The Council of Europe remains committed to combatting all forms of violence against children through its standard setting, capacity building and awareness raising activities, including through the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021) and its contribution to the United Nations Agenda 2030 related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in particular its Target 16.2 to end all forms of violence against children.

A number of initiatives and actions have been developed by international organisations to achieve target 16.2 of the UN SDG Agenda 2030 to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.

Learn more about the specific activities on preventing violence against children conducted by the following organisations and initiatives: 

Council of Europe 

Most, if not all, of the Council of Europe’s activities are relevant and contribute to the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Note on “Ending all forms of violence against children by 2030”
• Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021)
• Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child (CDENF)
• Expert Group on Responses to Violence Against Children (CAHENF-VAC)
• Lanzarote Convention
• Committee of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (“Lanzarote Committee”)

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United Nations

The United Nations is the main body driving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) process at a global level.

• Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
• Progress of sustainable development goal 16

The UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on Violence against Children

• High Time to End Violence against Children initiative

Unicef

• United Nations World Report on Violence against Children
• END violence campaign
• A familiar face: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents

World Health Organization

• Violence and injury prevention
• INSPIRE: Seven strategies for Ending Violence Against Children

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Regular reporting by states parties on their implementation of the UNCRC

International initiatives 

Different international initiatives are addressing the issue of violence against children in a transversal manner.

• Global Partnership to end violence against children
• WePROTECT Global Alliance to End Child Sexual Exploitation Online
• WePROTECT Model National Response Guidance Document
• Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment against Children