A thematic guide for non-governmental organisations reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

In order to help NGOs to include comprehensive information on the incidence of violence in their reports to the Committee, the Working Group has prepared guidelines for NGOs Reporting on Violence against Children: A Thematic Guide for non-governmental organizations reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Guidelines aim to assist NGOs in ensuring that there is adequate discussion on and analysis of violence in the preparation of NGO reports and that the concluding observations of the Committee reflect concerns about violence and represent a tool for follow-up at national level. The Guidelines are a follow-up to the review by the NGO Group Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Abuse of Children of 140 NGO reports submitted to the Committee between 1990 and 2005 in order to highlight what information on violence was available. These guidelines have been published with the support of Save the Children and the African Child Policy Forum