A/HRC/21/38 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–6 4 II. Working with United Nations human rights mechanisms ....................................... 7–13 5 III. Progress and challenges in addressing grave violations against children in armed conflict.......................................................................................................... 14–22 6 IV. First judgement of the International Criminal Court on the war crime of recruitment and use of children ........................................................................... 23–25 7 V. Reparations for children and the restoration of children’s rights ............................ 26–33 8 VI. Prevention of child recruitment ............................................................................... 34–46 10 VII. Explosive weapons: an emerging concern .............................................................. 47–49 13 VIII. Field visits by the Special Representative ............................................................... 50–60 13 A. Chad ............................................................................................................... . 52–53 13 B. Central African Republic ................................................................................ 54–55 14 C. Somalia ........................................................................................................... 56–57 14 D. South Sudan ................................................................................................... 58–60 14 IX. Towards universal ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict .................... 61–64 15 X. Conclusions and recommendations ......................................................................... 65–84 15 A. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ...................................................... 66–71 15 B. Universal periodic review ............................................................................... 72–74 16 C. Human Rights Council ................................................................................... 75–78 17 D. Accountability of perpetrators ........................................................................ 79 17 E. Reparations ..................................................................................................... 80–82 18 F. Prevention of child recruitment ...................................................................... 83–84 18 List of parties that recruit or use children, kill or maim children, commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, or engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals in situations of armed conflict on the agenda of the Security Council, bearing in mind other violations and abuses committed against children ........................................ 19 List of parties that recruit or use children, kill or maim children, commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, or engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals in situations of armed conflict not on the agenda of the Security Council, or in other situations, bearing in mind other violations and abuses committed against children .............. 22 Annexes I. II. 3