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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 81
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- Increased attention has also been paid to the need for due diligence, a process whereby private companies are called upon to ensure respect for human rights standards and to set up adequate mechanisms to that end. The European Commission has devoted specific attention to the situation of employment and recruitment agencies in that context, issuing a guidebook inviting such agencies to consider the impact of their practices on human rights, including in countries with weak legal and institutional frameworks.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 55
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- One legislative measure that encourages voluntary reporting is the recognition of the confidentiality of the identity of persons who report violence. It remains a challenge, however, that the law does not necessarily protect persons who make a report (A/HRC/16/56, para. 62).
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 79
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- However, ensuring effective remedy for rights violations involving the private sector requires adequate laws and policies. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued guidance on improving accountability and access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuse. It underlines the role of solid legal frameworks, which make it possible to hold companies criminally accountable for their actions, including when committed by third parties but with their contribution, through adequate procedures and deterring sanctions, effective enforcement mechanisms, coherent policy packages and support for victims in accessing remedies (see A/HRC/32/19).
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 16
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- Climate-related catastrophes are caused by extreme weather events that may trigger or exacerbate natural disasters, such as tropical storms and windstorms. These events may include extreme temperature highs - such as heat waves - and lack of precipitation that can lead to drought, wild fires and famine, or extremely high levels of precipitation that can cause flooding, landslides and mudslides. Climate change may also create or exacerbate conditions in which health pandemics are more rapidly transmitted.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 33
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- Complaints mechanisms serve various purposes, including ensuring the protection of victims and the prevention of renewed acts of violence. Some mechanisms are designed to impose criminal sanctions on the offender. Others, including within school, social-welfare, law-enforcement and correctional systems, impose administrative responsibility in order to deter future acts of violence, or are designed to compensate the victim for damages suffered. Providing the victim with assistance is not the main purpose of complaint mechanisms, although it may be part of the response to complaints.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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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. 90
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- The United Nations has stepped up its engagement in this area. The Social Protection Floor Initiative, a United Nations joint initiative led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), was launched in 2009. It acknowledges the importance of social justice for human dignity and social cohesion and emphasizes the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living, achieved by having their basic needs met.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 88
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- Demands for truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence from victims of past large-scale or systematic cases of illegal adoptions continue to be ignored and inadequately addressed by States. Public instances of recognition of past wrongdoing are rare, depend on the willingness of those responsible and do not entail concrete action. In addition, public inquiries to establish the truth and recognize the experiences of victims have been incomplete and have failed to address the concerns of all victims. Consequently, in many cases, victims' demands for acknowledgement, apology and redress are yet to be met.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 81
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- Using a human rights-based approach, the Social Protection Floor Initiative, a United Nations joint initiative led by ILO and the World Health Organization (WHO), acknowledges the importance of social justice for human dignity and social cohesion and emphasizes the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups and the protection and empowerment of people across the life cycle. This includes (a) universal access to social services; and (b) transfers in cash or in kind to ensure minimum income and livelihood 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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 18
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- Addressing these layers requires a combination of actions that are at once proactive and reactive, universal and targeted.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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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. 58
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- Effective strategies take a systemic approach and include the coordinated strengthening of protective factors and mitigation of risk factors. Throughout her mandate, the Special Rapporteur has consistently emphasized the need for comprehensive approaches that contribute to system-building by ensuring adequate legislation, a sound institutional framework, effective policies, delivery of quality services, and promotion of protective social norms. Responses therefore work in synergy and are mutually reinforcing when adequately coordinated.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 26a
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- [The analysis conducted for the present report highlighted important lessons which should inform work in this area:] Counselling is more effective when it is part of a broader approach that includes medical care, social assistance, legal services and financial or educational support. The support to be provided should be determined by a plan based on an assessment of the victim's needs and circumstances, and implemented with close cooperation between service providers;
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 28a
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- [With regard to prohibition, comprehensive legal frameworks should:] Define, prohibit and criminalize, in accordance with existing international human rights standards, all the offences covered in the Optional Protocol (including the new forms of sexual exploitation committed through the use of information technology and social networks, among others) and set minimum penalties that reflect the gravity of the crimes;
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 80
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- Some helplines convey information and advice about where to turn and what the authorities can do. Others provide informal emergency psychological support. Still others can forward information transmitted by the caller to those responsible for taking action.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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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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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 85
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- An existing challenge, however, concerns the fact that sexual exploitation can also occur in schools. Appropriate policies and mechanisms need to be in place in order to prevent and report abuse within the school.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 36
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- [The actual extent of these offences is not yet known because statistics are scarce and often unreliable owing to the following:] Inadequate information systems: many countries still do not have centralized information systems that use a clear and harmonized methodology for the gathering and processing of data at the country 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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 64f
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- [The expansion and strengthening of mechanisms for monitoring and assessing policies and programmes must be done in accordance with the following principles and standards:] Every context requires a comprehensive and reliable national data collection system to ensure that accurate information is available and to facilitate the monitoring and evaluation of systems, services, programmes and outcomes so that appropriate responses can 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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 66a
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- [Regardless of its structure, each human rights institution and monitoring mechanism should be established in accordance with internationally recognized guiding principles and standards and must be:] Independent, fully competent and broadly, clearly and flexibly mandated to promote and protect the rights of the child in a proactive and innovative manner;
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- 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. 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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- 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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2012
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 20
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- The basic principles on the right to an effective remedy for victims of trafficking in persons add the supplementary angle of guarantees of non-repetition, which require that perpetrators be effectively sanctioned and that the root causes of trafficking, such as poverty, gender inequality and discrimination, be addressed effectively.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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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 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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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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;
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 75
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- Despite all the positive and promising actions undertaken, no comprehensive initiative which is sufficiently multidimensional and takes into account all risk factors has yet been developed that is working both at national and transnational level and most importantly aimed at being sustainable.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
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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:] 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.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 66e
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- [Regardless of its structure, each human rights institution and monitoring mechanism should be established in accordance with internationally recognized guiding principles and standards and must be:] Authorized to undertake investigations and make inquiries into general and specific violations of the rights of the child (on its own initiative or in response to complaints filed);
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2011
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 62
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- Two thirds of the UNICEF country offices that responded to the questionnaire reported that the country in which they were based had established a programme to encourage voluntary reporting. However, most also reported that the law does not protect persons who make a 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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 72
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- Of interest are the Standards of Care for the Treatment of Adult Sex Offenders, which were adopted by the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders. They underline, inter alia, the importance of appropriately trained and competent professionals for the care of sex offenders and recall that it is fundamental to ensure that any rehabilitation of offenders is undertaken in accordance with human rights principles.
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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
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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