A/HRC/25/35 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 December 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Access to justice for children Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 22/32 of the Human Rights Council. It addresses the definition of access to justice for children and its relation to other concepts, such as child-sensitive justice and juvenile justice, and discusses the legal framework and challenges for children in accessing justice. The main part of the report provides an overview of standards and good practices in relation to some particularly important aspects of access to justice for children. GE.13-18980 *1318980*