(c)
To eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls and the root causes of son preference,
which result in harmful and unethical practices, inter alia by enacting and enforcing legislation and, where
appropriate, formulating comprehensive, multidisciplinary and coordinated national plans, programmes or
strategies protecting girls from violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, genital
mutilation, incest, rape, domestic violence, sexual abuse and exploitation, and by developing age-appropriate,
safe and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist girls who are
subjected to violence;
(d)
To eradicate traditional or customary practices, particularly female genital mutilation, that are
harmful to or discriminatory against women and girls and that are violations of human rights and fundamental
freedoms of women and girls through the development and implementation of legislation and policies
prohibiting such practices, the prosecution of perpetrators of such practices, and awareness-raising programmes,
education and training, involving, among others, leaders of public opinion, educators, religious leaders, medical
practitioners, women’s health and family planning organizations, the media, parents and young people, in order
to achieve the total elimination of these practices, and to support women’s organizations at the national and local
levels that are working for the elimination of female genital mutilation and other harmful traditional or
customary practices violating the human rights of women and girls;
(e)
To enact and enforce strictly laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and
full consent of the intending spouses, to enact and to enforce strictly laws concerning the minimum legal age of
consent and the minimum age for marriage and to raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary;
28.
Urges the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide
administrative assistance to the Special Rapporteur on traditional practices affecting the health of women and the
girl child of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights to enable her to proceed
with her work;
Children with disabilities
29.
Calls upon all States:
(a)
To adopt all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and
fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities and to develop policy measures and to develop and enforce
legislation prohibiting discrimination against children with disabilities;
(b)
To adopt an integrated approach to providing adequate support and appropriate education for
children with disabilities and their parents, in a manner which promotes the child’s achievement of self-reliance
and the fullest possible social integration, individual development and active participation in the community;
Migrant children
30.
Also calls upon States:
(a)
To protect all the human rights of migrant children, in particular unaccompanied migrant
children, and ensure that the best interests of the child shall accordingly be a primary consideration, and
encourages the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Children’s Fund and other relevant
United Nations bodies, within their respective mandates, to pay particular attention to the conditions of migrant
children, and as appropriate, make recommendations to strengthen their protection;
(b)
To cooperate fully with and assist the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, in
order to address the particular vulnerable conditions of migrant children;
IV. PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
IN PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE SITUATIONS
Children working and/or living on the street
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