A/HRC/28/55 violence against girls, to be effective in the prevention, investigation and prosecution of cases, and to safeguard girls’ safety and protection, including when girls are deprived of their liberty. In that regard, it is important to promote special measures to protect girls’ dignity and physical integrity through the use of alternative screening methods to replace strip and invasive body searches. 139. Recognizing the relevance of that area, the Special Representative welcomes the call by the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly for a global study on children deprived of their liberty, and remains fully committed to contributing to its development. The global study will provide a strategic opportunity to prevent girls’ deprivation of liberty, and associated risks of stigmatization and violence; safeguard girls’ rights as victims, witnesses and alleged perpetrators; and promote their long-lasting recovery and reintegration. VI. Looking ahead 140. Over the past year, the Special Representative has pursued her global advocacy work with strategic partners within and beyond the United Nations system, acting as a bridgebuilder and a catalyst for action across regions, sectors and settings where violence against children may occur, and promoting children’s protection from violence as a human rights imperative. 141. The present report provides an overview of the strategic initiatives that the Special Representative developed in order to make progress in the implementation of the recommendations made in the United Nations Study on Violence Against Children. The initiatives have contributed to further mainstream the elimination of violence against children as a priority concern on the United Nations agenda, including in the shaping of the post-2015 development agenda, and to promote standards to address violence against children in the criminal justice system. Those efforts have also helped to consolidate crossregional commitments to children’s protection from violence and further strengthen advocacy, legal and policy action at the national level aimed at the prevention and elimination of violence. 142. The Special Representative will continue to mobilize support to consolidate those important efforts and in 2015, will place special emphasis on the following topics: ensuring violence against children remains a distinct concern on the global development agenda; reinforcing the protection of children from online sexual abuse; strengthening action for the prevention of violence in early childhood; and promoting the protection of children and adolescents affected by community and armed violence and organized crime. 143. Capitalizing on progress made so far, 2015 offers a strategic opportunity for the international community to make a quantum leap in children’s protection from violence. Children want to help build a world as big as their dreams. The Special Representative will continue to promote collaboration with Member States and all other stakeholders to pursue that goal. 23