/C: country profiles and statistical tables
UNICEF, State of the world’s children statistical table, 2011
Gender-based violence
IRC, UNICEF, Caring for child survivors of sexual abuse - Guidelines for health and psychosocial service providers in humanitarian settings, 2012 [French]
UN interagency, Mental health and psychosocial support for conflict-related sexual violence: principles and interventions, 2012 [French]
UN interagency, Mental health and psychosocial support for conflict-related sexual violence: 10 myths, 2012 [French]
UN interagency, Do’s and don’ts in community-based psychosocial programming in regard to sexual violence in conflict-affected settings, 2012 [French]
Gender-based violence information management system
GBV AoR Working Group, Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings, 2010
Inter-agency standing committee gender-based violence guidelines in humanitarian settings
UN action against sexual violence in conflict
UNDP, UNICEF and UN Women, Informal Justice Systems: Charting a course for human-rights based engagement, 2012 [Full report] [Summary]
UNODC and UNICEF, Training website for professionals working with child victims and witnesses of crime
Smith, Terry, Laura Brownlees, Age Assessment Practices: A literature review and annotated bibliography, UNICEF 2011 [English] [French] [Spanish]
Children's Legal Center and UNICEF, Guidance for legislative reform on juvenile justice, 2011
IPJJ, Criteria and evaluation of juvenile justice reform programmes, 2011
UNICEF, Administrative detention of children: a global report, 2011
DPKO and OHCHR, The United Nations rule of law indicators - Implementation guide and project tools, 2011
UNICEF, Toolkit on diversion from judicial proceedings and alternatives to deprivation of liberty
UNODC, UNICEF and the International Bureau for Child Rights, Handbook for professionals and policy makers on justice in matters involving child victims and witnesses of crime, 2009 [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
United Nations, Secretary-General guidance note on the UN approach to justice for children, 2008
UNICEF and UNODC, Manual for the measurement of juvenile justice indicators, 2007 [English] [French] [Spanish]
PRI/ UNICEF, Juvenile Justice Training Manual, 2007 (available in Arabic, English, French and Russian)
UNODC, UNICEF and the International Bureau for Child Rights, Child-friendly version of the UN Guidelines on justice in matters involving child victims and witnesses of crime, 2006 [Arabic] [Chinese] [English] [French] [Russian] [Spanish]
UNODC and UNICEF, Model law on justice in matters involving child victims and witnesses of crime, 2009
Interagency panel on juvenile justice [English] [French] [Spanish]
United Nations rule of law coordination and resource group
Landmines and indiscriminate weapons
United Nations Mine Action Team “Electronic Mine Information Network”
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
International Committee of the Red Cross "Anti-personnel Landmines"
Save the Children, Devastating Impact: Explosive Weapons and Children, 2011
UNICEF, Emergency Mine Risk Education Toolkit, 2008
International Mine Action Standards’ Mine/ERW Risk Education, 2010
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Fact Sheet, 2010
UN Inter-agency Gender and Mine Action Guidelines, March 2010
The Ottawa Treaty - Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, signed December 1997
Convention on Cluster Munitions, signed December 2008
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signed March 2007
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Monitoring and reporting mechanisms of grave child rights violations
UN Security Council Resolution 1882 (2009)
UN Security Council Resolution 1612 (2005)
Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict
Conflict affected countries covered by the MRM
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Psychosocial support and well-being
Inter-Agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programming in Humanitarian Crises, 2011
Inter-agency standing committee on mental health and psychosocial support reference group
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Sexual violence against children
Together for Girls, Sexual Violence Fact Sheet, 2012
Together for Girls, Technical Action Framework, 2011
Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
UNICEF Innocenti Research Center, Sexual abuse and exploitation of children through the Internet and other information and communication technologies, 2010-2011
UNICEF Innocenti Research Center, Child Safety Online: Global challenges and strategies, 2011. Report - Summary
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Together for Girls Initiative to End Sexual Violence
Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
Armed Violence Prevention Programme
Coordination Action on Small Arms
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development
CASA’s International Small Arms Control Standards
World Bank, Violence in the City: Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence, September 2010
Small Arms Survey, 2010
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and World Bank, Crime, Violence, and Development: Trends, Costs, and Policy Options in the Caribbean, March 2007
Department for International Development, United Kingdom (DFID UK), HelpAge International, Hope & Homes for Children, Institute of Development Studies, International Labour Organization, Overseas Development Institute, Save the Children UK, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank, Joint Statement on Child Sensitive Social Protection, 2009
UNICEF Special Issue: Spotlighting the relationship between social welfare services and cash transfers within social protection for children. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care
Unaccompanied and separated children
UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM, Enhancing Cooperation on the Protection of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Youth – A Briefing Paper, 2011
UNICEF, Emergency field handbook: a guide for UNICEF staff, 2005
UNICEF, Unaccompanied and separated children in tsunami-affected countries: UNICEF Guiding Principles, 2005
ICRC, UNHCR, UNICEF, Save the Children UK, and International Rescue Committee, Inter-Agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, 2004
Studies on violence against children
UNICEF. Divison of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, US CDC and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Violence against Children in Kenya: Findings from a 2010 National Survey, 2012
UNICEF, Fourth study on chid abuse in Chile, 2012
UNICEF, Child Safety Online Global challenges and strategies, 2011
UNICEF, US CDC, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Violence against children in Tanzania - Findings from a national survey 2009, 2011
UNICEF, Child disciplinary practices at home, 2010
UNICEF, Plan West Africa, Save the Children Sweden West Africa and ActionAid, Too often in silence – A report on school-based violence, 2010
UNICEF and Religions for Peace, From commitment to action – what religions communities can do to eliminate violence against children, 2010
UNICEF, From invisible to indivisible: promoting and protecting the right of the girl child to be free from violence, 2008
UNICEF, A national study on violence against children and young woman in Swaziland, 2007
Inter-Parliamentary Union and UNICEF, Eliminating violence against children, 2007
United Nations, United Nations Secretary-General's report on violence against children, 2006
Optional protocols to the Convention on the rights of the child
UNICEF, Advocacy brochure for campaign for universal ratification, December 2012
UNICEF, Press release for UN ‘2010 Treaty Event: Towards Universal Participation and Implementation’, September 2010
UNICEF, Press release for commemorative and launch event, May 2010
UNICEF, Handbook on the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2009
UNICEF, Guide to the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2003
Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, 2002
Signature and ratification status of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict and on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (as of December 2012)
The Paris principles and commitments
The Paris Commitments to Protect Children from Unlawful Recruitment or Use by Armed Forces or Armed Groups [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]
The Paris Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups [Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]
UNICEF, Advocacy brochure on the Paris Commitments and Paris Principles on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups, December 2012
Most recent publications
IRC, UNICEF, Caring for child survivors of sexual abuse - Guidelines for health and psychosocial service providers in humanitarian settings, 2012 [French]
Plan, Save the Children, TRG, UNICEF, World Vision, Policy and programmig resource guide for child protection systems strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2011
UNICEF, US CDC, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Violence against children in Tanzania - Findings from a national survey 2009, 2011
