ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence Against Children

ASEAN Member States (AMS) have a policy of zero tolerance for any form of violence against children (VAC). The ultimate goal of this plan is therefore the elimination of all forms of VAC in the AMS.

The elimination of VAC is a challenge in all countries and in every society, race, class and culture. It is a violation of human rights, upheld in the Convention on the Rights of the Child which prescribes that every child has the right to survive, grow and be protected from all forms of violence. All children have the right to be respected for their human dignity, physical and psychological integrity and to equal protection.