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The
NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of
the Child is a coalition of international non-governmental
organisations, which work together to facilitate
the implementation of the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child. It was originally
formed in 1983 when members of the NGO Group
were actively involved in the drafting of the
Convention.
The NGO Group has a Liaison
Unit that supports participation of the NGOs,
particularly national coalitions, in the reporting
process to the Committee on the Rights of the
Child as well as other activities to ensure
the implementation of the Convention. One important
area is the management of Alternative Reports
that have been submitted to the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (as per Article 45a).
The NGO group has a subgroup
on violence against children. The subgroup has
created the NGO advisory panel, which was formed
to advise on all aspects of the establishment
of the Study, provide the independent expert
and study secretariat with input on the study's
content, process and outcomes, encourage and
facilitate broad and effective NGO involvement
in the study, and help mobilize effective follow-up
to the study. Members were chosen to ensure
regional and gender balance, expertise across
the range of topics to be covered by the study,
and representation of different sectors of NGOs,
including advocacy, operational, and professional
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NGO
Resources
Some information on violence against children
can be found in NGO alternative reports
to the UN Committee on the Rights of the
Child. Presented here are overall tables
by "setting" showing what forms
of violence are or are not being covered
in these reports. Below, in documents
presented by "country", relevant
extracts from these reports have been
selected.
Just because there is no indication of
a certain kind of violence in a setting
or a country does not mean that it does
not exist, it just shows that it is under-reported.
This exercise therefore highlights existing
data and exsiting gaps in reporting and
monitoring.
It is sometimes a challenge to present
such information in isolation, or to draw
the line between general and violence-related
information. Hence, for further reference,
please see the full
reports. Some countries are not covered
because the corresponding alternative
reports are not available electronically
on the CRIN website yet, or because they
do not address violence against children.
The selection, compilation and analysis
of this information was prepared by Autumn
Barr for the NGO Group for the CRC and
the NGO Advisory Panel on the Study on
Violence Against Children.
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Comparative Data
on information available in national
coalition reports to the CRC on violence
against children in Europe and Central
Asia, divided by setting:
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General Information
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| Home and Family |
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School and Education
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State Institutions
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Community
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| Workplace |
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Compilation
of extracts
related to violence against children from
national NGO coalitions reports to the
UN Commitee on the Rights of the Child,
divided by country: |
Albania |
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Tajikistan |
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Andorra |
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Turkmenistan |
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Armenia |
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Uzbekistan |
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Austria |
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Lithuania |
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Azerbaijan |
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Luxembourg |
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Belgium |
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Malta |
- |
| Belarus |
- |
Moldova |
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Bosnia & Herzegovina |
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Monaco |
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| Bulgaria |
- |
Netherlands |
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| Croatia |
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Norway |
- |
| Cyprus |
- |
Poland |
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| Czech Republic |
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Portugal |
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| Denmark |
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Romania |
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| Estonia |
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Russian Federation |
- |
| Finland |
- |
San Marino |
- |
| France |
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Serbia and Montenegro |
- |
| Georgia |
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Slovakia |
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| Germany |
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Slovenia |
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| Greece |
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Spain |
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| Hungary |
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Sweden |
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| Iceland |
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Switzerland |
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| Ireland |
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The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia |
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| Italy |
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| Latvia |
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Turkey |
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| Liechtenstein |
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Ukraine |
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| Kazakhstan |
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United Kingdom |
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| Kyrgyztan |
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Latvia |
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Independent institutions
protecting children's rights
Experience from SCN programme countries
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A good practive experience on
child sexual abuse
Advocacy, network and training. Save the
Children |
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Call for Action
Save the Children |
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Things about physical and humiliating
punishment
Child friendly version |
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| Save the Children advocacy relating
to the UN Study on Violence Against Children |
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| What is the problem (English
and Spanish) |
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Ending physical and humiliating
punishment of children
Making it happen (English and French) |
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