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Child rights and governance roundtable- Summary Conclusions
Co-hosted by UNICEF, Save the Children and the OECD, the Roundtable on Child Rights and Governance held on 26-27 April 2011 in London aimed to reflect on the linkages between these two areas, and initiate a dialogue between actors from the governance sect
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Child Trafficking in the Nordic Countries: Rethinking strategies and national responses
The study was initiated with twin aims: improving understanding of child trafficking and responses in the region; and contributing to the international discourse on child trafficking by examining the linkages between anti-trafficking responses and child p
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The breadth of child poverty in Europe: an investigation into overlap and accumulation of deprivations
Recent years have witnessed widespread acknowledgement in both academic and policy circles that children deserve a special focus in poverty measurement. It is now generally accepted that children have different basic needs from adults and are harder hit,
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Child safety online: Global challenges and strategies
Innocenti's new report, prepared in partnership with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) in the UK, discusses the nature and scale of sexual abuse and exploitation of children online. The report pinpoints key areas that are essentia
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A study on violence against girls. Report on the international girl child conference, The Hague, the Netherlands
This publication was jointly developed by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and the Government of the Netherlands.It includes a background document prepared by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC), and summarizes the discussions and outcomes of t
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Children and Truth Commissions
Children are often brutally targeted in modern warfare. Accountability mechanisms have begun to focus on crimes committed against children during armed conflict and to involve children proactively, including through testimony that bears witness to their e
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The role of civil society implementing the general measures of the convention on the rights of the child
This paper examines the role of civil society in the process of implementing the general measures of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, as defined in article 4 of the Convention and its General Comment No.5 (2003). While it is established in inter
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The children left behind. A league table of inequality in child well-being in the world's rich countries. Report Card No. 9
The report argues that children deserve the best possible start, that early experience can cast a long shadow, and that children are not to be held responsible for the circumstances into which they are born. In this sense the metric used- the degree of bo
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The dynamics of social change. Towards the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting in five African countries
This Innocenti Insight examines the social dynamics of the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in five countries- Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and the Sudan- and seeks to inform policies and programmes aimed at ending the practice.
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Transitional justice and the situation of children in Colombia and Peru
This working paper provides an overview of the transitional process in Colombia and Peru, focusing on the situation of children. The adoption of judicial and administrative measures to deal with human rights violations from the past (Peru) and the present
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Legal Frameworks for Combating Sexual Exploitation of Children
Respect for human dignity is the foundation of human rights. Sexual exploitation of children is a gross violation of their right to respect for their human dignity and physical and mental integrity. Fulfilment of States’ human rights obligations under int
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Children's and Adolescents' Participation and Protection From Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
This paper presents an overview of government commitments to strengthen participation by children and adolescents to protect them from sexual abuse and exploitation. It also considers concrete recommendations for strengthening young people’s involvement i