Independent Expert Activities January 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 January 2006

24	Conference at Georgetown University, Washington DC

On 24th January, the Independent Expert, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, participated as a guest speaker in the conference “After Roper v. Simmons: The Role of International Human Rights Standards in Administering Juvenile Justice in the United States”. The conference took place at Georgetown University and was promoted by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, the National Juvenile Defender Center and the Georgetown University Law Center. Pinheiro spoke about international instruments and mechanisms of human rights protection and the global challenges of juvenile justice.