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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112b
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] An institutional, coordinated and integrated response should be pursued across relevant sectors, including justice, law enforcement, social welfare, education and health. This effort should be supported by: (i) initiatives to enhance staff capacity in child-sensitive case management; (ii) putting in place an effective system of referral of complaints to appropriate authorities, with obligations to investigate where a child may be at risk, and enabling relevant authorities to intervene to protect children in danger; and (iii) child-sensitive judicial proceedings;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112c
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] National human rights institutions should be established in all countries by 2013 to safeguard children's freedom from violence; they should provide for, inter alia, child-sensitive counselling, reporting and complaint mechanisms; independent monitoring of measures to address violence; and effective remedies and redress, including the possibility of seeking advice and filing complaints before these institutions;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 89
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- While States retain primary responsibility for the protection of children in a natural disaster, fulfilment of these obligations are frequently challenged as a result of absent or incapacitated institutional and legal structures. Despite the many actors and stakeholders providing emergency response services in natural disasters, children continue to face significant risk, both within and without the protection perimeter. The absence of a comprehensive framework for the coordination and allocation of roles and responsibilities of multiple international and local responders frequently leads to confusion, unnecessary duplication of efforts and substantial protection gaps. This is complicated by limitations or overlaps in organizational mandates - many of which do not address the issue of child protection - and a near absence of quantitative and qualitative data that would clarify the extent of risks faced by children in natural disasters.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 101m
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To provide appropriate and sustainable support to child-led organizations and peer initiatives;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Approach, vision and work methods 2014, para. 41
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- The year 2015 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the mandate on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Its continuous renewal underscores the need for the international community to step up efforts to combat the increasing phenomena of sexual abuse and exploitation of children. To properly discharge her functions and ensure the effective implementation of her mandate, stronger support, through the allocation of sufficient means and resources, will be key in the coming years, in particular to ensure appropriate follow-up to her recommendations.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 123
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- [This approach will make it possible to:] better understand and grasp the multidimensional nature of these phenomena and the vulnerabilities of certain groups of children;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (viii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Establish interdisciplinary agencies for the coordination of integrated care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with clear roles and responsibilities in the delivery of support services, and establish independent monitoring and assessment mechanisms to inform, evaluate and guide care, recovery and reintegration programmes;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 84
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- The Special Rapporteur highlights the importance of enhancing corporate social responsibility, particularly with regard to the servicing of demand. Existing guidelines, such as the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism, should be universally followed by members of the private sector and mainstreamed in all their activities and across the supply chain. Compliance with those guidelines should be enforced and monitored.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Approach, vision and work methods 2014, para. 40
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- The Special Rapporteur will strive to ensure coordination and complementarity with relevant special procedures mandates and other United Nations mechanisms and bodies. She will make every effort to mainstream the protection and promotion of children's rights within the special procedures system, and will advocate human rights-based approaches in the work of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes that address child protection issues. She will also seek to enhance cooperation with regional mechanisms on children's rights.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 114
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- When possible, children should be evacuated from their place of residence with adult family members. Separation should be undertaken as a last resort, on a temporary basis, and only where it has been determined that protection and assistance cannot be provided in that location and when evacuation of the entire family is not possible or feasible. Evacuations should be kept to a location as close as possible to the child's home and family and undertaken with the informed and written consent of the parents and in the best interests of the child.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 84
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- Children are among those who are most familiar with information and communication technologies. While new technologies offer a myriad of opportunities for children, they also present new risks and threats. Criminal behaviour facilitated by new technologies includes online child abuse material and online sexual exploitation of children. Moreover, information and communication technologies facilitate new forms of criminal behaviour, such as the live streaming of child abuse and the online solicitation of children.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 98
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- The present study has shown that when harmful practices are socially accepted, protective factors are low and pull factors strong, a child can be sold and exploited in forced labour conditions. Addressing the issue therefore requires comprehensive approaches that take into account the demand factor as well as the specific vulnerabilities of children being sold for the purpose of forced labour, while recognizing children as rights holders, entitled to protection but also to recognition of their agency in function of their evolving capacities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 119
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- Despite many efforts undertaken at different levels by various actors, much remains to be done to prevent scores of children from being sold and sexually exploited, and child abuse materials from being produced, used and disseminated. Each day, more children become the victims of such crimes and have their childhood stolen. There is an urgent need to accelerate the development of effective and sustainable prevention measures.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122a (ii)
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Improve the knowledge and understanding of the complex, multidimensional and evolving aspects of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, through:Analysing the issue of the demand: information on the motivations of offenders and the rationale for reoffending would be essential in order to ensure that preventive measures targeting demand are relevant;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 80
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- The implementation of child protection systems requires a global mapping and assessment to be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and components, with a view to identifying the main issues relating to child protection and examining the scope and capacity of existing child protection laws, policies, strategies and programmes, including informal child protection mechanisms (that rely, for example, on traditional and custom-based authority or community-based organizations).
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 82c
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- [The mapping and assessment will contribute to enabling all actors involved in child protection, including children and communities, to outline a future national policy that complies with children's rights instruments and standards by doing the following:] Establishing a centralized, standardized and reliable information system, thus enabling a better analysis of data and of emerging and long-term trends and information-sharing between relevant entities at the national level;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 86
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- In the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents it was recommended that a comprehensive framework be established by 2013 to harmonize and facilitate coordination and cooperation at the national, regional and international levels among all relevant stakeholders, including child-led organizations, to enable and support concrete actions to prevent and stop the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 108
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- These mechanisms are a core component of the national child protection system, and should be anchored in child-rights laws and policies, supported by integrated services for children, and pursued with initiatives to change social norms, attitudes, behaviours and practices that condone violence. It is critical to address the root causes of tolerance of violence against children, reasons for underreporting, and barriers for accessing available services.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 96d
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- [At the national level] [At the national level] [Specifically in respect of intercountry adoptions:] In dealing with States not parties to the 1993 Hague Convention, receiving countries that are parties to the Convention should apply as far as practicable the standards and safeguards of the Convention, prevent their nationals and agencies from creating a situation where illegal adoptions are bound to occur and assist authorities in States not parties to the Convention in stemming the flow;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 99
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- [At the international level] The Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women should request States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to provide information about concerns related to illegal adoptions and international commercial surrogacy arrangements, notably in preparation for the Committee's consideration of periodic reports.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 111
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- Where mechanisms do not exist, States should establish by law, and promote and implement safe, child-sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms in compliance with the guiding principles and requirements mentioned above, as a core dimension of a well-functioning and well-resourced national child protection system, which is universally available to and accessible by all children without discrimination of any kind. Such mechanisms should be grounded in a solid legal framework framed by international standards, prohibiting all forms of violence against children, and safeguarding the rights of child victims and witnesses, and should be provided with the necessary financial means and well-trained human resources to act in a timely, ethical, child-sensitive and effective manner.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112d
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] Capacity-building and training initiatives should be developed to ensure that those working with and for children have the necessary knowledge and skills, and abide by child rights principles and ethical standards when providing children with counselling when interviewing or supporting them in reporting and complaint proceedings or in relevant recovery and reintegration programmes. These efforts should promote a collaborative and integrated approach among relevant professionals, including in the medical, legal, social and educational areas. Where not available, mental health systems for children and adolescents should be developed;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112e
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] Awareness-raising efforts should be promoted to inform children and their families about children's rights, and information on effective remedies to address incidents of violence and on available services for assistance and support should be well publicized. Information should be made available on where to benefit from confidential advice, and on how and where to report incidents and lodge complaints. Information and services that are age- and language-appropriate and gender- and disability-sensitive should be put in place to enable access and ensure support to all children without discrimination of any kind;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 101
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- A comprehensive overview is needed to review mandate issues as well as the effective coordination between relevant stakeholders. All organizations and sectoral services should review their delivery processes in emergency situations to ensure that their systems and practices do not, even inadvertently, heighten risks faced by children. They must also ensure that their policy and programmatic activities are in full compliance with the guidelines and standards established by international organizations and inter-agency initiatives in relation to child protection in natural disasters.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 109
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- Efforts should be undertaken to accurately record the basic details of a child's identity, including the name of the child and her/his parents, details of their residence and community, the date of evacuation, and to whom the child was entrusted for care. Each child should receive a copy of his/her file which should stay on their person and should include travel documents. Each child should have a name tag pinned to his/her clothing which also indicates the name of the child's community of origin. When possible, a photograph of the child should be taken and included in the files. Copies of files should be given to parents, national authorities, the organization responsible for evacuation (if necessary) and a neutral monitoring agency, such as the ICRC's Central Tracing Agency.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 95
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- Child participation is critical to the development of any national strategy based on child rights that is designed to prevent the sale and sexual exploitation of children and ensure their protection, recovery and reintegration. Child participation helps to widen the outreach of advocacy and awareness-raising initiatives and empowers children to gain confidence and trust and promote peer education about the harm caused by sale and sexual exploitation. Children's perspectives and experiences contribute to consolidating effective child protection systems and upholding a culture of respect for children's rights. Children's views and recommendations enrich the design of policies and the enactment of legislation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 101d
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To ensure the availability of and access to child-sensitive and appropriate information (in local languages and various formats) that is suitable for children with disabilities and children of diverse ages and at various stages of maturity, including the very young, and to involve children in producing and delivering such material;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 101e
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To establish and maintain a child-friendly and enabling environment that ensures protection and safety, and to design and implement awareness-raising programmes targeting adults (parents, caregivers, professionals and policymakers) with a view to changing social perceptions and promoting child participation in families, schools, institutions, communities and policymaking spaces;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 101f
