Human Rights Watch. (September, 2001). <i>Easy Targets: Violence Against Children Worldwide.</i> New York, NY: Author. | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children

PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)

Human Rights Watch. (September, 2001). Easy Targets: Violence Against Children Worldwide. New York, NY: Author.

This Human Rights Watch edition looks at violations against children all over the world in state run and independent institutions. It explores the inadequacy of state reaction/action to such violations as those in the workplace, streets, and situations of armed conflict.

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Topics: Armed Conflict, Child Labor, Children with Disabilities, Corporal Punishment (Family, Law Enforcement, School, …), Emotional/ Psychological Abuse, Juvenile Justice (Children in Conflict with the Law), Law (charters, conventions, legislation, policies, …), Sexual Abuse (Rape, Exploitation, Sex Tourism, Trafficking…), Alternative Care Institutions (Foster Homes, Orphanages, CBO/NGO Shelters,…), Insecure & Emergency Settings (Asylum Seekers & Refugees, Internally Displaced Individuals, POST-War, …), Juvenile Justice (Assistance, Rehabilitation & Reintegration), Juvenile Justice (Institutions & Systems), Juvenile Justice (Legal Frameworks & Policies), Street Children (Including Undocumented & Unregistered Children)

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UNICEF. East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (2001). Every Last Child: Fulfilling the Rights of Women and Children in East Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand: Author.
Sylvestre René ASSA’A NGUEFACK, La problématique des violences sexuelles en Afrique : le cas de la Côte d’Ivoire, par le secrétaire exécutif de S.O.S. Violences sexuelles
Academy for Peace and Development Hargeysa, Somaliland. (2002). Women’s Rights in Islam and Somali Culture.UNICEF.
Amnesty International, (2000), Les enfants torturés, victimes souvent ignorées
Berry, L., & Gutherie, T. (2003, November). Rapid Assessment: The situation of Children in South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Child Poverty Programme, Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
Black, M. (March, 2004). Opening Minds, Opening Up Opportunities – Children’s participation in action for working children. United Kingdom: International Save the Children.
Bureau International du Travail ( BIT): Enfance blessée Les enfants dans les conflits armés : une des pires formes du travail des enfants (Convention no 182 de l’OIT)
Cameroon Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (CASPCAN) (2000) Séminaire sous-régional sur la prévention des abus sexuels en milieu scolaire : le rôle des enseignants, des parents et des médias Rapport final et perspectives, d’avenir
Conseil de l’Europe, (2003), Amélioration du sort des enfants abandonnés en institutions
Crick, N., and Grotpeter, J.K. (2002). Relational Aggression, Gender, and Social- Psychological Adjustment. Illinois, USA: EBSCO Publishing.
Defence for Children International/Palestine Section. (2004). Status of Palestinian Children’s Rights: Israel’s violations of the right to life and security and the rights of children deprived of their liberty during the second Intifada. Jerusalem: Defence for Children International/Palestine Section.
Defence for Children International/Palestine Section. (2004). Violations of Palestinian Children’s Rights Stemming from the Israeli Occupation. Jerusalem: Defense for Children International/Palestine Section.
FAWE. (2003) Annual Report- 2003. Nairobi, Kenya: Author.
Hoda Kattan. (-) Child abuse and neglect: Perspective from King Faisal specialist Hospital and Research Centre. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: King Faisal specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
Horizon Project, Population Council. (June, 2000). Peer Education and HIV/AIDS: Education Experience, Future Directions. Washington, D.C.: Author.
Human Rights Watch (Marc 2003), Stolen child: Abduction and Recruitment in Northern Uganda, Vol. 15, No7 (A)
Human Rights Watch, (February 2004), Liberia, : How to fight, How to kill, Child Soldiers in Liberia, Vol. 16 No 2 (A)
Human Rights Watch-( Avril 2003), Togo : Aux frontières de l’esclavage, traite des enfants au Togo, Vol. 15, No.8 (A)
Human Rights Watch. (2001). SECOND CLASS Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel’s Schools. New York, Washington, London, Brussels: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch. (March, 2001). Scared at School: Sexual Violence against Girls in South African Schools. New York: Author.
Krug, E. G., [et al.] (Eds). World Report on Violence and Health: Summary. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2002
Marc Vergara. (2004) Jordan’s police are child-friendly. Amman, Jordan: UNICEF.
Mirsky, Judith. (May, 2003). Beyond Victims and Villains: Addressing Sexual Violence in the Education Sector. London, England: The Panos Institute.
OMCT. (2002). Rights of the Child in Argentina. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
OMCT. (2002). Rights of the Child in Ukraine. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
OMCT. (2003). Rights of the Child in Italy. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
Organisation de l’Unité Africaine (OUA), (2000), Le triste sort des enfants
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Rigby, K (2002) A meta-evaluation of methods and approaches to reducing bullying in pre-schools and in early primary school in Australia, Commonwealth Attorney- General’s Department, Canberra.
Save the Children, Sweden. (June 2002) Children’s Poll: South African Child Rights Survey - Summary Report. Pretoria, South Africa: Save the Children (Sweden), Regional Office of South Africa.
Social Health and Family Affairs Committee. (5 May 2004). Banning of Corporal Punishment of Children in Europe: Draft Report. Strasbourg: Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe. [Draft Agenda also attached]
The Community agency for Social Enquiry (CASE). (March, 2003) A Sector Review of Child Abuse and Exploitation in South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa: Save the Children (Sweden).
The World Bank. (2002) Education and HIV/AIDS– A Window of Hope. Washington, DC: Author.
UNAIDS, Unicef, USAID. (2002) Children on the Brink 2002 – A Joint Report on Orphan Estimates and Program Strategies. Washington, DC: USAID.
UNAIDS. (2003). Follow-up to the 2001 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS: Progress Report on the Global Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, 2003. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
UNAIDS. (February, 2004). Debt-for-AIDS Swaps- A UNAIDS Policy Information Brief. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
UNICEF Ireland. (2004). Growing up Alone –Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dublin, Ireland: Author. [+ CD Rom]
UNICEF, UNAIDS,WHO. (2002). Young People and HIV/AIDS– Opportunity in Crisis. New York, NY: UNICEF.
UNICEF. (November, 2003). Africa’s Orphaned Generation. New York: Author. [2 Copies]
UNICEF. (September, 2003) Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, in Africa
UNICEF. East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office. (December, 2001) Overview of Juvenile Justice in East Asia and the Pacific Region. Bangkok, Thailand: Author.
UNICEF. East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office.(2000). Children in Need of Special Protection: East Asia and the Pacific: A UNICEF Perspective. Bangkok, Thailand: Author.
UNICEF/ IPU. (2004). Child protection– A handbook for Parliamentarians, (no.7). Authors. [3 Copies]
UNICEF Cambodia & UNICEF Lao PDR. East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office. (2003). Children on the Edge: Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in East Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand: Authors.
USAID, & Wellesley Centres for Research on Women and Development and Training Services, Inc. (September, 2003). Unsafe schools: A Literature Review of School- Related Gender-Based Violence in Developing Countries. Washington, D.C.: The Office of Women in Development, USAID.