A/66/228
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography
Summary
The present report is being submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution
65/197. It describes the activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography in the discharge of her mandate
since her last report to the Assembly.
The report is intended to be used as a working tool for effectively
implementing the recommendations formulated since the beginning of the mandate
by providing the guiding principles and essential components of a comprehensive
rights-based child protection systems aimed at preventing and combating the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Contents
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Working methods and activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Working methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Building rights-based and comprehensive national child protection systems to prevent and
combat the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Rights-based child protection systems: general principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Rights-based child protection systems: components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conclusions: implementation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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