OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights of the child
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/76
The Commission on Human Rights,
Bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Recalling its resolution 1997/78 of 18 April 1997, as well as all its previous resolutions on this subject,
Recalling also the adoption of the Programme of Action for the Prevention of the Sale of Children,
Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, annexed to its resolution 1992/74 of 5 March 1992, the Programme of
Action for the Elimination of the Exploitation of Child Labour, annexed to its resolution 1993/79 of 10 March
1993, and the Programme of Action for the Prevention of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the
Prostitution of Others (see E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/28/Add.1),
Taking note of General Assembly resolutions 52/98, 52/99, 52/105, 52/106 and 52/107 of 12 December
1997,
Reaffirming the Declaration and Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit for Children in 1990
(A/45/625, annex) and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (A/CONF.157/23), which, inter alia,
states that national and international mechanisms and programmes for the defence and protection of children, in
particular those in especially difficult circumstances, should be strengthened, including through effective
measures to combat exploitation and abuse of children such as female infanticide, harmful child labour, sale of
children and their organs, child prostitution and child pornography as well as other forms of sexual abuse, and
which reaffirms that all human rights and fundamental freedoms are universal,
Expressing its support for the ongoing negotiations on the creation of a permanent international criminal
court, and inviting those involved to be guided by the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child, as appropriate,
Noting the work carried out by:
(a)
The Committee on the Rights of the Child;
(b)
The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography;
(c)
The recently appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the impact of armed
conflict on children to follow up the recommendations presented in the final report of the expert appointed by the
Secretary-General (see A/51/306 and Add.1);
(d)
The working groups on draft optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
relating to the involvement of children in armed conflicts and to the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography, respectively;
(e)
The United Nations Children s Fund;
(f)
Other relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, regional organizations,
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and institutions for the promotion and protection of the
rights of the child, and encouraging the establishment of bodies and institutions, both governmental and nongovernmental, to monitor, carry out or support activities in favour of children,
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