PHOTO: NIGERIA: In 1997 in Nigeria, three boys who used to live on the streets sit together holding mugs at a remand home for young offenders or abandoned children in Lagos, the country’s commercial capital. Some 10,000 children live on the city’s streets. From broken homes or extremely poor families, they often cannot find steady jobs and are at high risk of turning to drugs or becoming involved in crimes or other violence. (UNICEF/ HQ97-1159/Giacomo Pirozzi)
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Panel discussion and launch of the World Report on Violence against Children, Geneva

Prof. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro giving the book, The World Report on Violence against Children, to Ambassador de Alba, Mexico, President of the Human Rights Council. Sitting: Amaya Gillespie, Director Study Secretariat, Anders Nordström, Acting Director General WHO. Photo: Pierre Virot. (JPEG) On 20 November, the World Report on Violence against Children was launched in Geneva on the occasion of Universal Children’s Day and the 15th anniversary of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Prior to the presentation of the World Report, a panel discussion took place which focused on the follow-up to the Study. The event was organized by WHO, UNICEF, OHCHR and the Independent Expert for the UN Study on Violence Against Children. The World Report on Violence against Children is the more detailed publication which accompanies the official report of the Independent Expert to the General Assembly that was presented in New York on 11 October.

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To read the summaries of follow up activities to the Study by the UN agencies, please click here.


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