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To provide active and sustainable support to children, including sufficient resources, qualified and confident staff and efficient training and support, so as to ensure their full participation and understanding;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 101g
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To ensure the enhanced recovery and skill development of victims who are part of the child participation process;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 101h
- Paragraph text
- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To ensure that there are well-trained professionals, whose skills are regularly updated, who are willing and able to support and listen to children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 90
- Paragraph text
- While many efforts have been made at global and national levels to set standards and develop policies and laws in view of preventing and combating child sexual exploitation in travel and tourism, challenges still remain due to: the lack of available data; the legal gaps persisting in many countries and legal disparities between countries; insufficient awareness-raising and training; the weakness of child-sensitive complaint mechanism, care and protection services owing partly to scarce resources and duly trained staff; the weak consideration of children's inputs and participation; the insufficiency of transnational cooperation facilitating the sharing of information and technical expertise; the lack of prosecution of offenders and of extraterritorial jurisdiction; and the lack of cooperation from some business operators.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 94a
- Paragraph text
- [Comprehensive legal frameworks should be established or strengthened to address all forms of children sexual exploitation, including in travel and tourism, encompassing prevention, protection of victims and prosecution of offenders:] National legislation must be harmonized with the ratified instruments and therefore comply with international legal standards. In this process, a standardized legislative framework should be developed to be adopted by all countries, containing common definitions (age of the child, offences and guaranteeing the best interest of the child);
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Child participation 2012, para. 96
- Paragraph text
- To prevent and combat the sale and sexual exploitation of children, child participation activities have increased, with children becoming involved in campaigns and lobbying, advocacy, research, peer-to-peer initiatives, child-led organizations, project design and management, policymaking, decisions, evaluations, information, awareness-raising, use of the media (including the Internet) and conference participation. In addition, several norms and recommendations have been adopted and many guidelines and tools developed to strengthen child participation.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Approach, vision and work methods 2014, para. 38
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- In the present report, her first to the General Assembly, the newly appointed Special Rapporteur has endeavoured to provide an outline of her initial reflections on the mandate and the strategic directions that she plans to take during her three-year tenure.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2014
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (i)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Enable rapid identification of victims and coordinated referral mechanisms as well as child-friendly reporting and complaint mechanisms to report exploitative behaviour online and offline; provide specialized training to personnel involved in the identification process to enhance their knowledge and understanding; identify and refer cases of sexual exploitation; and provide for awareness-raising and outreach to victims and children in vulnerable situations;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (iii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Ensure that child victims have access to safe and secure housing, medical and psychological care, legal assistance, education, vocational training, life skills and socioeconomic support, sports and leisure activities, religion and cultural practices by means of an individualized plan that is adapted to the child's needs, as part of his or her life project;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 97
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- The sale of children for the purpose of forced labour is a multifaceted phenomenon with diverse root causes, risk factors, manifestations and effects. Families may use the sale of children for the purpose of forced labour as a coping strategy for survival. Children, whether sold or entrusted to a third party, may fall into the hands of traffickers, who will in turn sell them for forced labour. They may also end up under the control of criminal organized groups. Demand for products with competitive prices is also a pull factor for the sale of children for forced labour and labour exploitation. In conflict situations, lawlessness and social, economic and institutional breakdown, as well as deliberate conflict strategies, may lead children to be abducted and sold for the purpose of forced labour.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
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- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 79
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- A definitive understanding of offenders still needs to be achieved. The existing profiles, such as the distinction between preferential and situational offenders, remains open to debate. There is also scarce and conflicting information about online offenders and female offenders. Further research is consequently necessary with clear parameters to ensure comprehensive and evidence-based results. The inconclusive results of rehabilitation programmes are also linked to the incomplete knowledge about the different types of offenders. The effectiveness of the programmes will thus be improved once those gaps have been filled.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122h
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Enhance transnational cooperation by establishing a comprehensive and global legal framework, preventing, prohibiting and protecting children from sale and sexual exploitation; sharing and updating information related to child victims and offenders, establishing a global list of offenders and websites displaying child pornography, which would be constantly updated; harmonizing practices and procedures; and sharing expertise and scaling up good practices;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (ix)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Allocate consistent funding and adequate resources to provide continuous, comprehensive, high-quality assistance and ensure the sustainability of support services to child victims in the short, medium and long term;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 122
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- Owing to the multidimensional nature of the sale and sexual exploitation of children and its intersection with a number of connected phenomena, including migration, the expansion of the Internet and related concepts such as various forms of child abuse and exploitation, close cooperation with the other existing human rights mechanisms is crucial, as well as with the private sector, particularly Internet service providers and the telecommunications, tourism and travel industries.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that criminal proceedings against offenders can always be initiated ex officio;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82f
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that national legislation does not criminalize child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation and ensure that children are not placed on sex offender registers;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 135
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- The design and layout of emergency shelters and camps should be thoroughly reviewed and revised to determine and address the potential risks for the security of children. The design of interventions, including for work, food and supply distribution programmes, should be investigated to determine their intended and unintended impacts on the rights of the child, including their possible abandonment while parents seek work.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 138
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- Prior to disasters, organizations responsible for the care and protection of children should collaboratively develop a centralized, coordinated and rational data collection system that can be used to register basic personal information for every child who needs to be evacuated in a natural disaster. All relevant stakeholders, including first responders, should receive training regarding the use of this system.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 105
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- At the national level, significant efforts have been undertaken, both by Governments, which have the leading responsibility for child protection, and by other key stakeholders, including independent human rights institutions for children, civil society and community-based organizations. Yet, these efforts remain fragmented and insufficient to secure children's protection from violence. Urgent steps are needed to establish and strengthen these mechanisms in conformity with relevant international human rights instruments and political commitments undertaken by States in this area. These measures are critical to develop robust child protection systems in which violence is effectively addressed, and children's dignity and fundamental rights are respected.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112f
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] Safety and confidentiality should be safeguarded to protect children and their representatives from any risk of reprisal when complaints are lodged or incidents of violence reported, and to ensure that all actions are carried out in the best interest of the child and with children's involvement and informed consent. Children must be confident that no information will be shared without their consent and their confidentiality will not be breached, unless there is a well-founded belief that doing so would be necessary to protect them or others from serious harm;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112g
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] Access by children and those acting on their behalf to international and regional mechanisms should be supported when domestic legal remedies fail to protect children; the drafting of the new optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the establishment of a communications procedure provides an essential avenue for addressing incidents of violence through safe and child-sensitive proceedings;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112h
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] Data and research should be strengthened to overcome the invisibility of violence and the persistent lack of information on the outcome of violence-related cases and to evaluate the impact of relevant initiatives on the children concerned. Children's views and experience should inform this process;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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Child participation 2012, para. 101i
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To strengthen the involvement of children and young people in child safety online by providing child-sensitive information and peer-to-peer support with regard to reporting new or recurrent threats of exploitation through the Internet;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Child participation 2012, para. 101a
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To establish a legal framework in compliance with international standards: legislation must ensure that children can express their views freely in all matters affecting them, in general terms and in particular settings, such as within the family, education, alternative care, health care, custody and in all judicial and administrative proceedings affecting them;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 101c
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To develop, implement and monitor child participation strategies and mechanisms (see A/66/228);
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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Child participation 2012, para. 103b
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- [Because of the transnational and complex dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, strong cooperation and coordination requires the full participation of all stakeholders, including children and young people, at the regional and international levels. This can be brought about by:] Implementing the recommendation of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents regarding the establishment by 2013 of a comprehensive framework to harmonize and facilitate coordination and cooperation at the national, regional and international levels among all relevant stakeholders, including child-led organizations, to enable and support specific actions to prevent and stop the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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Child participation 2012, para. 103c
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- [Because of the transnational and complex dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, strong cooperation and coordination requires the full participation of all stakeholders, including children and young people, at the regional and international levels. This can be brought about by:] If necessary, extending technical assistance to States by United Nations agencies and human rights mechanisms, with a view to providing support for child participation as a key and cross-cutting component of comprehensive and rights-based child protection systems.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122i
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Establish regular assessments and monitoring in order to systematically and adequately assess the impact of preventive interventions and ensure that measures effectively contribute to reducing the exposure of children to risk and victimization; ensure that logical frameworks for interventions, linking interventions to outcomes and highlighting causalities, are reviewed and assumptions questioned on an ongoing basis. and constantly refine indicators and data collection and analysis and adapt them to new forms of exploitation and abuse.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 95a
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- [Ministries of Tourism or relevant State departments designated to develop tourism and national tourism associations should be encouraged to prioritize and implement child protection initiatives, such as:] Adopting the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism which defines the principles of ethical, sustainable and responsible tourism, and adapting it into a national regulatory framework for the tourism industry, where the Government is responsible for granting licences and control of the tourism industry (transport, agencies and tour operators, hotels, guesthouses, clubs etc.);
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 95b
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- [Ministries of Tourism or relevant State departments designated to develop tourism and national tourism associations should be encouraged to prioritize and implement child protection initiatives, such as:] Make the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism a legal obligation. All concerned businesses in the travel and tourism sector should sign up to the Code and strengthen their efforts for its implementation. The travel and tourism industry must play a key role to prevent CST and reduce demand by informing and sensitizing the target groups, protecting children in tourist destinations and reporting to the competent authorities;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87d
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure easy access to child-sensitive justice complaints and reporting mechanisms;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 121
