United Nations documents/global reports on violence against children
- FIVE YEARS ON: A global update on violence against children, NGO Advisory Council for Follow-up to the UN Study on Violence against Children
- Annual Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children to the General Assembly (A/66/227, 2 August 2011)
- Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 13 on Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2011
- Annual Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/16/54, 28 February 2011)
- UNICEF, Child Disciplinary Practices at Home – Evidence from a range of low- and middle income countries, 2010
- UNICEF Progress for Children: A Report Card on Child protection (No 8), 2009
- UN Study on Violence Against Children, 2006
- WHO Global Report on Violence and Health, 2002
- Committee on the Rights of the Child, General discussion on Violence Against Children within the family and in schools, 2001
Handbooks, guidelines and conference material on violence against children
- WHO, Violence Prevention: the evidence, 2009
- WHO, VPA 4th Milestone Meeting on Violence Prevention, 2009
- WHO, VPA 3rd Milestone Meeting on Violence Prevention, 2007
- Handbook for parliamentarians to end violence against children, 2007
- Preventing child maltreatment: a guide to taking action and generating evidence, 2006
- Handbook for the documentation of interpersonal violence prevention programmes, 2004
Regional and country-specific documents
- Joint statement from the high level roundtable on the role of regional organizations on the protection of children from violence
- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Statement on Violence Against Children, 2011
- South Asean Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC), Workplan 2010-2015
- Political Declaration adopted at the South American Meeting on the follow-up to the UN Study on violence against Children – Paraguay
- Marrakesch declaration, 4th Arab High level COnference on the Right of the Child, 2010
- Council of Europe - Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2012-2015
- Council of Europe - Policy Guidelines on integrated national strategies for the protection of children from violence, 2009
- European Union (EU) – Towards an EU Strategy on the rights of the child
Resources on evaluation and research methodologies