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Regional Consultation for the UN Study on Violence Against Children - Europe & Central Asia

Violence has no place in children's lives. The millions of children who are victims of violence each year are living (or dead) proof that the world has failed to protect them. Every day, four children under the age of fourteen die from physical violence in the European region. Thousands more are injured, physically, emotionally. This violence has to stop. We need to act now!

A Regional Consultation on Violence Against Children in Europe and Central Asia has been held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-7 July 2005. It contributed to the Study on Violence against Children, which was requested in 2001 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The Consultation was hosted by the Government of Slovenia and supported by the Council of Europe, UNICEF, WHO, OHCHR, and the NGO Advisory Panel. It responded to concerns in the European and Central Asian region about violence against children and helped shape the debate about the issue.

This resource package was designed to provide in-depth information on the issue. You will find key documents such as background papers for the Consultation, Government responses to the UN questionnaire, or resources submitted by all the partners involved in the study (studies, reports, tools, field stories, videos...). It is our responsibility to help prevent violence against children. It is also yours.

New documents

Background papers and Ljubljana presentations

Assesing Children's Participation (word)

The Ljubljana final conclusions

Statements from the contributing agencies

Poster, Full Format

October 14th , 2005

Resource package designed and developed by:
Gaëlle Sévenier
gsevenier@unicef.org

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