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- Close cooperation with States and other stakeholders, in particular during and after country visits, is critical to making a difference in children's lives. Constructive dialogue involving all stakeholders has enabled the Special Rapporteur to bring about concrete change through the implementation of recommendations before and after the submission of her reports. Results have included States' ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, reform of legislation, increased compliance with international standards and strengthening of institutions and services.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 80
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- In 2016, it will be 20 years since the first World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children was held in Stockholm. Substantial commitments were made by several stakeholders in the declarations at the end of that Congress and the following two, which were held in Yokohama, Japan, in 2001 and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2008. The Special Rapporteur hopes that the anniversary will be an opportunity to look back at the progress that has been achieved and focus specifically on the pledges that were made in respect to demand in the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (iv)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Empower child victims through child-sensitive procedures and accessible avenues for participation that foster a sense of agency in their care, recovery and reintegration programme, keep them informed and allow them to be consulted on decisions affecting them;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (v)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Whenever possible, involve the family in the care, recovery and reintegration process, providing assistance, including psychosocial support and livelihoods, to the family and adopting a strengths-based approach that builds on the children's and families' own resources;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (vi)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Designate specialized caregivers, establish mandatory training and minimum qualifications for them and develop and monitor minimum standards for organizations providing care and provide adequate support and assistance for caregivers;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (vii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Establish holistic, child-friendly victim support centres that offer high-quality, accessible and integrated services adapted to the specific needs of chid victims, and follow-up procedures and continued support that lead to durable solutions through an individualized case management and assessment process;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 117
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- In order to effectively prevent and combat the sale and sexual exploitation of children in the years ahead, the Special Rapporteur underlines the need to strengthen and develop comprehensive child rights strategies, building on: National comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems; Comprehensive and child rights-centred transnational cooperation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 119g
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Increasing cooperation and harmonization in the work of the United Nations system. During her country visits, despite some excellent support and work undertaken, the Special Rapporteur sometimes observed a lack of coherence and numerous overlaps in the work of United Nations entities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 89a
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community:] To harmonize and facilitate coordination and cooperation among all relevant stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels to support concrete actions to prevent and halt the sexual exploitation of children that tackle demand, among other matters, and ensure that child victims have access to justice and remedy and their right to care, recovery and reintegration;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 79
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- In order to effectively prevent and combat the sale of, trafficking in and exploitation, including sexual exploitation, of children, comprehensive, appropriately structured and resourced child protection systems must be developed under a comprehensive and cohesive plan of action (or integrated into existing development plans); such systems should include targeted legislation, multisectoral policies and programmes that clearly identify the primary actors, their roles and responsibilities, follow-up activities and regular assessment and monitoring activities. National plans of action must be decentralized and developed at the local level.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 106
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- As confirmed by the analysis conducted for the present report, too often, available mechanisms lack a basis in law and have no clear definition of their mandate, role and responsibilities. National plans of action on children, or specifically on violence against children, address these mechanisms in a sporadic manner and lack the necessary resources to ensure their timely and effective intervention. Evaluation of these mechanisms is rare, and so is the assessment of the effectiveness of follow-up measures, or of the impact on children of decisions taken in response to violence.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112i
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] Monitoring and evaluation should be strengthened, including for ensuring respect for high professional and ethical standards, and enhancing the effectiveness and positive impact of those mechanisms. With this aim, confidential exit interviews should allow to collect views and comments of children who have used these mechanisms. Hearing these views and responding to them in the development of mechanisms and services is an essential way to move towards greater child sensitivity.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 97
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- Child participation continues, however, to be used for a wide range of activities (because of a lack of common definition) and is limited in scope (dominated by one-off processes). There is no clear set of commitments and actions for children's rights so that children are properly informed and listened to/heard and can have their views taken into consideration. Consequently, child participation has not been translated into practical approaches that make genuine differences to the lives of many children (in particular younger and disadvantaged children), who remain excluded from public decision-making and disempowered. This in turn further exacerbates the risks of abuse, exploitation and marginalization in society.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 115
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- As she reaches the end of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur recognizes that, despite the significant efforts deployed, the growing magnitude of the risks makes children more vulnerable, raising significant concerns for the years ahead. Efforts need to be constantly strengthened and reassessed in order to ensure appropriate responses. Appropriate responses can only be formulated through genuine political commitment at the highest level. Laws, action plans and strategies are not enough if they are not translated into concrete actions, with adequate funding and capacities to be fully operational.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 85
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- Whilst recognizing that considerable progress has been made in recent years, the Special Rapporteur advocates a holistic approach towards combating effectively the sale and sexual exploitation of children facilitated through new technologies. That involves promoting the design and implementation of comprehensive child protection strategies which encompass adequate legislation, detection and reporting, prosecution of offenders, rehabilitation and reintegration of victims, prevention and protection programmes with the participation of children, active involvement of the business sector and effective international cooperation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 83c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to reinforce the coordinated global response by:] Holding military and peacekeeping troops and personnel accountable in cases of child sexual exploitation by having zero tolerance for such crimes, setting up prompt and thorough investigations, implementing strong penalties for those guilty of such crimes, taking measures such as suspension, repatriation and termination of the deployment and ensuring the follow-up to those procedures. Care, recovery and reintegration measures should also be provided to child victims as part of their right to a remedy.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 97b
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- [At the international level] [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community and international bodies to:] In responding to illegal intercountry adoptions, enhance cooperation among receiving countries, among countries of origin and between receiving countries and countries of origin, within the framework of the 1993 Hague Convention, the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 109
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- Children need to feel empowered, to obtain the required information about their rights to access and to make effective use of these mechanisms; they need to feel reassured that they will be listened to in an ethical, safe and confidential manner, that their testimonies will not be disclosed or misused, and that their protection will not be put at risk. Children's participation in these efforts should be secured, including in the design and development of these mechanisms.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 83b (i)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to reinforce the coordinated global response by:] Strengthening international cooperation as is required by the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in key areas, by: Sharing and updating information related to child victims and offenders to effectively investigate and prosecute perpetrators and criminal networks responsible for the sexual exploitation of children;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 83b (iii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to reinforce the coordinated global response by:] Strengthening international cooperation as is required by the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in key areas, by: Promoting active membership of INTERPOL and partaking in and utilizing effectively the Green Notice system, particularly for the identification of travelling sex offenders;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 86
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- To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the actions listed below.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 101n
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To ensure regular and independent monitoring of the quality, permanence, accountability and follow-up activities of child participation mechanisms, practices and activities: children's participation must be systematized in all monitoring activities and children must have the opportunity to provide feedback on processes and make suggestions for possible improvements, thus ensuring that their views are taken into consideration.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (x)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Promote partnerships and cooperation in the development of programmes, including awareness-raising and education programmes targeted at families, communities and society at large, to change negative attitudes and address stigma and discrimination against child victims, with the involvement of civil society, the private sector, academic institutions and children;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 93
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- In order to effectively prevent and eradicate illegal adoption, States must take measures to address the push and pull factors, as well as the enabling environment, of the current adoption system, in which illegal adoption persists. In respect of intercountry adoptions, countries of origin and receiving countries bear joint responsibility for tackling systemic problems. The current system not only facilitates and encourages illegal adoptions but also accepts measures that foster them. A major factor enabling illegal adoptions is the level of financial advantage that can be obtained from the procurement of children for intercountry adoption. As long as adoption fees and costs are not reasonable and not made transparent and as long as contributions and donations are involved, there will continue to be a substantial incentive for illegal adoptions to take place.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122b
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Ratify all relevant regional and international instruments and establish a comprehensive and strong legal framework, embracing both civil and penal laws that prohibit, prevent and respond to all forms of the sale and sexual exploitation of children; Ensure easy access to child sensitive justice complaints and reporting mechanisms and establish strong and effective mechanisms to fight corruption and impunity;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 82
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- In the present report, the new Special Rapporteur has endeavoured to provide an outline of the strategic directions for her three-year tenure. She will ensure the continuity of the work of her predecessors, and will explore new directions. She will continue to adopt a consultative, participatory, child-centred and holistic approach in the implementation of her mandate, and will strive to ensure coordination and complementarity with relevant special procedures mandates and United Nations mechanisms and bodies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 89
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- The Special Rapporteur highlights the importance of enhancing corporate social responsibility involving Internet service and content providers, telecommunications, financial companies and the media in order to strengthen child safety online. The Special Rapporteur encourages the business sector to develop applications for mobile devices which allow children to report cases of online sexual abuse and exploitation, and to ensure that applications do not facilitate the sexual exploitation of children.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87b
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that national legislation does not criminalize child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Support the creation and maintenance of helplines and hotlines to report child sexual abuse and exploitation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 121
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- In order to remedy the inadequacies observed and to guarantee the effective and efficient protection of all children who are victims or at risk of sale and/or sexual exploitation, new approaches must be adopted that are informed by objective realities and the complexity of these phenomena.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 126
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- [The implementation of such systems relies on the following:] A mechanism for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, taking into account general comment No. 2 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: monitoring of changes in the situation of child rights; and monitoring of actions undertaken and evaluation of their impact;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81g
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Evaluating the availability, accessibility and quality of existing programmes, services and mechanisms and their compliance with standards and norms;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 88
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- The universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and all relevant international and regional instruments is an essential prerequisite for the development of an effective international child protection framework.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 82a
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- [The mapping and assessment will contribute to enabling all actors involved in child protection, including children and communities, to outline a future national policy that complies with children's rights instruments and standards by doing the following:] Identifying and prioritizing actions to build effective child protection systems in compliance with the principles and components outlined above;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 82b
