UN Study on Violence Against Children: Book launch

20/11/2006  | UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children - Secretariat

Event Details:

Type: UN event

Date: 20/11/2006

Contact details:

Email: secretariat@sgsvac.org
Website: www.violencestudy.org

Summary:

Following the launch of the Violence Study to the General Assembly that took place in New York in October, this event will mark the launch of the Book. Events will be attended by representatives of civil society, children and young people, governments and UN agencies.

Link: www.crin.org/violence/unstudy/index.asp

Agenda

3pm: Opening remarks by the Chair Claire Brisset, Former Défenseure des Enfants, France

3.05–3.50pm: UN Study on Violence against Children - What we expect to see next?

• Prof. Paulo Pinheiro, Independent Expert, UN Study on Violence against Children
• Amb. Moushira Khattab, Vice Chair, Committee of the Rights of the Child
• Representative of member States
• Child representatives involved in the Study Process
• NGO representatives, NGO Advisory Panel
• NGO Group Subgroup on Children and Violence

4–5pm: UN Study on Violence against Children - What the UN plans to do next?

Representatives of ILO; OHCHR; UNESCO; UNICEF; UNHCR; UNODC; WHO

5pm: Concluding remarks by the Chair Claire Brisset, Former Défenseure des Enfants, France

5.05pm – 5.30pm Presentation of the “World Report on Violence against Children"

On the occasion of 15th anniversary of the Committee of the Rights of the Child and official launch of the “World Report on Violence against Children” the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organisation, and the Independent Expert, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, invite you to attend the roundtable and debate: “UN Study on Violence against Children What’s next?”.

Date: Monday 20 November 2006
Location: Palais des Nations, Geneva—Room to be confirmed
Please register by 17 November if an access pass to the Palais is needed:
registration@sgsvac.org

Further information

• Draft Resolution of the General Assembly on the Rights of the Child 
• CRIN updates on the launch of the Study in New York in October
• UN Secretary-General Study on Violence Against Children: Report to the General Assembly 
• NGO Statement on the Launch of the Violence Study 
• NGO Recommendations for Action 
• Child Rights at the 61st Session of the General Assembly 
• Children and Young People at the New York launch 
• Information on other regional events taking place around the launch of the Study report
• ILO: Universal Children’s Day - Stop violence against children in the workplace (17 November 2006)
• To keep up to date with news and events related to children and violence, sign up to our special CRINMAIL