Attributes of Article 19

Data is collected and disaggregated by prohibited grounds for discrimination including age, sex, ethnicity, disability, when applicable

Protection from all forms of violence

While in the care of parents, legal guardians or any other person who has the care of the child

All appropriate measures

Effective identification, reporting, investigation and treatment of harm

Structural Indicators

as an indication of commitment to take action, refers to the existence of institutions and policies and laws aligned with the international child rights laws and for the realisation of children’s rights.

1. States has ratified relevant international and multilateral treaties to protect children from all forms of violence including:

1.1 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965

1.2 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2007

1.3 The ILO Convention No. 138 (concerning the minimum age for admission to employment), 1978

1.4 The Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1985

1.5 The ILO Convention No. 182 (concerning the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour), 1999

1.6 The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Palermo Protocol), 2000

1.7 The Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography, 2000

1.8 The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, 2000

2. National and/or subnational child protection laws are established:

2.1 To prohibit all forms of physical punishment of children, by setting (home, school, alternative care settings and day care, penal institutions/in places of detention, and as a sentence for an offence), and to prohibit violence to children in all settings (including at home) and clearly removing traditional legal defences to assaults against children

2.2 To ensure criminal sanctions for child sexual abuse and exploitation and to protect child victims

2.3 To protect children from key risk factors for susceptibility of being subjected to violence

2.4 To enable the adoption of regulations and policies to protect children from violence and ensure an adequate response from duty bearers in all sectors, including health and educational professionals and justice sector institutions

2.5 To allow children to claim their right to protection through accessible child-friendly justice measures

2.6 To require the reporting of all suspected incidents of violence against children to the authorities

2.7 To provide for the child’s safe removal and placement in conformity with the Convention and the Alternative Care Guidelines, if necessary in their best interests

2.8 To provide rehabilitation supports and other measures of redress to children for the harm they have experienced

3. A National Coordinating Framework (NCF) and a National Plan of Action (NPA) exist to keep children safe from all forms of violence across all government services and at every level of administration (national, sub-national and local), including a periodic national review mechanism to assess whether the legal framework aligns with relevant international norms, using the UNODC Model Strategies on Violence against Children Checklist.

4. Child protection services are mandated to address violence to children in all settings, both intra-familial as well as in community or public institutional settings.

5. Existence of national guidelines, protocols or standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the health systems response to child maltreatment and sexual violence against children, consistent with WHO guidelines and human rights standards.

6. National law facilitates the identification of all forms of violence to children within the meaning of the convention and effective investigation and intervention to treat and suppress harm to children.

Process

Indicators

refers generally to efforts made and actions taken, following on from commitment, and thus to specific activities, resources and/or initiatives in pursuit of rights’ realisation.

7. Percentage of female and male children and adolescents who were taught in their classes in the past academic year how to prevent and respond to violence, by sex and grade level (or age). (INSPIRE indicator)

8. Percentage of all child victims of violence, neglect and/or abuse placed in alternative care settings for protection purposes, by length of care status and type of placement.

9. Percentage of all child victims of violence, neglect and/or abuse who are reported as victims in institutional settings, including, schools, prisons, hospitals, group homes and alternative care settings.

10. Percentage of child victims of violence, neglect and/or abuse who gained access to appropriate services, by type of service: educational, medical, psycho-social, or legal.

11. Establishing and adopting codes of conduct for all childcare professionals and State officials, including on rules of conduct for managing violence against children (VAC) incidences.

12. Specific initiatives led and/or supported by government departments for research on VAC involving academic institutes, children, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other key stakeholders during reporting period.

13. Number of social service workers with responsibility for child protection (or child welfare) per 100,000 children, according to type (e.g. governmental or non-governmental). (INSPIRE indicator)

14. Percentage of medical /social workers/police personnel who have received pre- and/or in-service training in identifying violence against children during reporting period.

15. Percentage of parents that received parental education/positive parenting education/ family skills training on VAC. (Art 5 & Art 18)

16. Number and reach of public educational programmes on child rights and VAC. (Art 4)

17. Percentage of child victims of violence, neglect and/or abuse referred to appropriate services, by type of service: educational, medical, psycho-social, or legal.

18. Percentage of received complaints of violence against children investigated or adjudicated by the national child rights institution, Children’s Commissioner, Advocate, Ombudsman, or other mechanism and the proportion responded to effectively by the government in the reporting period.

19. Rate of cases received by confidential helplines or counselling centres for victims of VAC (per 1000 reported cases) during reporting period.

20. Percentage of all identified perpetrators of reported cases of VAC pursued, arrested, adjudicated, convicted or serving sentence in the reporting period.

21. Percentage of formal investigations on VAC incidences of State officials including teachers, school administrations, social workers, law enforcement, and other officials resulting in disciplinary actions or prosecution in the reporting period.

Outcome

Indicators

refers to a measurable resultant change either in the “rights environment” or directly in lives of children.

22. Rate of persons arrested, adjudicated, convicted or serving sentence for crimes against children (per 100,000 child population), by type of offence, in the reporting period.

23. SDG 16.1.3 (Adapted) Percentage of child victims identified by region, age and type of harm including injury, physical abuse, emotional harm, neglect, sexual harm, trafficking or enlistment.

24. SDG 16.2.1 Percentage of girls and boys aged 1-17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month, by sex and age. (INSPIRE indicator)

25. Percentage of female and male adolescents aged 13-17 years who experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months, by sex and age. (INSPIRE indicator)

26. Percentage of children who report having been victims of cyberbullying in the past two months.

27. Percentage of child victims who have used child protective services and whose needs for emotional, psycho-social, physical, and intellectual well-being have been met.

28. Percentage of female and male adolescents aged 13-17 years who report that their parents or guardians understood their problems and worries most of the time or always during the past 30 days, by sex and age. (INSPIRE indicator)

29. Percentage of female and male adolescents who stayed away from school during the past month and past 12 months because they felt unsafe at, or on the way to/from school or online, (by sex and age). (INSPIRE indicator)

30. Percentage of children who feel safe reporting a situation of abuse to a trusted adult

30.1 At home

30.2 In community

30.3 Or at school

31. Percentage of female and male adolescents and adults who are aware of legislation banning key forms of violence against children, such as physical punishment (violent punishment), by sex and age. (INSPIRE indicator)

32. Percentage of children who are able to seek confidential advice and to make representations and complaints about their treatment to an independent body with appropriate powers of investigation and recommendation/power.

33. Percentage of sexual crimes committed against children reported to police.

34. Percentage of female and made adolescents aged 13-17 years who ever disclosed experiences of childhood sexual violence, among those who ever experienced sexual violence, by sex. (INSPIRE indicator)

35. Percentage of female and male adolescents aged 13-17 years who sought institutional or professional help for physical violence in childhood, among those who report experiencing physical violence ever in life, by sex. (INSPIRE indicator)

36. Percentage of prosecution and average sentence for cyberbullying and luring offences by age of offender and gender of victim.