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- [The mapping and assessment will contribute to enabling all actors involved in child protection, including children and communities, to outline a future national policy that complies with children's rights instruments and standards by doing the following:] Establishing effective coordination and accountability mechanisms through the effective regulation and monitoring of child protection standards at all levels;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 110c
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- [Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms should, at a minimum:] Be accessible to all children under the jurisdiction of the State, without discrimination of any kind, while being age appropriate and gender sensitive, and granting special protection to children at risk;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 110g
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- [Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms should, at a minimum:] Provide prompt and speedy response and follow-up, to, inter alia, avoid adverse consequences to those concerned.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 105
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- Consideration should be given to the establishment of accountability mechanisms to ensure that national and international actors take ownership of the issue of child protection and act in compliance with existing guidelines in a natural disaster.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 106
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- As part of rapid child protection needs and capacity assessments, unaccompanied and separated children should be identified, registered and documented within 72 hours of a natural disaster. This should be done in accordance with an accepted means of data collection which ensures ease of sharing and upholds the principle of confidentiality to protect the identity of the child.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 107
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- Personal identity documentation should be provided as soon as possible; a new identity should only be established as a last resort. Where possible, the internationally agreed full registration form (long form) should be used in the initial stage of the report.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 126
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- Early identification and intervention is essential to increasing the chances for reunification. Priority should be given to locating the families of unaccompanied and very young children.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 140
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- It is essential to strengthen the capacity of local communities to protect children, including by making available child protection training workshops, advocating for legislative and policy changes and the identification of 'safe adults' and protection committees.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 141
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- Awareness-raising campaigns should be created to provide children and their families with information regarding the risks related to natural disasters, and the particular risks faced by children. States must also ensure that children and their families are aware of their unconditional entitlement to humanitarian assistance in a natural disaster.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 131
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- States should develop a systematic and comprehensive monitoring and reporting mechanism to provide timely, objective, accurate and reliable information on violations against children. The operation of a child protection system in the context of a natural disaster should be monitored for at least two years following the disaster.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 132
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- Follow-up activities should be undertaken to monitor the impact of family reunification and ensure the well-being and delivery of care to children in alternative care settings. Follow-up should be conducted by local, qualified, child-welfare systems or community structures.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122c
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Ensure that children's births are registered; and ensure that vulnerable children are identified early and that they have an adequate standard of living and free access to health care and health services, education and social security;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118f
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Strong corporate social responsibility among the private sector, Internet service providers, telecommunications, tourism, travel, media and financial institutions;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118g
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Societies in which children and young people are involved in designing solutions and contributing to assessment;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118h
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Reliable and updated information;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118i
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Regular assessment and accountability mechanisms.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 119a
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Ensuring the universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2014
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 83
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- While 2015 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the mandate, its continuous renewal underscores the need for the international community to step up efforts to combat the increasing phenomena of sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Stronger support to the mandate will be essential to ensure appropriate follow-up and effective implementation of the mandate in the coming years.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2015
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88b
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish effective, reliable and integrated information and data collection and analysis systems on different forms of exploitation of children, including sale and trafficking, for sexual and other exploitative purposes, with data disaggregated by age, sex, location and need for special protection;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2015
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To conduct research on the effects of sexual exploitation and related sale and trafficking on girls, boys and transgender child victims as well as on the effects of sexual exploitation facilitated by information and communication technologies to inform specialized care, recovery and reintegration programmes;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
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- 2015
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will:
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2015
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88d (ii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To establish comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, with a gender perspective, through a full range of laws, policies and services that will: Establish centralized databases for case management to ensure that child victims are identified, linked to services and followed up on a long-term basis;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99n
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that children who have been sold for the purpose of forced labour have the ability to be heard and contribute to developing strategies to address the phenomenon in a way that ensures that their rights and needs are taken into account.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2016
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 100d
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to:] Actively participate in and support Alliance 8.7 and the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, both of which aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that children grow up free from violence and exploitation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82g
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure easy access to child-sensitive complaint and reporting mechanisms through comprehensive and adequately resourced child protection systems in order to facilitate the detection, investigation and prosecution of offenders;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82h
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure and strengthen capacity-building and specialist training of relevant professionals, ranging from social services and education professionals to law enforcement personnel and magistrates, to effectively detect, investigate, prosecute and sanction offenders;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 83a
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to reinforce the coordinated global response by:] Reinforcing the comprehensive and global legal framework preventing and criminalizing the sexual exploitation of children with explicit guidance on penalties;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 85
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- There is a need for State intervention when the private sector does not take sufficient measures to ensure that it does not become or remain a facilitator in the demand for the sexual exploitation of children. Measures such as conducting background checks, particularly for employment that involves coming into contact with children, such as childcare workers, should become a mandatory practice.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95f
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- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Adopt adequate regulation on procedures and safeguards in relation to domestic and intercountry adoptions, including in relation to the determination of adoptability, and establish effective and well-resourced mechanisms for overseeing adoption processes, especially with respect to strictly verifying the background of any child who is declared an orphan and his or her documents;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 81
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- In order to eradicate the sexual exploitation of children, it is critical for States and all stakeholders to focus on the demand factor and establish comprehensive strategies to reduce it effectively. The Special Rapporteur recommends the adoption of the following measures.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 126
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- [The implementation of such systems relies on the following:] Ratification of the second Optional Protocol and other relevant international and regional instruments by those countries that have not yet done so;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 122
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- [To that end, there must be a shift away from the juxtaposition of sectoral actions towards the adoption of a child protection strategy aimed at establishing protection systems and based on:] A child rights approach in which children have rights and all other actors who deal with children have obligations (the principle of accountability);
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
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- 2010
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 122
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- [To that end, there must be a shift away from the juxtaposition of sectoral actions towards the adoption of a child protection strategy aimed at establishing protection systems and based on:] A cross-cutting, integrated and coordinated approach as the basis for a genuine chain of protection in which interrelated and complementary actions are undertaken by a series of actors at the local, national and transnational levels;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81m
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Evaluating the effectiveness of mechanisms aimed at promoting the accountability of all children's rights duty bearers.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 99
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- Lead roles and responsibilities should be allocated among responding actors in key areas, in accordance with the mandates of organizations, their expertise and capacities to deal with particular situations and issues.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 100
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- Steps should be taken to ensure that information exchange and coordination mechanisms are established and strengthened before emergencies occur.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 102
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- Protection must be deliberately integrated into the early design and implementation of assistance programmes and extensive attention paid to policy, threats, risks, community assets, practice, capacity building and effective monitoring and reporting.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 103
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- Consideration should be given to the creation of child protection officer posts within humanitarian response teams. All deployable and in-country staff members, including United Nations resident coordinators, should receive comprehensive training on child protection in a natural disaster.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 93
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- Consideration should be given to the establishment of a multi-sectoral and participatory national-level coordinating agency with the capacity to identify priorities, allocate roles and responsibilities and make commitments to contribute resources.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 94
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- When a State lacks the capacity or resources to fulfil its obligations, the international community, including other States, donor organizations, and United Nations agencies should ensure through technical and financial assistance that the rights of the child are protected and upheld.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 137
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- Every child must be registered at birth. States must also ensure that reliable information is collected and recorded regarding all children living in institutions
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 139
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- To further support the development of resilience, attention should be given to developing the capacity of children, including by building resilience and coping mechanisms, as well as skills on remaining safe during a natural disaster, mounting programmes to develop self-esteem and confidence and establishing peer support schemes.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 110
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- Steps should be taken to avoid over-registration, while focusing on the most vulnerable children and urgent cases, such as very young children or children who are unable to identify themselves.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 142
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- Effective policy, programmatic and operational measures to protect children must be built into all phases of natural disaster risk prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 143
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- Data gathered through centralized information systems should be used to develop and strengthen evidence-based information systems that are essential to disaster-risk mitigation and preparedness efforts and to improving child protection systems in natural disasters. Lessons learned should be widely disseminated.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 144
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- International agencies and organizations and other humanitarian actors should ensure that child rights are given primary consideration in the design and implementation of plans of action for the delivery of services during a natural disaster.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 120
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- Prevention of accidental separation should be promoted by governments, donors, staff of national and international agencies, faith-based groups and communities. Families should be encouraged to develop a strategy for reunification in case of separation (such as the identification of a designated meeting point).
