The report states that violence against children is unacceptable and that the world cannot be silent over the abuse of children that has been going on for several decades.

The report stresses on priority to the security of children.

The UN report unfolds violence unleashed on children physically, sexually and psychologically.

This report refers to violence on children at homes in societies and in institutions at different stages of their lives.

The report reveals that 14% of the children are forcibly subjected to sexual abuse and that the victims later suffer mentally too. 80% to 93% of the children undergo physical torture at homes.

For the girls who are compelled to get married before the age of 18, homes are torture camps.

In twenty five developed countries, 36% of the women and the 29% of the men had been sexually abused in their childhood.

1.2 million Children are abducted every year. It is a pity that a large number of the incidents of violence against children are found to be acceptable by the society and considered to be legitimate.

The report creates an awareness of the violence against children and states that this is a big challenge in today’s world.

The report recommends that a special UN envoy should be appointed to take appropriate measures globally to arrest violence on children.

It also recommends that commissioners must be appointed at the national level.

It must be stressed that violence against children is a violation of human rights.

An English translation of the Editorial in Thinakkural, a Tamil daily, based in Colombo.

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