SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 114a
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[To be effective, national monitoring mechanisms need to have the following:] A legal mandate safeguarding their autonomy and independence: either under the administration or as external institutions, monitoring mechanisms must be established by law and enjoy autonomy and functional, organizational and financial independence, including in the appointment of their members and their financial viability. This is fundamental if the monitoring mechanisms are to pursue their mandate without interference, including on the part of penitentiary authorities overseeing the administration of centres of deprivation of liberty;
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children