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122f
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Involve and empower children and youth, giving them the opportunity to have their views heard and their proposals taken into consideration in the prevention strategies;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122g
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Enhance corporate social responsibility involving Internet service providers, telecommunications, financial companies, the travel and tourism industries and the media in order to strengthen child safety online and to prevent child sexual exploitation in travel and tourism;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 97a
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- [It should be ensured that child-sensitive services are available and regulated by quality standards (implemented by knowledgeable, well-trained staff and with adequate resources) and easily accessible to all children, by strengthening:] Child-sensitive complaints, reporting and counselling mechanisms;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 97b
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- [It should be ensured that child-sensitive services are available and regulated by quality standards (implemented by knowledgeable, well-trained staff and with adequate resources) and easily accessible to all children, by strengthening:] Child-friendly justice providing special and prompt protection and assistance to child victims that is appropriate to prevent further hardship and trauma;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100g
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- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Providing sustainable technical and financial support to developing countries, both in existing and emerging tourist destinations in view to ensure a better prevention and protection of all the children from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 94d
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- [Comprehensive legal frameworks should be established or strengthened to address all forms of children sexual exploitation, including in travel and tourism, encompassing prevention, protection of victims and prosecution of offenders:] Effective mechanisms should be established to fight corruption and impunity.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 119e
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Sharing expertise and scaling up good practices;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 88a
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States:] To adopt and implement clear and comprehensive legislation that criminalizes the sexual exploitation and related sale and trafficking of children, recognizes their legal status as victims to access rights and services for their care, recovery and reintegration and ensures child-friendly judicial proceedings and remedies, including compensation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87e
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure and strengthen capacity-building and specialist training of relevant professionals to identify and address the crimes of sale and sexual exploitation of children facilitated by new technologies, and foster child-sensitive approaches when dealing with child victims;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99d
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that the rights of child victims are fully respected, including when they are forced to engage in illegal activities. They should not be criminalized and have the right to receive comprehensive care, recovery and reintegration services;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99e
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Carry out primary research and collect qualitative and quantitative data to better understand the situation of children sold for the purpose of forced labour and the factors of vulnerability, in order to develop adequate interventions;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99g
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Regulate the role of intermediaries, ensuring that they do not charge fees for job placements and hold them accountable for situations leading to the forced labour of children. Regulation and monitoring mechanisms should also take into account the often informal nature of intermediaries;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 96i
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- [At the national level] [At the national level] [Specifically in respect of intercountry adoptions:] Annual quotas for adoptions by countries and/or agencies should be eliminated and the "reversal in the flow of files" approach should be adopted by refusing to accept any application that has not been initiated in relation to a child identified as requiring adoption abroad;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 126
- Paragraph text
- [The implementation of such systems relies on the following:] A reliable standardized information system: adoption of a rigorous method to gather and process disaggregated data; and intersectoral and transnational exchange of information;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100c
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- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Developing and sharing reliable and standardized databases of cases at regional and international level;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 96f
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- [At the national level] [At the national level] [Specifically in respect of intercountry adoptions:] The provision of development or humanitarian aid must not be linked to an authorization to carry out adoptions;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 126
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- [The implementation of such systems relies on the following:] Corporate social responsibility that is enhanced and extended to various sectors (tourism, travel, transportation, agriculture, financial services, media, Internet and telecommunications): adoption of a code of conduct; support for action on prevention and protection through public-private partnerships;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 126
- Paragraph text
- [The implementation of such systems relies on the following:] An international cooperation framework governing effective and coordinated mobilization of all stakeholders; exchange of information and expertise between police forces and justice systems; development and sharing of practices; harmonization of practices and tools; and ongoing technical and financial support for protection programmes.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81f
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Assessing the capacity of key formal and informal structures (ministries, agencies, partners, communities, child-led initiatives etc.) to develop, administer, effectively implement and monitor their child protection responsibilities;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81e
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Clearly identifying the primary actors and their roles and responsibilities as children's rights duty bearers;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 82d
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- [The mapping and assessment will contribute to enabling all actors involved in child protection, including children and communities, to outline a future national policy that complies with children's rights instruments and standards by doing the following:] Defining the technical, financial and human resources required to implement such child protection systems;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 82e
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- [The mapping and assessment will contribute to enabling all actors involved in child protection, including children and communities, to outline a future national policy that complies with children's rights instruments and standards by doing the following:] Adopting a strategy to mobilize resources in the framework of partnerships with civil society, the private sector, the media and international organizations.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 83a
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- [To ensure effective implementation and ownership by all stakeholders, the following actions should be undertaken:] Mobilization and involvement of all stakeholders, including children and youth, in the whole process (mapping and assessment, elaboration, implementation, follow-up and monitoring);
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 83b
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- [To ensure effective implementation and ownership by all stakeholders, the following actions should be undertaken:] Awareness-raising among the public and private sectors, community leaders, children and non-governmental organizations, and ensuring that relevant issues are included in the public debate through the media.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 84
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- While some States have demonstrated a strong commitment to improving child protection systems, their capacity to act is sometimes hampered by political instability and limited resources. In such cases, it is essential to provide sustainable support through strong and coordinated cooperation at the regional and international levels.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 110b
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- [Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms should, at a minimum:] Be made widely available and well-publicized through appropriate and active means to children and adults, including those acting on children's behalf;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 104
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- Important international and regional human rights standards provide a sound framework for the development of strong, safe and effective counselling, reporting and complaint mechanisms to address incidents of violence against children. As agreed upon at the Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, these mechanisms should be set up in all countries by 2013.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 111
- Paragraph text
- International guidelines regarding the sharing and publication of information must be respected and adequate safeguards should be integrated to protect the identity and privacy of children from possible misuse or exploitation.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 112
- Paragraph text
- Qualified professionals should be in place to early identify actual or potential child victims of sale, prostitution and pornography.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 113
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- Transport and travel of children, both in and out of country, including by State actors, should be limited to reduce the risk of a child being abducted, trafficked or untraceable. When evacuation is deemed necessary, strict procedural steps must be followed to ensure their identification, registration, location and care arrangements.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 115
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- Evacuation should only be undertaken by agencies or individuals as part of a coordinated plan of action. Children should have the opportunity to express their opinion and have it taken into consideration. Contact should be maintained between the child and her/his family and steps should be taken to initiate family reunification at the earliest possible stage.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 116
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- The rights and protection needs of refugee and other displaced children must be carefully assessed and safeguarded before they are returned.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 119
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- Children and their families must be made aware of the existence and availability of child-friendly, independent, timely and effective reporting and complaints mechanisms that should be made available without discrimination in child-friendly spaces. This requires the establishment and effective functioning of a networked referral pathway.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 92
- Paragraph text
- States should demonstrate a strong political commitment in preventing and combating child sex tourism, taking into account that such policies would not be detrimental to the tourism industry, while ensuring the fulfilment of their legal obligations
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 94b
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- [Comprehensive legal frameworks should be established or strengthened to address all forms of children sexual exploitation, including in travel and tourism, encompassing prevention, protection of victims and prosecution of offenders:] Extraterritorial laws must prohibit all forms of child sex tourism and be enforced with sentences reflecting the heinous nature of the crime;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 94c
- Paragraph text
- [Comprehensive legal frameworks should be established or strengthened to address all forms of children sexual exploitation, including in travel and tourism, encompassing prevention, protection of victims and prosecution of offenders:] Legislation should include the abolition of double criminality, the clear naming of the specific offences and the protection of children up to the age of 18;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 98b
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and effective preventive measures should be established:] Child participation aimed at empowering children to protect themselves and others from sexual exploitation at the hands of travelling offenders should be an integral part of any prevention initiative;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 89b
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community:] To provide, through the United Nations and other stakeholders, technical assistance and support to States for the elaboration and implementation of comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes, as part of effective national child protection systems;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 89c
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community:] To promote universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto and all relevant international and regional instruments as an essential prerequisite for the development of an effective international child protection framework;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 89d
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community:] To ensure that the implementation of the sustainable development goals and targets to adopted by the General Assembly, in particular draft goal 5, target 2, and goal 16, target 2, includes the effective realization of recommendations (b) and (c) above.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 123
- Paragraph text
- [This approach will make it possible to:] develop and implement sustainable and context-specific strategies for the prevention of the sale and sexual exploitation of children and for the protection of children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 123
- Paragraph text
