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Choose To Hug Not Hit
An Oration by the Honourable Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC, Honorary Professorial Fellow,
Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne,
Former Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia,
Patron, Children’s Rights International, to mark, International ‘No Smacking’ Day, Epoch Tasmania, Parliament House, Hobart,
30 April 2007
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The following is a list of papers and reports organised alphabetically by author, title and topic. Click on one of the links below to see more.
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 The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
Report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children
This report, which is based on the in-depth study of Paulo Srgio Pinheiro, independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General pursuant to General-Assembly resolution 57/90 of 2002, provides a global picture of violence against children and proposes recommendations to prevent and respond to this issue. It provides information on the incidence of various types of violence against children within the family, schools, alternative care institutions and detention facilities, places where children work and communities. The Study is accompanied by a book which provides a more detailed account of the Study.
The Study was prepared through a participatory process which included regional, subregional and national consultations, expert thematic meetings and field visits. Many Governments also provided comprehensive responses to a questionnaire transmitted to them by the independent expert in 2004.
The independent expert is grateful for the broad support for his work provided by Governments, regional bodies and intergovernmental bodies, as well as from United Nations entities, civil society organizations and children.
Click here for The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
 State of the World’s Children 2006
UNICEF December 2005
The State of the World's Children 2006: Excluded and Invisible is a sweeping assessment of the world's most vulnerable children, whose rights to a safe and healthy childhood are exceptionally difficult to protect. The report describes in detail how these children - poor, exploited and abused - are being ignored, growing up beyond the reach of development campaigns and often invisible in everything from public debate and legislation to statistics and news stories.
Click here to get a copy of the 2006 report
 Assessment on Children in Conflict with the law/Child Justice
Sandra Egger Chief Researcher
April 2005
RIAP Research
Report to UNICEF: Executive Summary
The research undertaken in the present project was commissioned by UNICEF Cambodia and conducted between March and August 2004. The broad aim of the study was to examine the way in which children in conflict with the law in Cambodia are treated. In general terms it is known that there are serious deficiencies in the laws and in the response of the criminal justice agencies. The rights of children are routinely violated at all stages in the criminal justice process. There is no age of criminal responsibility and no system of juvenile justice in Cambodia. Children are generally detained in adult prisons and, usually, are not separated from the adult prisoners. Whilst the broad features of the problem are known, the available information has not been comprehensively examined and only a few empirical research studies have been conducted. Furthermore, there has been no systematic attempt to assess the availability of population and research data for the development of key juvenile justice indicators. The development of indicators is an essential part of the process of monitoring progress towards child protection goals. The present research sought to address these shortcomings.
Click here for the Full Report of Sandra Egger, RAIAP Research, Assessment on Children in Conflict with the law/Child Justice (PDF Document)
Click here for the Executive Summary of this Report
 Non-government Report on the Implementation of the Convention of the Rights on the Child in Australia to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
DCI-Australia and the National Children's and Youth Law Centre delegation to present the Non-government Report on the Implementation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in Australia to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on 9 June 2005.
Dr Judy Cashmore President of DCI-Australia is going to Geneva with the team which includes some very impressive young people:
- Two young Indigenous researchers - Megan Davis and Jason De Santolo - from Jumbunna Research Unit, University of Technology Sydney;
- Louise Pounder a young volunteer lawyer who worked at the National Children's and Youth Law Centre on the report with Louise Goodchild;
- Thao Nguyen, the former UN Youth Ambassador to the UN in 2004, and currently a 5th year law student.
DCI-Australia prepared and presented the first non-government report to the UN Committee, under the leadership of Helen Bayes, in 1996.
Click here for a PDF copy of the Non-government Report.
Please note this is a large document and may take some time to download (1.4 Megabyte).
 State of the World’s Children 2005
UNICEF December 2004
The State of the World’s Children 2005 focuses on childhood, defined as the state and condition of a child’s life. The Convention of the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, offers a new definition of childhood based on human rights. Yet for hundred of millions of children the promise of childhood that undergirds the Convention already appears broken as poverty, armed conflict and HIV/AIDS threaten their survival and development. The report examines these three key threats in detail, and offers a comprehensive agenda of action to combat them. It concludes by calling on all stakeholders - governments, donors, international agencies, as well as communities, families, business and individuals - to reaffirm and recommit to their moral and legal responsibilities to children.
Click here to get a copy of the 2005 report
 Who’s looking after the Children?
Global Movement of Children
A report on the 2nd year of follow-up to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
Produced by the Convening Committee of the Global Movement for Children in partnership with the NGO Group on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Click Here for PDF copy of Who’s looking after the Children? Report
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