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Children’s Rights International Papers and ReportsThe 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. See also: CRI’s Online Journal The full text of the papers and reports listed in this section are provided as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. To view they you will need a copy of Acrobat Reader, which you can get free from the Adobe website. What’s New The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against ChildrenReport of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against childrenThis 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 2006UNICEF December 2005The 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 JusticeSandra Egger Chief Researcher 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. 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 ChildDCI-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: 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. Who’s looking after the Children?
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