- [This approach will make it possible to:] decentralize these strategies by establishing local services that are easily accessible to all children and guarantee them ongoing access to the enjoyment of all their rights.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 124
- Paragraph text
- [The implementation of protection systems is first and foremost a process that is based on:] Full acceptance by all actors of the child-rights-based programming approach and the principles involved;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 87
- Paragraph text
- If necessary, technical assistance could be extended to States by United Nations agencies and United Nations human rights mechanisms, with a view to providing support for the elaboration and implementation of rights-based child protection systems.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 98
- Paragraph text
- In addition, child participation continues to face challenges such as cultural barriers and adult resistance, lack of resources and capacity (given that promoting children's participation requires a wide range of skills and experience) and sustainable support.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 110f
- Paragraph text
- [Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms should, at a minimum:] Ensure the confidentiality of proceedings and respect children's right to privacy;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 78
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- There have been several initiatives to stem the demand for the sexual exploitation of children at both the national and international levels. Existing measures to investigate and prosecute online and offline offenders are gaining pace. The private sector has also gradually understood its potential role as a facilitator and has taken several countermeasures in response. Yet the scourge of child sexual exploitation has not disappeared. This is due to the absence of comprehensive strategies to face the three levels of demand. Firstly, the continuing absence of data prevents the comprehensive mapping of the demand. Secondly, there are still too many individuals and groups at the intermediary level who see child sexual exploitation as a profitable business, despite its illegal nature. Thirdly, the underpinning causes of the demand factor are not systematically addressed and thus foster the perpetuation of child sexual exploitation. Lastly, there is still room to harmonize criminal provisions and penalties to ensure that no offender enjoys impunity. Concurrently, significant gaps remain in the implementation of the legal standards and the sharing of information leading to an inadequate law enforcement response.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 97a
- Paragraph text
- [At the international level] [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community and international bodies to:] Increase technical cooperation to establish and strengthen effective child protection systems in countries of origin;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87i
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Establish a reliable and standard information system on the phenomena;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81h
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Drawing on promising practices, with a view to capitalizing on them and increasing their impact;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81i
- Paragraph text
- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Assessing achievements and challenges relating to the participation and empowerment of children and youths;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 110d
- Paragraph text
- [Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms should, at a minimum:] Be guided by the best interests of the child and informed by children's experience and perspectives;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 110e
- Paragraph text
- [Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms should, at a minimum:] Guarantee the safety of children, through, inter alia, measures to avoid any risk of harm, intimidation, reprisals or revictimization;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 133
- Paragraph text
- Host States must equally ensure that care arrangements of children living within their jurisdiction are regularly monitored and that appropriate services, including reporting mechanisms, are in place, available and known.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 134
- Paragraph text
- All actors should undertake a thorough evaluative review of any actions to determine child protection gaps and recommend remedial steps that might be taken in future emergencies to minimize risks and address vulnerabilities of children.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 95
- Paragraph text
- International organizations and aid agencies should take steps towards ensuring the multi-sectoral integration of child protection as a core element of humanitarian response, data collection, capacity building, coordination and advocacy. It is critical that due diligence be exercised in the recruitment and training of relevant personnel.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 96
- Paragraph text
- Massive investment from the international community and increased funding are significantly needed to ensure the provision of child protection assistance before, during and after a natural disaster, including with a view towards prevention and disaster risk reduction.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 97
- Paragraph text
- It is essential that private actors providing assistance during a natural disaster operate in full compliance with humanitarian crisis standards and guidelines. To this end, there is a need for further elaboration and clarification of the global parameters and standards of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in relation to natural disasters.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 128
- Paragraph text
- National or international adoption should not be permitted until a determination has been made by the State or appropriate authorities regarding the legal eligibility, psychological, medical and social suitability of the child to be adopted.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 130
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- Steps should be taken to trace and stop the flow of financial transactions related to the sale of children, and to train border guards and national police to detect and intercept attempts to remove children from the country without proper identification and documentation.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 99b
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- [To overcome these challenges, child participation has to be considered a core and cross-cutting component of comprehensive and rights-based child protection systems, so as to guarantee the effective protection of every child from sale and sexual exploitation. It requires:] More strategic initiatives on child participation with long-term goals, rather than ad hoc and short-term projects based on the involvement of children;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 99c
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- [To overcome these challenges, child participation has to be considered a core and cross-cutting component of comprehensive and rights-based child protection systems, so as to guarantee the effective protection of every child from sale and sexual exploitation. It requires:] Focus on children as citizens and on the building of resilience;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 102
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- While some States have demonstrated a strong commitment to improving child participation in preventing and combating the sale and sexual exploitation of children, their capacity to act is sometimes hampered by political instability and limited resources. In such cases, it is essential to provide sustainable support through strong and coordinated cooperation at the regional and international levels.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 103a
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- [Because of the transnational and complex dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, strong cooperation and coordination requires the full participation of all stakeholders, including children and young people, at the regional and international levels. This can be brought about by:] Assessing child participation processes, mechanisms and practices and drawing on promising practices with a view to capitalizing on them and increasing their impact;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122a (iii)
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Improve the knowledge and understanding of the complex, multidimensional and evolving aspects of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, through:Establishing a reliable and standard information system and sharing information, with a view to allowing a regular assessment of the evolution of the situation of the vulnerable;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 98g
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and effective preventive measures should be established:] Prevention strategies aimed at potential or registered offenders must be adapted to different behavioural typologies and based on reliable research. The International Child Protection Certificate model, launched by CEOP, should be reproduced throughout the world to prevent registered child sex offenders from accessing work with children abroad.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 99a
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and adapted training (intervention levels) and training of trainers for a common understanding and harmonization of practices should be established:] Students and staff from the travel and tourism industry must be adequately trained and equipped with methodological guides;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 99b
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and adapted training (intervention levels) and training of trainers for a common understanding and harmonization of practices should be established:] Law enforcement officers must be provided with the necessary technical equipment and have the required skills, including how to deal with child sex offenders, evidence collection, use of video testimonies. etc.;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100a
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Sustainable police and judiciary cooperation, including the exchange of information, investigations, prosecution of every case where a person is suspected or accused of having sexually exploited a child in another country;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100d
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Strengthening and expanding the international alert system to inform and communicate information about individuals having committed criminal offenses and likely to reoffend in other countries;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100f
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Supporting multi-stakeholder events which disseminate good practices, strategies and practical actions for the tourism industry on child protection as part of responsible tourism;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 86
- Paragraph text
- Sexual exploitation and related sale and trafficking cause considerable physical, sexual, cognitive, psychological and social harm to child victims. The short-, medium- and long-term effects on their health, education, development and well-being are significant and must be adequately addressed.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive, rights-based and child-centred care, recovery and reintegration programmes 2015, para. 87
- Paragraph text
- Every child victim of sexual exploitation and related sale and trafficking has a right under international law to receive care, recovery and reintegration measures to repair the harm suffered. States have the primary responsibility to take all necessary measures to provide care, recovery and reintegration for child victims.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 119f
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Providing sustainable support to the development and strengthening of child protection systems, especially in low-income countries;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 120
- Paragraph text
- The Special Rapporteur highlights the importance of providing pragmatic, realistic and action-oriented recommendations to be shared with all relevant stakeholders, particularly in the framework of country visits, in order to ensure enhanced ownership of the recommendations and the actions to be undertaken.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 88a
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Establishing a comprehensive and global legal framework preventing, prohibiting and protecting children from sale and sexual exploitation online;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82b
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that legal frameworks specifically address the demand for child sexual exploitation by providing clear guidance on penalties that are commensurate with the gravity of the offence;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82d
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Pay particular attention to the prosecution and conviction of all intermediaries, such as procurers, traffickers and facilitators in the tourism and entertainment industries, as well as financial and technology sector staff, at every level of the supply chain in order to effectively stem the sexual exploitation of children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82e
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that all the proceeds and assets derived from the sexual exploitation of children are effectively seized and confiscated in order to fund care, recovery and reintegration programmes, which should include compensatory measures for the victims;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82k
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Conduct research to map all the levels of the demand factor, namely the immediate, intermediary and underlying levels, in order to provide comprehensive and evidence-based data that will feed into comprehensive strategies to eradicate the sexual exploitation of children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82l
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Conduct research on offenders, with a particular focus on online offenders and female offenders, and on the effectiveness and success of prevention and rehabilitation programmes;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82m
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Involve and empower child victims throughout legal proceedings and in the development of compensation measures as part of comprehensive care, recovery and reintegration programmes;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82n
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Address the underlying causes of the demand factor through comprehensive awareness-raising and education of children, society at large and professionals working with children on gender equality, non-discrimination and the rights of the child.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 94
- Paragraph text
