Human Rights Council
Resolution 7/29.
Rights of the child
The Human Rights Council,
Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child must constitute
the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and bearing in
mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, as well as other
human rights instruments,
Reaffirming all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the
Commission on Human Rights and of the General Assembly, the most recent of
which are Commission resolution 2005/44 of 18 April 2005 and Assembly resolution
62/141 of 18 December 2007,
Welcoming the reports of the Secretary-General on the status of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (A/62/182), on the follow-up to the special
session of the General Assembly on children (A/62/259) of 15 August 2007 and on
the girl child (A/62/297) of 24 August 2007, as well as the Declaration of the
commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome
of the special session on children, held on 11 and 12 December 2007 (General
Assembly resolution 62/88),
Welcoming also the report to the General Assembly of the independent expert
for the United Nations study on violence against children (A/61/299), his report on the
first year of follow-up to the study (A/62/209) and the establishment by the General
Assembly of the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
violence against children, as a high-profile and independent global advocate to
promote the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children in all
regions, in accordance with its resolution 62/141,
Recognizing the contribution of the International Criminal Court in ending
impunity for the most serious crimes against children, including genocide, crimes