National Rapporteur presents First Report on Child Pornography to United Nations

The National Rapporteur will present her First Report on Child Pornography to the United Nations (UN) on 6 June 2012. Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children, Ms. Marta Santos Pais will receive the report at the UNICEF headquarters in New York, in the presence of Mr. Christian Salazar, Deputy Director Programme Division of UNICEF and Ms. Susan Bissell, UNICEF Associate Director, Chief Child Protection.

Appointed by the Secretary General in follow up to the UN Study on Violence against Children, Ms. Santos Pais is an independent global advocate for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children. The mandate of the SRSG on Violence against Children is anchored in human rights standards, and promotes the universal ratification and effective implementation of core international human rights conventions.