- In addition, countries of origin and receiving countries bear joint responsibility for ensuring the rights to truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence of victims of large-scale illegal adoptions that were tolerated or actively promoted by the State. States must acknowledge their responsibility vis-à-vis illegal adoptions by anticipating strategies and adopting comprehensive measures to ensure accountability and provide redress to victims.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95a
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its three Optional Protocols, as well as the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, and incorporate the 2009 Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children into national legislation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95b
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Adopt clear and comprehensive legislation that prohibits and criminalizes illegal adoption as a separate offence, as well as the sale of and trafficking in children that result in illegal adoptions, with sanctions that reflect the gravity of the crimes;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95d
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Strengthen and invest more in effective national child protection systems, inter alia, by increasing support to vulnerable families, by providing alternative childcare measures in which adoption and in particular intercountry adoption respect the principle of subsidiarity and ensure the best interests of the child and by establishing adequate birth registration mechanisms;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95g
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Take particular care in the use of adoption orders to establish a parent-child relationship in cases of international commercial surrogacy, and ensure that the adoption order is consistent with the child's rights and best interests, in order to avoid the illegal adoption of children born through international commercial surrogacy;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 96j
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- [At the national level] [At the national level] [Specifically in respect of intercountry adoptions:] Governments should ensure that any technical assistance to countries of origin is provided in a coordinated and impartial manner, such as through the good offices of the Intercountry Adoption Technical Assistance Programme of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 91
- Paragraph text
- Illegal adoptions, namely adoptions that are the result of crimes such as the abduction and sale of and the trafficking in children or that are processed through the commission of other illegal acts or illicit practices such as the lack of proper consent of biological parents, fraud and improper financial gain, violate multiple child rights norms and principles, including the best interests of the child.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 98a
- Paragraph text
- [At the international level] [States parties to the 1993 Hague Convention should:] Recognize and encourage the expert group on the financial aspects of intercountry adoption and the working group on preventing and addressing illicit practices in intercountry adoption of the Hague Conference on Private International Law to develop concrete proposals for tackling the enabling environment in which illegal adoptions flourish;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 78b
- Paragraph text
- [The effective implementation of rights-based child protection systems requires:] Full engagement of all actors in a children's rights-based programming approach and the principles involved;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 101b
- Paragraph text
- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To establish a justice system that is sensitive to the specific needs of child victims of and witnesses to sexual exploitation and does not result in retraumatization and stigmatization, guaranteeing that children are properly informed about issues such as the ways in which interviews are conducted, the existing support mechanisms in place for children submitting a complaint and/or participating in investigations and court proceedings, the specific places and times of hearings, the availability of protective measures and legal services, the possibility of receiving reparation and the provisions for appeal;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99a
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Adopt and implement clear and comprehensive legislation which criminalizes the sale of children for the purpose of forced labour and the conditions leading to it, such as debt bondage;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99f
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] To ensure the full liability of companies and their supply chains, including legal persons, whose activities contribute to the sale of children for the purpose of forced labour;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99i
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Support the private sector in establishing mechanisms for monitoring and ensuring the accountability of subcontractors at all levels of the supply chain;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99m
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that policies aimed at protecting children and reducing their vulnerability also respect their right to make decisions about their own lives, in accordance with their evolving capacities;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 100a
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to:] Develop and further transnational cooperation between law enforcement services to ensure the tracking of child victims of sale and trafficking for forced labour;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 96a
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [At the national level] [Specifically in respect of intercountry adoptions:] Central authorities should ensure the effective monitoring of activities of adoption accredited bodies to guarantee their transparency and accountability;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 96e
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [At the national level] [Specifically in respect of intercountry adoptions:] Official fees must be sufficient to cover costs and full details must be made available for public consultation;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 98c
- Paragraph text
- [At the international level] [States parties to the 1993 Hague Convention should:] Encourage the Hague Conference to compile good practices and lessons learned regarding moratoriums on intercountry adoptions.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95c
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Review national laws and regulations to ensure that they do not contribute to the creation or maintenance of an enabling environment for illegal adoptions;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 122
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- [To that end, there must be a shift away from the juxtaposition of sectoral actions towards the adoption of a child protection strategy aimed at establishing protection systems and based on:] Taking into account the views and opinions of children, who are stakeholders in the solutions being sought for the protection and promotion of their rights.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 78c
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- [The effective implementation of rights-based child protection systems requires:] Concerted and effective cooperation at the national, regional and international levels, in view of the multi- and intersectoral dimensions of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81a
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Having a global overview of the multidimensional nature of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81b
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Reviewing the whole legal framework (civil, penal, regulatory) to ensure its compliance with children's rights standards and highlight strengths and gaps;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81c
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Identifying the key risks facing children, particularly the most vulnerable;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 81d
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- [The mapping process must involve all the key players in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to:] Prioritizing data requirements for monitoring and evaluating child protection in the country and identifying the need for additional data on less visible themes;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 91
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- Governments have an obligation to ensure that preventive, protective and relief services are child-sensitive, available and accessible to all children in a natural disaster, or as soon as possible after the initial impact.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 92
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- Before disaster strikes, a robust, rights-based child protection system should be established, strengthened and promoted at the community level to prevent and reduce the increased risks of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children in a natural disaster.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 104
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- The adoption of pre-emergency cooperation agreements between States and participating organizations should be considered, in order to ensure a timely and rapid response in the event of a natural disaster.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 136
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- Stakeholders should undertake a thorough forward-looking review of their capabilities and capacities to protect children in the event of a natural disaster. This information should be clearly communicated and made widely available to actors working in the area of natural disasters.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 127
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- Tracing activities should be based on a consistent, centralized approach with standardized forms and mutually compatible systems that can facilitate cooperation, information-sharing and reduce the possibility of duplication.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 98
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- Stakeholders must work together to identify and support inter-sectoral coordination of the allocation of roles and responsibilities for child protection issues from the earliest stages of the emergency.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 120
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- Importantly, prevention approaches seek to promote systemic change that cannot happen overnight. Prevention involves processes that need to be carried out over many years. Consequently, commitment to the issue, namely political will, programme implementation, and the allocation of resources, should ensure the sustainability of efforts in the long run, including, and in particular, in difficult times.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 95c
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- [Ministries of Tourism or relevant State departments designated to develop tourism and national tourism associations should be encouraged to prioritize and implement child protection initiatives, such as:] Create incentives for tourism companies to actively prioritize child protection and take clear action to combat the sexual exploitation of children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 95d
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- [Ministries of Tourism or relevant State departments designated to develop tourism and national tourism associations should be encouraged to prioritize and implement child protection initiatives, such as:] Ensure regular monitoring of tourist areas by law enforcement authorities.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 96
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- A standardized and centralized information-gathering system capable of disaggregating data (by gender, age) should be established and research undertaken on the occurrence of CST, the behaviour of offenders and effectiveness of both sentences and risk management, to facilitate the development of more evidence-based programmes and interventions.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Health
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 97c
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- [It should be ensured that child-sensitive services are available and regulated by quality standards (implemented by knowledgeable, well-trained staff and with adequate resources) and easily accessible to all children, by strengthening:] The provision of appropriate medical and psychosocial support for children;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118a
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Comprehensive legal frameworks (both civil and criminal) to prevent, prohibit and protect children from all forms of sale and sexual exploitation;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118b
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Child-sensitive justice systems;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Strong institutions and mechanisms, including community-based mechanisms, equipped with well-trained staff, providing care, recovery, reintegration and follow-up of children;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118d
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Sustainable preventive measures that take into account all the underlying factors, including demand;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 118e
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to accelerate efforts towards comprehensive and child rights-centred protection systems, in order to create:] Social protection policies and family strengthening programmes;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2014
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 119c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Sharing and updating information related to child victims and offenders through strong cooperation among law enforcement agencies and justice systems;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 119d
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Harmonizing practices and procedures to prevent and respond to the sale and sexual exploitation of children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87f
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that children who are required to participate in criminal justice proceedings are given appropriate support and counselling to assist them at all stages of proceedings;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87h
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Conduct research to identify child victims and potential victims of online sexual abuse and exploitation, taking into account all forms of sexual exploitation and gender and age profiles of victims and offenders, in order to obtain a comprehensive picture of the phenomena and the risks faced by children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87j
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Involve and empower children and youth through the use of new technologies and social media, encouraging them to share ideas and knowledge of exploitative behaviours and ways to stop them, and to report suspicious behaviour, and taking their proposals into consideration in prevention and protection strategies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 88b
