Independent Expert Activities September 2006 | The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children

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)

Independent Expert Activities September 2006

25-28

2nd Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva

The independent expert made an oral presentation at the second session of the Human Rights Council, 28 September. In his presentation he highlighted some recommendations of the UN Study on Violence against Children. Click here to read the statement. On 25 September, the expert, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and representatives from WHO and the NGO advisory panel for the Study participated in a side event on the necessary steps to ensure strong follow up to the UN Study.