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)
Background documents

This page contains some of the key documents related to the Study

Committee on the Rights of the Child:

-  Letter of Request of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Resolutions:

-  General Assembly Resolution 57/190
-  General Assembly Resolution 56/138
-  Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2002/92
-  Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2003/86
-  General Assembly Resolution 2006

The Independent Expert:

-  Study Concept paper
-  Biography of Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

The Study Report:

-  How the Study Report will be prepared
-  Updated Report Production time line
-  Study Outline

Reports and related statements:

-  Progress report to the General Assembly 2005
-  Progress report to the Commission on Human Rights 2004
-  Progress report to the Commission on Human Rights 2005
-  Statement to the Commission on Human Rights 2004
-  Statement to the General Assembly 2004
-  Statement to the General Assembly 2005
-  Statement to the Human Right Council 21 June 2006
-  Report to the General Assembly 2006
-  Statement to the General Assembly 2006

Government questionnaire:

-  Click below to see the questionnaire on the Violence Study which was sent to governments:

Language
English
French
Arabic
Russian
Spanish

-  List of responses to government questionnaires
-  See also the OHCHR web-site for more details on responses from governments to the questionnaires

Documents of the nine Regional consultations:

-  To see and download documents related to the nine regional consultations, click here.
-  To see the summary reports of the regional consultations, click here.

Public submissions:

-  Overview of public submissions received by the Violence Study