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Sharing and updating information related to child victims and offenders, and obtaining digital evidence to effectively investigate and prosecute perpetrators and criminal networks responsible for the sale and sexual exploitation of children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 88c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Supporting alliances such as the Virtual Global Taskforce and the Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online for the effective cooperation in investigation and prosecution of criminal networks and perpetrators;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 88d
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Establishing a global permanent task force to harmonize practices and procedures, share expertise and scale up good practices, and provide assistance to States for the development of national legislation, policies and strategies to effectively combat online child sexual exploitation;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 88e
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Establishing and maintaining a single global database of child sexual abuse images, with limited access for the private sector to facilitate identification of exploitative behaviour, victims and offenders;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 88f
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Establishing an international "Safer Internet Day" as a global day to raise awareness on online safety, including information on child sexual exploitation facilitated by new technologies and ways of combating it.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99c
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Guarantee that effective remedies are available and accessible for children, through child-sensitive complaint and reporting mechanisms and child-sensitive justice proceedings, and by ensuring the reduction of barriers that could deny access to remedies. Commensurate compensation should also be part of the remedies;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99h
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Strengthen governance structures which ensure an adequate labour inspection system and limit corruption, implement adequate sanctions for non compliance and strengthen the role of independent human rights institutions in monitoring labour conditions;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99j
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Establish and open more regular migration channels and ensure the protection of all human rights in employment. Residence permits should not be linked to an employer, thus enabling migrant workers to change employment in case of abuse;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99k
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Adopt measures which prevent the phenomenon, in particular by strengthening the resilience of families when faced with shocks, through social protection and health coverage, the promotion of literacy and access to education, and by raising awareness of and facilitating non-exploitative income-generating opportunities;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82i
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure that children who are required to participate in criminal justice proceedings are given appropriate support and counselling to assist them at all stages of proceedings and that they have access to a child-sensitive legal system to facilitate the prosecution and conviction of offenders and avoid their revictimization;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 97c
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- [At the international level] [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community and international bodies to:] Support the establishment of an international body of experts on transitional justice and illegal adoptions to advise on and promote measures to provide redress to victims of large-scale illegal adoptions and prevent further abuses through adequate legal, policy and institutional reforms.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 78a
- Paragraph text
- [The effective implementation of rights-based child protection systems requires:] The strong political will of Governments, backed by the allocation of adequate resources;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 100
- Paragraph text
- Child participation must be institutionalized and included as a process. It must be a core and cross-cutting component of a comprehensive, context-specific, rights-based child protection system in compliance with international standards and norms (see A/65/221, para. 115).
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 91
- Paragraph text
- In order to ensure an effective protection of all the children from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100e
- Paragraph text
- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Establishing an international and regularly updated registration system of people convicted of sex crimes against children;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 82j
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Establish and extend prevention programmes, both offline and online, targeting potential offenders and providing them with support and follow-up;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95e
- Paragraph text
- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Establish and implement a single, well-recognized process for adoption that includes a holistic assessment of the child's full range of rights, and prohibit private and independent adoptions;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph
Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 112a
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- [Where mechanisms exist, it is critical to secure their availability to and accessibility by all children, without discrimination, and to ensure that they act in an ethical, effective and child-sensitive manner and pursue the best interests of the child at all times. To this end:] Laws, policies and guidelines should be developed in conformity with international human rights standards, and clearly define the roles and responsibilities of relevant bodies, institutions and professionals involved with counselling, reporting and complaint services for children affected by violence; the rights and legal safeguards of child victims and witnesses should be clearly spelled out, including with a view to avoiding any risk of revictimization through harassment or reprisals. Those working with children should have clear guidance on reporting requirements and consequences. Mandatory reporting responsibilities should be defined with respect for children's rights, including to confidentiality and privacy; standards establishing an obligation to report violence should be incorporated into regulations or rules of conduct of all institutions and agencies that deal with children at risk of violence. Mandatory reporting by professionals who work with children of sexual abuse and other acts of violence causing physical injury and psychological violence should be given due consideration by all countries. Rules that protect the identity of professionals and private individuals who bring cases of violence against children to the attention of the competent authorities should also be enacted into law;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 99a
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- [To overcome these challenges, child participation has to be considered a core and cross-cutting component of comprehensive and rights-based child protection systems, so as to guarantee the effective protection of every child from sale and sexual exploitation. It requires:] A paradigm shift away from perceiving children as passive recipients towards acknowledging and supporting them as active rights holders and citizens who are entitled to be heard and to have their views taken seriously. This requires an attitudinal shift in adults and capacity-building for children themselves;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 99d
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- [To overcome these challenges, child participation has to be considered a core and cross-cutting component of comprehensive and rights-based child protection systems, so as to guarantee the effective protection of every child from sale and sexual exploitation. It requires:] A continuous child participation process, including informing, hearing/listening, consulting, taking into consideration views and opinions, empowering child-led and peer initiatives, and involving children in policymaking and decision-making, all in compliance with and showing commitment to international standards and guidelines.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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Child participation 2012, para. 101j
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To establish systemic mechanisms through which to influence public decisions at all levels, guaranteeing the participation of children without discrimination of any kind in parliaments, councils, forums and consultations;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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Child participation 2012, para. 101k
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To ensure adherence to ethical standards and child rights, including transparency and accountability;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Child participation 2012, para. 101l
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- [A mapping and assessment of child participation must be carried out, in accordance with the relevant principles and standards, with a view to identifying the remaining achievements and gaps. The mapping process must involve all the principal stakeholders in child protection (public and private sectors, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations), including children and communities, with a view to ensuring effective and sustainable child participation. If necessary, legislative changes should be introduced to protect and promote child participation rights in order:] To provide children with accessible feedback on their participation through immediate and clear statements on the impact and value of their contributions, the decisions that they have taken and steps forward;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 118
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- Prevention is a central aspect to the protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation, yet one that is too often neglected. Designing and implementing prevention strategies are challenging. Preventive measures need to cover a large spectrum of issues at various levels in an integrated and holistic manner. They require a supportive social, economic and cultural environment and unabated political will. Knowledge on risk and vulnerability remains limited. The identification of good practices and a clear understanding of which interventions work and why is even scarcer.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122a (i)
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Improve the knowledge and understanding of the complex, multidimensional and evolving aspects of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, through:Conducting field studies on risk factors in specific contexts, as well as deepening an understanding of how these factors intersect and affect vulnerability. Although each situation involves a unique combination of elements, improved research on the dynamics at play among risk factors is critical to designing and advocating for effective prevention strategies;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87a
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ratify all relevant regional and international instruments, and establish clear and comprehensive legal frameworks which take account of technological advancements, in particular, by adopting laws that prohibit all forms of sale and sexual exploitation of children online, and criminalize accessing child pornography, making child pornography available, grooming, the viewing of online streaming of child abuse, the advertising of the sale of children and the facilitation of child prostitution, including the creation or maintaining of websites which prostitute the child;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 83b (ii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to reinforce the coordinated global response by:] Strengthening international cooperation as is required by the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in key areas, by: Supporting alliances such as the Virtual Global Taskforce and encouraging increased membership or the development of similar collaborations for the effective cooperation in the investigation and prosecution by law enforcement forces of criminal networks and offenders;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2016
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 125
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- Establishing protection systems that safeguard the best interests of the child and cover (i) prevention; (ii) detection, and the care and medical, psychological, social and legal follow-up of the child; and (iii) the promotion of the rights of the child will help to ensure the implementation and monitoring of the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, special procedures and the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Adolescents
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 129
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- In adoption processes, priority should be given to relatives or to individuals within the child's community or culture. International adoption should only be undertaken as a last resort and in compliance with the 1993 Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption. Consideration should be given to a ban on removal of unaccompanied and separated children without explicit Government permission, except when undertaken for emergency medical treatment.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 122d
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- [To that end, the Special Rapporteur recommends the following actions:] Strengthen families and reinforce their capacity to prevent the sale and sexual exploitation of children, putting in place a range of measures aimed at offering quality services, parenting support and social protection, in order to help families to overcome the difficulties they may be facing and to ensure that they receive adequate assistance to fulfil their child-rearing responsibilities;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 90
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- Child protection efforts, including the implementation of mandated delivery of services, inter-agency initiatives and guidelines, are inhibited by a serious shortage of financial support. Protection gaps also result when first and second stage responders lack the capacity or experience to give effect to child protection guidelines and standards. The focus must be shifted from crisis response to preparation and planning, coupled with mandated accountability, monitoring and regular and sustained follow-up.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Conclusion / Recommendation
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