Abstract

In early 2003, the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked the Brazilian human rights expert Paulo Sergio Pinheiro to lead a study into the violence perpetrated against the world's children. During the next 3 years, he worked to expose the scope of violence against children and its impact on their lives. Pinheiro's report made unhappy reading. Violence against children was widespread, he found: about 53 000 children died in 2002 as a result of homicide, while 150 million girls and 73 mill ...

Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call