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Documents submitted for the Day of General Discussion (22 September 2000) on "State Violence against Children"

At its twenty-third session, in January 2000, the Committee on the Rights of the Child decided to devote two annual days of general discussion (in September 2000 and September 2001) to the theme of "Violence Against Children". As for previous thematic discussions, the Committee invited representatives of United Nations organs, bodies and specialized agencies, as well as other competent bodies, including non-governmental organizations, research and academic organizations and individual experts, to contribute to the discussion. Several organizations and individual experts submitted contributions and other relevant documents on this theme.

Here you will find a list of these contributions by "other competent bodies" in PDF format. For further information or other enquiries please contact the Committee on the Rights of the Child - Secretariat, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations - CH-1211 Genève 10 - Switzerland, Phone +41 22 917 9235 or 917 9000, Fax +41 22 917 9022, or email crc@ohchr.org. This report is adapted from Annex VII, List of submitted documents for the Day of General Discussion (22 September 2000) on "State Violence against Children", in "Report of the twenty-fifth session," CRC/C/100. The report and general recommendations, as well as introduction, agenda, suggested guide, can be read in full on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

 

  1. Penal Reform International, “10 Point Plan for Juvenile Justice” (4 pp).
  2. Children’s Human Rights Centre of Albania, “A Report on the Situation of Children in Albanian Police Stations and Pre-trial Detention Centres” (30 pp).
  3. Consortium for Street Children UK, “Calling for a Special Rapporteur on Street Children” (11 pp).
  4. Coordination des ONG pour les droits de l’enfant en Belgique francophone, “La violence d’Etat sur les enfants” (3 pp).
  5. Human Rights Watch Children’s Rights Division, “Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child for its Day of General Discussion on State Violence Against Children” (23 pp).
  6. Casa Alianza/Covenant House Latin America, “Presentation to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for the Day of General Discussion ‘State Violence Against Children’” (23 pp).
  7. Yugoslav Child Rights Center, “State Violence Against Children” (6 pp).
  8. Russian NGOs, “Russia:  State Violence Against Children” (7 pp).
  9. Organisation mondiale contre la torture, “Recommendations and Suggestions of OMCT” (6 pp).
  10. NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, “State Violence Against Children.  A Written Statement from the Sub-Group on Refugee Children and Children in Armed Conflict” (2 pp).
  11. Save the Children Sweden, “A written contribution to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Day of General Discussion on State violence against children” (3 pp).
  12. Save the Children Office for South and Central Asia and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, “State Violence Against Children:  South Asian Perspective” (21 pp).
  13. Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children, “State Violence Against Children and Youth:  The case of sexual violence:  Reflections for discussion purposes” (3 pp).
  14. International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates, “Mineurs en détention préventive : trop souvent une forme de violence étatique?” (2 pp).
  15. Mouvement international ATD quart monde, “ Contribution pour la journée thématique du 22 septembre 2000 sur la violence de l’Etat contre les enfants” (6 pp).
  16. David Crimmens and John Pitts, “An outline of the major themes in Positive Residential Practice:  Learning the Lessons of the 1990s” (13 pp).
  17. Amb. Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden) and Peter Newell (EPOCH-Worldwide), “Corporal Punishment - Legalised Violence to Children:  An Issue of Fundamental Importance to the Status of the Child and to Prevention of All Forms of Violence” (4 pp).
  18. Children Tomorrow, “Violence sur les enfants” (1 p).
  19. Prof. George Kent, “Structural Violence against Children” (18 pp).
  20. Defence for Children International, “Mobilising to Stop State Violence Against Children and Adolescents” (11 pp).
  21. International Narcotics Control Board, “State Violence Against Children:  article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Drugs and Vulnerable Children”.*
  22. UNICEF, “Maltreatment, Abuse and Neglect of Children in the Care of the State:  Issues and Responses”.*
  23. UNICEF, “State Violence Against Children: UN Human Rights Mechanisms”.*
  24. Geraldine Van Bueren, “Opening Pandora’s Box - Protecting Children Against Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment”.*
  25. Amnesty International, calling attention to relevant reports (or sections thereof), including:  “Brazil:  A Waste of Lives”, “Honduras:  Human Rights Violations against Children - Update”, “Sri Lanka:  Torture in Custody”, “Pakistan:  Juveniles Sentenced to Death”, “Children in South Asia:  Securing their Rights”, and “United States of America, Rights for All:  Betraying the Young”.