Independent Expert Activities November 2004 | 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 November 2004

18-20

Field Visit, Guatemala

The Expert visited the Central American region to learn about the problems of youth violence there, where he met adolescents and various government and civil society representatives. He visited the region in his joint capacity as Independent Expert for the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children, and of Rapporteur on Child Rights at the Inter- American Commission on Human Rights.

15-17

Field Visit, El Salvador

The Expert visited the Central American region to learn about the problems of youth violence there, where he met adolescents and various government and civil society representatives. He visited the region in his joint capacity as Independent Expert for the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children, and of Rapporteur on Child Rights at the Inter- American Commission on Human Rights.