SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 114c
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[To be effective, national monitoring mechanisms need to have the following:] A clear human rights mandate to prevent and address any act of torture and other form of violence, as well as to protect the rights of children deprived of liberty, including to good-quality education, adequate physical and mental health and access to due process and to legal safeguards to participate in proceedings;
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children