The 2017 Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict Report reveals an alarming increase in grave violations against children—21,000 verified occurences in the last year alone (compared to 15,500 in 2016). Children in conflict areas in the Central Af

Today's conflicts are increasingly complex and long-lasting. By 2030, it is estimated that over half of the worlds poor people will be living countries affected by high levels of violence and conflict. The consequences of such widespread violence will be

This is a Multi-Sectoral Framework for Adolescent Girls in Uganda. It outlines the Government of Uganda’s commitments and efforts on investing in adolescence as the second decade of life. It outlines how Government Ministries will coordinate to deliver a

This Multi-Sectoral Communication for Development (C4D) Strategy for Adolescent Girls aims to support the priorities highlighted under the ‘Multi-sectoral Framework for Adolescent Girls, developed under the leadership of Ministry of Gender, Labour and Soc

The Optional Protocol on a Communications Procedure (OPCP) recognizes that children have the right to appeal to an international mechanism specific to them, when national mechanisms fail to address violations effectively. Through this treaty, the internat

The United Nations (UN) has endorsed the strategies of gender mainstreaming and gender balance to achieve the objective of gender equality. The UN Gender Guidelines for Mine Action Programmes are intended to help policymakers and programme personnel incor

This note provides the guiding principles and framework for UN justice for children activities at the national level that apply in all circumstances, including in conflict prevention, crisis, post-crisis, conflict, post-conflict and development contexts.

Pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/13 of 23 July 1996, the present Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System were developed at an expert group meeting held at Vienna from 23 to 25 February 1997 with the financia

The Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (OPSC) requires signing states to prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography. It explains what can be done to halt sexual violence agains

During its 68th plenary meeting, 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency to be known as "the Riyadh Guidelines." The Riyadh Guidelines affirm the importance reducing juvenile deli

Enclosed is the Convention on the Rights of the Child as adopted on November 20th, 1989. The Convention describes the universal rights endowed to a child (defined as a human being under the age of eighteen). The Convention is available in English, Arabic,