A/HRC/52/61 III. Ending the deprivation of liberty of children 45. The Special Representative, as Chair of the United Nations task force on children deprived of liberty, continues to work closely with Member States, the Non-Governmental Organizations Panel for the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty and other relevant stakeholders to end the deprivation of liberty of children, as mandated by the General Assembly.15 46. Preventing and ending the deprivation of liberty of children are both urgent and possible. As highlighted in the previous reports of the Special Representative to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, there exists a wealth of experience, with Member States adopting child rights-based alternative solutions. There has also been progress on raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility; ensuring child- and gender-sensitive justice; and achieving better use of technology and other innovations to ensure and increase children’s access to justice as core components of the 2030 Agenda implementation process. The Special Representative provides specific advice on ending all forms of deprivation of liberty of children in the context of her country visits and engagement with States around their voluntary national reviews, urging the prioritization of child rights-based alternatives and solutions as well as de-institutionalization. 47. In May 2022, on the occasion of the holding of the International Migration Review Forum, the Task Force worked with Member States to ensure that child rights would be at the core of the outcome declaration. The Progress Declaration of the International Migration Review Forum included specific references to child rights to strengthen the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, including steps to end the immigration detention of children, thereby advancing efforts to protect and respect the best interests of the child. 48. The Task Force submitted a joint pledge during the International Migration Review Forum to support the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, particularly objective 13, on ending the immigration detention of children. Through this pledge, the Task Force commits itself to conducting evidence-based advocacy and mobilizing key stakeholders to end the detention of children in the context of migration; supporting Member States in prohibiting the practice; supporting data collection and the dissemination of promising practices; and amplifying the voices of migrant children in determining their best interests. 49. In November 2022, the Special Representative was invited to become a member of the United Nations Migration Network Working Group on Alternatives to Detention as a result of her role in advocating an end to child immigration detention and mobilizing Member States and key stakeholders for that purpose. In addition, the Office of the Special Representative, together with the Non-Governmental Organizations Panel for the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, co-organized a global forum in Mauritania on justice for children and deprivation of liberty, for the sharing of promising practices and remaining challenges with respect to ending this rights violation. 50. The Special Representative acknowledges the important academic research on the right to health for children deprived of liberty led by a coalition of the University of Melbourne, Harvard University, the University of Oxford and Curtin University, in support of the advocacy of the Task Force. IV. Violence against children in the digital environment A. A wide range of risks 51. It is estimated that one in three Internet users worldwide is under 18 years of age. While the digital environment offers new opportunities for the realization of children’s rights, it also poses risks of the violation or abuse of those rights. The online risks to children can 15 10 See General Assembly resolution 75/185. GE.22-29128