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Children as witnesses
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Child soldiers. The shadow of their existence
This report outlines the known problems of child soldiers and the different forms of recruiting. The report zooms in on the Colombia situation and the motives with which Colombian children join these armed groups. Finally there's a list of actions that ca
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The right of children to be heard: Children's right to have their views taken into account and to participate in legal and administrative proceedings
This paper addresses the right of children to be heard in any judicial or administrative proceeding affecting them. It introduces the subject based on examples from the laws and practices of 52 countries around the world. This paper is addressed primarily
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Handbook for Professionals and Policymakers on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime
In its resolution 2005/20 of 22 July 2005, the Economic and Social Council adopted the Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime. The Guidelines form part of the body of United Nations standards and norms in crime pre
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United Nations Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime: Child friendly version
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime created these child-friendly guidelines along with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). They were developed to help make sure that children who have been harmed by crime and children who have seen other
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Child sexual abuse- child survivors, mothers, and perpetrators tell their stories
This book is for people who want to understand child sexual abuse in new ways. A main feature are the stories that survivors, perpetrators, and mothers of child survivors tell. Through these stories, the book answers many questions about child sexual abus
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Save the Children (UK) Statement & Recommendations for Protection from Gender-Based Violence (GBV) during Armed Conflict
This is a set of recommendations addressed to agencies, donors, United Nations programmes and Member States.
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The Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution & Child Pornography
This report, submitted by Bangladesh National Women Lawyers’ Association (BNWLA), provides supplementary information on Bangladesh's initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornog
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"Hur många vuxna tror på en unge egentligen???"
A survey conducted among 1761 adolescents on the Swedish social networking website for teenagers 'Lunarstorm' to find out whether they had been exposed to violence at home during childhood, revealed that 15% of the young people questioned had been beaten
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Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking
These guidelines are based on international human rights instruments and look at the protection of trafficked children from their identification up to their recovery and integration. The aim of these guidelines is to assist governments and State actors, i
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BSAF’S Alternative Report on the implementation of UNCRC in Bangladesh in1996-2000
The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) was one of the first countries to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). As a follow-up, the GoB submitted the first report on the situation of children in Bangladesh in the yea
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CRC Country Briefing- Pre-sessional working group 40th session, 6-10 June 2005. Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child presented by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. The coalition works to end the recruitment and use of boys and girls a
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Anmälningarna som försvann – en kartläggning av hur polis och socialtjänst uppmärksammar barn som lever med våld i familjen
This is the follow-up of a survey conducted by Save the Children Sweden in 1996 on joint police and social services work in cases involving children witnessing family violence. This report shows that there still are gaps to be found in the routines of loc