06.03.12 The final report
of the High-Level Expert meeting on “Tackling violence in Schools” will be
presented today in Geneva, during a side event at the Human Rights Council.
The report has been jointly prepared by the Council of Europe, the Office of
the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against
Children and the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social
Inclusion and it bases on the recommendations and conclusions on the
High-Level Expert meeting “Tackling violence in schools” that was held in
Oslo on the 27-28 June 2011.
For the Council of Europe the joint meeting in Oslo served as an expert
platform to define what further role the Council of Europe could play in
addressing violence in schools via Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights
of the Child (2012-2015) that was recently adopted by the Committee of
Ministers.
The report will be presented in Geneva, at the panel discussion entitled
“Protecting children from violence in school – Bridging the gap between
standards and practice” organized within the framework of the debate on the
Rights of the Child in the Human Rights Council, by the Office of the
Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against
Children, with the support of the Government of Norway and in cooperation
with the Council of Europe, Plan International and Child Helpline
International.
Read
the Jointly prepared report on “Tacking violence in Schools”
Read
the Programme of the side event “Protecting children from violence in
school – Bridging the gap between standards and practice”
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