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Training Teachers to Prevent Violence Against Children: The First Line Against Family Violence

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Within the framework laid down by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for the respect and fulfilment of children’s right to be free from all forms of violence, this chapter focuses on the role of teachers and educators in promoting and defending children from violence. Firstly, this chapter discusses the international strategies underpinning the battle against violence towards children as a necessary prerequisite to defining the key part to be played by teachers. Subsequently, the chapter focuses on the specific role of schools in promoting children’s rights and preventing violence against children. Finally, the chapter looks at the specific training required by teachers if they are to effectively contribute to the battle against violence.

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Notes

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    Available at: http://srsg.violenceagainstchildren.org/sites/default/files/documents/a_61_299_un_study_on_violence_against_children.pdf (last accessed: 26 May 2016).

  2. 2.

    See: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/CRCIndex.aspx (last accessed: 26 November 2016).

  3. 3.

    Main source: https://www.unicef.org/specialsession/wffc/ (last accessed: November 2016).

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    See: Pinheiro, Independent Expert for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against children, 2006. Available at: http://www.unviolencestudy.org (last accessed: November 2016).

  5. 5.

    This office was created to supplement other key existing figures, such as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and of course, the Committee on the rights of the child itself. For further information, see: http://srsg.violenceagainstchildren.org (last accessed: 26 November 2016).

  6. 6.

    Full text available at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/CRC.C.GC.13_en.pdf (last accessed: 26 November 2016).

  7. 7.

    Source: www.end-violence.org (last accessed: December 2016).

  8. 8.

    Cyberbullying Research Center, http://cyberbullying.us/about-us/ (last accessed: 26 November 2016).

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    Elisabetta Biffi

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Biffi, E. (2018). Training Teachers to Prevent Violence Against Children: The First Line Against Family Violence. In: Trimmer, K., Dixon, R., S. Findlay, Y. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Education Law for Schools. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77751-1_25

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